Specialist: Employee Relations

Key responsibilities will include:

• Delivering an end-to-end Employee Relations support service to the area of responsibility.

• Advising line management on all disciplinary and grievance processes.

• Assisting line management with the formulation of alleged offences or transgressions.

• Advising and assist line management with precautionary and punitive suspensions.

• Facilitating the issuing of notices to attend disciplinary enquiries.

• Securing the availability of suitable chairpersons of disciplinary enquiries and all relevant role players, including all the required resources in a disciplinary enquiry.

• Liaising with HR Services to assist line management with terminations in dismissal cases.

• Ability to assist line management.

• Compiling disciplinary enquiry reports, including filing of progressive discipline and formal disciplinary hearing reports in liaison with the office of the ER Superintendent.

• Compiling weekly, monthly and adhoc reports on disciplinary cases such as Traffic Infringements and Intoxication cases etc.

• Perusal of alleged misconduct Incident Reports from Security.

• Facilitating appeal hearings with Senior and General Managers.

• Ensuring adherence to internal disciplinary and grievance processes and procedures.

• Assisting line management to maintain and sustain labour peace at departmental level, including management of work stoppages.

• Advising and assist line management with precautionary and punitive suspensions.

• Facilitating consultation processes for disciplinary action against shop stewards in line with the applicable guidelines.

• Facilitating and conduct ER Induction.

• Arranging departmental ER Capacity Building training for Supervisors and Superintendents.

• Providing ongoing coaching to line management on all ER related Policies and Procedures including Labour Legislation.

Intrinsic Qualities:

• High level of integrity, confidentiality and reliability.

• Excellent knowledge of Labour and other related Legislation.

• Good verbal, written, presentation and excellent report compilation skills.

• Ability to pay attention to detail, apply and interpret internal standards, processes and procedures. 

• Dispute resolutions, good mediation and counseling skills.

• Willing to work long hours and under pressure whenever the need arises.

• Data processing, analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Good leadership skills and ability to interact at all levels.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Relevant National Diploma or degree in HR/Industrial Psychology.

• 3 years generalist experience.

• Valid drivers’ license. • Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

• Experience in SAP will be advantageous.

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