Specialist Employee Relations

3 weeks ago

Durban, South Africa Adcorp Holdings Full time

**Synopsis**
Calling all Employee Relations professionals with a passion for shaping positive workplace environments. Our client, a leading organisation in the business, commerce, and management industry, is seeking an Employee Relations Specialist to join their dynamic team.

Your role would be to provide specialist advice and support related to employee relations; continuously improving the quality, service and associated work outputs, and contributing to and advising on procedures and processes that are in alignment with established practices, policy and labour legislation. **This is a permanent opportunity.**

**Please note**: You would need your own transport and be willing to travel to be considered for the role.

**Qualification and Experience**
- Relevant Bachelor's Degrees and Advanced Diplomas
- 3 - 5 years of relevant experience in Employee Relations
- **Conflict Resolution**: A strong ability to resolve conflicts
- **Collaboration**: A knack for working together to achieve common goals
- **Planning**: Excellent organizational skills to plan and execute effectively
- **Compliance**:A deep understanding of legal compliance and the ability to ensure it
- **Analytical Skills**: Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, coupled with strong analytic and problem-solving skills
- **Communication**: Exceptional communication, counseling, and negotiation skills
- **Legal Knowledge**: Expert knowledge of Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative action requirements

**Roles and Responsibilities**
- Accountable for the improvement of quality, service and desired work outputs, advising on procedural and process improvements; enabling adherence to a set framework of policies and procedures.
- Proactively identify process related operational problems, determine cause and effect and recommend improvements to solve issues based on previous experience and an understanding of the context of the problem.
- Plan for the organisation of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to an area of specialisation.
- Gather relevant information related to specialisation activities; collate and integrate into written reports for assessment or appraisal and present as an input to managerial reporting or decisionmaking.
- Implement, manage and enable fair employee relations practices, to enable workforce delivery related to business objectives.
- Maintain current knowledge of related government rules and regulations, including all applicable Labour laws and regulations, to ensure adherence to compliance and meet reporting requirements.
- Collaborate with different business areas to provide employees with knowledge and awareness of relevant laws, associated regulations as well as requirements.
- Identify, diagnose and recommend improvements and provide specialist advice and support; ensuring that solutions are appropriate and effective.
- Represent area of responsibility at the Bargaining Council and with associated CCMA processes to effectively resolve disputes.
- Provide support to management in resolving employee disputes, including union negotiations, strikes, mutual interest disputes, wage negotiations, section 189/ 197 processes and mutual separation agreements, through consultation and act as a mediator to harmonise working relations.
- Represent the organisation in conducting client specific union and employee-related negotiations, facilitating a favourable outcome for the organisation.
- Ensure accurate client-specific reporting and trends analysis for all ER activities to enable comprehensive report submission to the team and the senior manager.
- Implement, evaluate, monitor and realign area specific processes, advising on compliance and delivery within the context of specified legislation.
- Provide advice and support to the business with the aim of mitigating litigation risk across impacted operational areas.
- Participate in best practice forums and contribute positively to own and operational knowledge improvement related to human resources utilisation associated with an area of specialisation.
- Contribute to the successful implementation of change initiatives by making recommendations for guidelines and requirements in support of the change specific to an area of specialisation.

Job Reference: TCN01576

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