Employee Relations Specialist | 12 Month Contract | Parktown, Johannesburg
Affirmative Portfolios · Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng
Overview
A 12 month contract for an experienced Employee Relations Specialist in Parktown, Johannesburg. You will promote harmonious workplace relationships, advise on labour law and industrial relations, and manage grievance and misconduct processes. This role suits someone with strong CCMA experience and a solid understanding of the Labour Relations Act who is ready to make a real impact in a public sector environment.
About the role
Affirmative Portfolios is looking for an Employee Relations Specialist to join their team on a 12 month contract in Parktown, Johannesburg. Reporting to the Senior Manager: Human Resources, you will play a key role in building and maintaining healthy relationships between management and employees.
What you will be doing:
- Designing, developing and implementing proactive employee relations policies, structures and procedures
- Providing advice on labour law, industrial relations and policy matters
- Facilitating consultations and negotiations between management and employees
- Managing grievance and misconduct processes
- Representing the company at CCMA in conciliation and arbitration matters
- Facilitating the resolution of formal grievances and handling disciplinary matters
- Monitoring labour relations trends and reporting on IR activities
Application note: If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of your application, please consider it unsuccessful.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Labour Relations or an equivalent qualification
- At least 5 years of experience in labour relations management
- At least 3 years of experience in labour relations in the public sector
- Extensive experience in collective bargaining, grievance handling and misconduct or consequence management
- Expert knowledge of the Labour Relations Act
- Expert knowledge of other relevant HR legislation applicable to employee relations
- Expert knowledge of CCMA rules, processes, procedures and dispute resolution
Responsibilities
- Institutionalise the employee relations function and capacity within the company
- Ensure proactive labour relations policies and procedures are in place, communicated and consistently applied
- Maintain and update all IR policies and procedures
- Develop training programmes in employee relations for management and staff in conjunction with the OD unit
- Facilitate the development and implementation of organisational rights agreements with unions or employee representatives
- Manage industrial action and provide technical support to the company
- Consult and advise management and employees on legislation, policies and procedures
- Identify and evaluate causes of conflict and propose corrective action
- Represent the company at CCMA in conciliation and arbitration matters
- Assist management in wage negotiations with trade unions
- Handle disciplinary matters following due process
- Implement and maintain a comprehensive IR administration system
- Produce reports on IR trends and activities throughout the organisation
Job details
- Organisation
- Affirmative Portfolios
- Location
- Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng
- Job type
- Contract
- Experience level
- Mid (5+ years)
- Education
- Bachelor
- Salary
- R58,010 per month (R696,124.90 per annum TCTC) / monthly
- Category
- Human Resources
- Application Method
- Apply manually
Success Guide
This role is a great fit if you have solid hands on experience in employee relations and you are comfortable working with unions and the CCMA. When you apply, make sure your CV clearly shows your experience in collective bargaining, grievance handling and disciplinary processes, as well as your knowledge of the Labour Relations Act. Highlight any public sector experience, since that is specifically required. In an interview, expect questions about how you have handled conflict, managed industrial action or represented an employer at the CCMA. Be ready with real examples. Also note the salary is R696,124.90 per annum cost to company, which works out to about R58,010 per month before deductions. This is a 12 month contract, so show that you can hit the ground running and add value quickly.
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