Advisor: Lr

**Human Resources**
**Pretoria**
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**Advisor: Human Resources, Labour Relations & Collective Bargaining - Pretoria - 6 Months Fixed Term Contract - Salary: Market Related**

**KEY PERFORMANCE AREA**

**HR, LR & Dispute Resolution Solutions**
- Ensure effective implementation of LR Policies and procedures.
- Review/ Support municipalities with the development of best fit LR Policy Frameworks, systems and processes.
- Improve legislative compliance through active monitoring of compliance in municipalities
- Monitor and guide on the implementation of uniform conditions of service across municipalities
- Advice and support municipalities with the management of grievances and dispute resolution processes and outcomes
- Advice municipalities on the appointment of legal counsel in labour court cases and assist legal counsel in the preparation of cases
- Support the process of collective bargaining by developing draft positions, circulate it for comment, obtain mandates from relevant structures, provide negotiating teams with relevant information, provide feedback to municipalities and monitor the implementation of collective Agreements

**Generalist HR Support**
- Advocate/ Assist municipalities with general HR matters.
- Facilitate and coordinate the implementation of general HR Solutions/ interventions as agreed with Senior Advisor
- Deliver any reasonable request from Senior Advisor in the broader context of HR Support

**Research and Benchmarking**
- Collects, categorises and tracks relevant information required for specific tasks and projects.
- Perform support activities to benchmarking exercises under guidance from senior and Specialists.
- Under leadership and guidance from Senior Advisors and Specialists, perform desktop research on issues related to municipal challenges within the sector/ professional discipline (Collect data, examine relevance and synthesise).
- Support the development of mandates from municipalities to inform the collective bargaining processes
- Support the gathering and channeling of information to build and update municipal profiles
- Provide administrative support with the arrangements of knowledge sharing / peer learning sessions/ presentations to staff and external stakeholders. May include providing inputs to content and packaging of information for the sessions.

**Representation at IGR & Other For a (lobbying and Advocacy)**
- Represent municipalities at relevant forums/ meetings/ committees about LR and dispute resolutions challenges and solutions.
- Assist and advice the organization representatives at bargaining Councils
- Assist and advice the organization representatives at external fora.
- Attend SALGBC Divisional BC meetings on bi-monthly basis.
- Attend policy conferences in topics related to area of accountability
- Support the Senior advisors to develop content on a number of complex issues relevant to a position for mandating.
- Support the development of reports to the working groups
- Understand the national and provincial governance structures of the organization and the institutional structures of the Sector/ Professional discipline and key role players in the area of specialization
- Represent the organization and the Municipalities at relevant external fora.

**Support Advice and capacity building**
- Guide, support and provide advice to municipalities in the areas of focus/ professional discipline in accordance with the programme plan.
- Provide hands-on support to strengthen municipal capacity/ improve programme implementation
- Implement the capacity building strategy and associated programmes in municipalities
- Coordinate the logístical arrangements for training programmes/ peer learning sessions in the areas of focus/ professional discipline.
- Support the development of capacity building and training initiatives

**Programme Monitoring and Evaluation and Reporting**
- Implement project management methodologies and disciplines; and support the management of the full project cycle on assigned projects including M&E
- Ensure that projects are conducted against contract specification and payments are based on agreed milestone
- Maintain records as per the organization policy and ensure that all project records are up loaded into the company knowledge management system
- Monitor the movement of donor funds and develop budgets, statements and cashflows
- Support the reporting on progress against milestones
- Support the preparation of audit files for each project prior to audit

**Stakeholder Management**
- Within the scope of area of accountability build and maintain relevant stakeholder relationships/ partnerships in the area of responsibility
- Ensure appropriate and timely communications with all stakeholders
- Build partnerships with relevant stakeholders to ensure programme success and to increase the organization’s capacity to make an impact
- Liaise with related units in various structures (LGSETA), government departments (DPW, DPLG, DPSA, PGWC,