Senior Specialist: Employee Relations

5 months ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Transnet Full time

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**_Division._**

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**_ Operating Division : Transnet Property_**

**_ Position Title : Senior Specialist: Employee Relations (ER)_**

**_ Employee Group : Permanent_**

**_ Department : People Mgmt_**

**_ Location : Johannesburg_**

**_ Reporting To : Head of People Management_**

**_Grade Level : D_**

**_ Reference Number : 80000671_**

**_ Position Purpose:_**
- Provide strategic leadership and guidance in building and maintaining stable and productive relationships with

management, employees and labour to ensure a stable and productive workforce within Transnet Property
- Develop, implement and manage a business-focused employee relations strategy within Transnet Property that meets the

needs of the various stakeholder groups in a way that fosters accountability, collaboration and sound employee relations
- Provide employee relations expertise and support to the Head: People Management, as well as managers and employees

within Transnet Property in the management of discipline, grievances, dispute prevention and resolution, investigations, ER
- governance, as well as potential initiatives required
- Provide strategic and tactical support to the Head in driving strategic people management initiatives to ensure that sound

employee relations are maintained across Transnet Property through engagement and effective communication
**_ Position outputs:_**
- Develop and implement a progressive, business-focused employee relations strategy and plan for Transnet Property in

alignment with the overall Group ER strategy
- Review and ensure that ER policies and processes are relevant, current and conform to employment legislation
- Identify and implement employee relations programmes or interventions in consultation with relevant stakeholders that will

lead to a more motivated and efficient workforce
- Monitor ER-related initiatives undertaken within Transnet Property ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, alignment

with the strategic imperatives of Transnet, and that it does not detract from Group performance
- Contribute to the continued improvement of the health of the organisation by monitoring key performance indicators

including level/number of grievances, disciplines, disputes and absenteeism, and developing initiatives and solutions in
- collaboration with the other People Management specialists to enable positive trends
- Consult with recognised labour unions when required on behalf of the Head: People Management with a view to achieving

positive outcomes. Engage with labour on employee grievances and disputes, organisational and structural changes and
- other matters as required
- Provide responsive and quality support, training and advice to managers and employees within the Transnet Property to

ensure appropriate management of all employee relations issues including change management, grievances, disciplinary
- action and management of union engagement in this regard
- Manage the employee relations aspects of proposed changes in organisational structures that are important for supporting

the delivery of Transnet Property business objectives, namely job evaluation, reward, redeployment, redundancy, and
- employment contracts
- Serve as a principal point of liaison with external legal advisors /private arbitrators, labour and the CCMA about possible

labour relations issues within the Corporate Centre to ensure proper briefing and management of external parties regarding
- the company’s business and its employment practices- Drive, measure and monitor key performance indicators and business analytics on an ongoing basis to ensure a productive

workforce, and to enable the identification of possible issues at an early stage
- Produce regular reports that include incidents, trends, risks, benchmarking and best practice for submission to the Head:
People Management to alert / inform the Head of potential strategic and operational ER issues within the Transnet Property
- Manage ER expenditure in alignment with business priorities and within budgetary constrain



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