Employee Relations Manager

Human Resources
- JOHANNESBURG-BIERMANN AV(ZAF)
- South Africa
- As Employee Relations Manager, you will be responsible for teh following activities:
**To develop Awareness and Application of Employee Relations Policies and Procedures**
To develop company policies and/ procedures relating employee relations management and ensure awareness of the same
- To provide strategic and tactical operational support and advice to management regarding labour legislation
- To promote and maintain harmonious relations between management and staff.
- To oversee and monitor compliance with policies and procedures and mitigate risks for the company
- To develop and provide training in specific areas of employee relations for specific audiences
- To provide updates on legislative developments and employee relations processes
- To compile reports on areas of management
- To monitor implementation of policies and procedures regarding wages, hours and conditions of employment to ensure compliance.
- To implement strategic interventions to minimise risks identified**To represent the company at external Dispute Resolution Forums**
To manage all matters that are referred externally against the company
- To represent the company at conciliations and arbitrations- To negotiate on behalf of the company resolution of matters where required
- To represent or liase with relevant parties on matters that are referred to the Labour Court
- To recommend to management labour law experts to assist with complex dispute matters**To conduct disciplinary and Grievance Hearings**
To conduct grievance and disciplinary hearings timely and in a consistent manner.
- To ensure that all notifications and correspondence issued to employees is within the ambit of company policies and procedures
- To ensure that disciplinary and grievance matters are dealt within company policies and procedures as well as legal provisions
- To advise employees, management and chairpersons on all disciplinary and grievance matters
- To facilitate appointment of chairpersons to deal with hearings**To manage Union Relations and Collective Bargaining**
To manage and maintain harmonious relations with the unions in TSA and Namibia
- To engage with the unions on all company level issues relating to union members
- To ensure proper administration of collective bargaining agreements at company level.
- To participate and manage sector and industry collective bargaining within company mandate
- To communicate and provide feedback on issues pertaining to collective bargaining with potential impact on the company
- and external matters**Manage annual operational budget**.
- To compile financial plan for all projects.
- To evaluate expenditure against agreed budget.
- To control the expenditure within authorized level.
- To implement corrective action where there is significant variance**HSEQ**
To identify priority employee relations records that need to be retained specifying retention duration.
- To ensure that accurate records are kept relating to disciplinary records, grievances**People Management**
To manage the division and carry out all people management activities

**Context and environment**

**Organizational**: Company restructuring process and requirement to stabilize the situation post - restructure and dealing with any aggrieved parties.
- **Culture**: expectation that disciplinary cases must be handled expeditiously internal and externally. Company has no control externally.
- Labour law environment - the union federation have a lot of sway over the ruling party / government creating difficulties for employers. Also the labour relations landscape is being redefined as a result of Unions trying to fight agencies that deal in temporary staff hiring.
- As Employee Relations Manager, ideally you will possess the following:

- A Bachelors Degree in Human Resources or Law and a post-graduate qualification in Employee Relations Management.
- 10+ years experience in a labour relations role, 3 years of which should have been in a specialist or advisory position.
- Experience with working with employee representatives and employee bodies e.g. CEPPWAWU, COSATU, etc.
- Extensive experience in CCMA/ Bargaining Council, conciliations, arbitrations and Labour Court processes and procedures
- Extensive experience in representing and negotiating on behalf of management in collective bargaining processes
- Ability to keep abreast with Labour Law cases and ensuring that company policies, procedures and practices are properly aligned.
- Extensive knowledge of all Labour Legislation (i.e. LRA, BCEA, EEA) and other similar legislation in NBLS countries.
- Good knowledge of HR processes and practices
- Computer literacy especially in Microsoft Windows suite.
- Demonstrable business acumen and ability to exercise sound judgment
- Essential skills include facilitation, dispute resolution and negotiating with labour and labour representatives.
- Key competencies include deciding and initiating ac