Senior Employee Relation Practitioner - Pretoria at AVBOB South Africa

Description

• Drafting, reviewing and updating policies in line with legislative changes and acceptable business practices
•  Litigation management: instructing external attorneys on matters in the labour court such as instituting or defending review applications
• Travel and litigation budget management
• Compiling monthly statistics and trends of the labour environment within the business
• Keeping abreast of changes in legislation and advising the business on the impact 
• Drafting legal opinions on the topic of employee relations and the applicable change in legislation
• Asses, facilitate, assist and advise on workplace conflict i.e. grievances, counselling and disciplinary enquiries 
• Drafting and reviewing employment contracts and service level agreements
• Chair wage negotiations annually at manufacturing site
• Manage the union/employer relationship at Industries 
• Providing efficient labour law advise to management through recommendations, memorandums and consultation 
• Draft and revise generic templates for employee relations processes such as poor work performance, disciplinary hearings, grievances, incapacity hearings etc 
• Preparing and attending CCMA conciliation, arbitration and in limine hearings 
• Ensuring that employees are updated on processes, policies and rights applicable to them 
• Providing employee relations training to the business based on the specific needs within the departments
• People management, including supervising and mentoring junior staff in the department

Requirements

• LLB Degree.
• Admitted Attorney.
• 5 Years’ labour law experience with 2 years’ as supervisor.
• Ability to partner with (and influence) senior management 
• Highly motivated, proactive and resilient
• Ability to work through tight deadlines and under pressure