Legal Officer: Employment Law

2 weeks ago

Johannesburg, South Africa Anova Health Institute NPC Full time

Anova is an NGO that empowers people and changes lives. Good health and quality of life is what motivates us to provide healthcare solutions and support for those who need it most._
- The incumbent will provide a specialist employment law service and manage the level of risk on people issues in the business._

**Key duties and responsibilities**:
**Technical advice on Employment law**
- In consultation with the Senior Legal Counsel, provide professional advice, guidance, and coaching to HR and Line Managers on employment law-related issues & processes.
- Interpretation of employment law and company policies and procedures.
- Identify employment law risks within the business and implement interventions to reduce and rectify same.
- In conjunction with the Senior Legal Counsel, conduct investigations and identify solutions to complex employment law issues.
- Facilitate the resolution of conflict through formal and informal grievance processes.
- Represent the company at CCMA cases and restructuring consultations and support the Senior Legal Counsel in complex matters at CCMA, Labour court and Stakeholder meetings.
- Excellent writing, research, and communication.

**Risk Management and Compliance**
- Ensure compliance with relevant labour legislation across the organisation.
- In conjunction with the Senior Legal Counsel, review and develop Employment Law policies and contracts in line with legislation.
- Keep abreast of all relevant legislation and ensure that policies and procedures comply with legislative requirements.

**Employment relationships**
- Acts as a relationship champion in the company to develop sound employee and management relationships (Labour relations).
- Introduce and facilitate communication systems on employment law-related issues and practices.
- Build constructive relationships between employees and employer.

**Training**
- Support the Senior Legal Counsel in upskilling the business on Employment Law-related processes.
- Training and guiding the HRBP’s on correct processes & implementation.

**General Administration, Reporting and Analysis**
- Tracking, reporting, and analysing cases and trends
- Generate reports for the Senior Legal Counsel as and when required.
- Reviewing and processing chairperson invoices and ensuring that invoices correspond with the work billed for.
- Collate data, follow up on outstanding matters and ensure that all files are properly maintained and organised.

**Legal System**
- Effectively maintain the company’s Legal Information System for employment law matters, ensuring the alignment of business processes to the system.
- Identifying and storing vital legal documents.
- Ensure version control management of all documents.
- Manage and update all documents and templates.

**Other tasks as reasonably required by Management.**

**Minimum qualifications and experience**:

- LL.B.
- Admitted Attorney or in the process of admission.
- Minimum 2 to 3 years of relevant employment law experience, with sound knowledge of LRA, BCEA, and the Employment Equity Act.
- Relevant exposure to the CCMA processes and represented employers in hearings.
- Excellent planning, report writing, presentation, coordination, and project management skills.
- Proven ability to influence various role players.

**Advantageous Qualification**:

- A postgraduate degree in Labour relations would be advantageous.

**Technical knowledge, skills, and attributes**:

- Knowledge and experience in Employee/Industrial Relations and applicable labour legislation.
- Formal dispute resolution in Conciliations and Arbitrations.
- Working knowledge of Employee Engagement processes.
- Building strong working relationships across all levels of the organization.
- Business acumen.
- Negotiation skills.
- Reporting Writing Skills.
- Computer Literacy and proficiency in MS Office.
- Excellent planning and organization skills.
- Strong analytical skills.
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Problem-solving.
- Proactive and results driven.
- Must be an articulate & persuasive communicator.

In accordance with our Employment Equity goals and plan, preference will be given to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto.

Preference will be given to persons with disabilities.

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