Minimum Qualification
- At least a Human Resources Bachelor's degree specialised in Labour Relations or equivalent qualification
Minimum years relevant experience
- Minimum 5 years within labour relations environment.
Minimum Requirements
- Dispute Management
- Disciplinary cases, suspensions, appeals and investigations
- Collective Bargaining
- Liaise and maintain relations with internal/external stakeholder including other government departments and state-owned entities
- Policy development, reviews, awareness, and workshops; and
- Internal Controls and Support
Job Description
To promote ethical standards, manage grievances, disputes, and disciplinary matters to promote sound employee/ employer relations.
Key Areas of Responsibility
Dispute Management
- Coordinate procedures associated with disciplinary cases, grievances
- Provide regular advice on grievance and disciplinary processes to supervisors/ managers and employees.
- Prepare quarterly reports on disciplinary referred and submit reports to management
- Develop and manage database on disciplinary cases, grievance, suspensions, and appeals processes.
- Coordinate and attend to investigations as required.
Disciplinary cases, suspensions, appeals and investigations
- Coordinate procedures associated with disciplinary cases, grievances
- Provide regular advice on grievance and disciplinary processes to supervisors/ managers and employees.
- Prepare quarterly reports on disciplinary referred and submit reports to management
- Develop and manage database on disciplinary cases, grievance, suspensions, and appeals processes.
- Coordinate and attend to investigations as required
Collective Bargaining
- Coordinate Organisational Collective Bargaining meetings
- Maintenance of sound relations with Unions
Liaise and maintain relations with internal/external stakeholder including other government departments and state-owned entities
- Provide assistance with other departments in investigation and presiding/initiating of disciplinary cases and other matters
- Establish and maintain good relations with programmes with the aim of promoting strategic partnership in view to promote sound employee /employer relations.
Policy development, reviews, awareness, and workshops
- Facilitate information sessions/ workshops to create awareness and enhance understanding of employee relations policy and procedure
- Develop, review, and facilitate implementation of employee relation policies and procedures.
- Interpret changes in employee relations policies and directives from all legal prescripts for management and employees
- Advise management and Organised Labour in the development, application, and interpretation of labour relations policies and practices, according to policy and legal prescripts and directives
Internal controls and support
- Perform other duties, including administrative related to the job for effective performance of the department.
- Develop, implement, and maintain process to ensure proper control of work, compile and submit required administrative reports.
- Risk management and provide progress
- Monitor internal controls and provide continuous progress
- Provide functional advice and technical guidance to employees and management
Knowledge, Skills & Attributes
Skills:
- Understanding of team dynamics
- Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, MS Projects).
- Customer Service oriented
- Interviewing skills
- Internal consulting skills
- External consulting skills
- Communication (verbal and written) skills
- Planning and organising skills
- Financial Management
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Research and analytical skills
- Negotiation skills
- Presiding skills
- Service delivery orientated skills
- Batho Pele skills
Knowledge:
- Knowledge of South African Labour legislation (BCEA, EEA, SDA, OSHACT, LRA,) and Ethics
- Knowledge of organisational policies and procedures
- Knowledge of PFMA, Treasury Regulations
- Knowledge of reward and recognition principles
- Knowledge of learning and development theories
- Knowledge of Performance Management processes
Personal Attributes
- Good interpersonal skills
- Initiative
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to work in teams
- Be able to liaise with different stakeholders at different levels
- Team player
- Proactive and innovative