Employee Relations Specialist

Duties

• To develop and implement Employee Relations strategies and provide guidance, support, and expert advice to the business on Employee Relations issues
• Responsibilities:
• Control expenditure and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs
• Creates solutions to meet customer demands
• Deliver internal and external customer service excellence through adherence to quality service standards
• Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration, and innovation
• Manages risks in own area of responsibility
• Ensure development and continuous value add improvement to operational processes
• Compile reports that track progress and guide business to make informed decisions
• Maintain expert knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and provide of advice to relevant stakeholders
• Maintain up to date knowledge of local and global trends
• Provide thought leadership and expertise
• Analyze misconducts to determine whether disciplinary action is necessary
• Investigate grievances and recommend course of action
• Initiate and implement dispute resolution mechanisms
• Investigate Industrial Relations issues such as working conditions, disciplinary actions and employee appeals and grievances and provides guidance and recommendations for resolutions
• Participate and act as Chair in disciplinary and grievance hearings and ensure that procedural and substantive fairness is complied with
• Keeps an accurate database on the progress of all cases
• Identify training needs for the different levels of employees and develop Employee Relation training programs and ensures the implementation and monitoring thereof.
• Develop Employee Relations strategies and ensure effective implementation thereof
• Minimize lawsuits against the FNB Group and to ensure that cases are successfully settled
• Ensure consistent application of industrial relations policies and procedures throughout the Group
• Ensure that disciplinary and grievance hearings are conducted in accordance with company procedures and legislative requirements
• Recommend amendments on a suitable code of conduct to ensure that the code is in line with the local employment requirements
• Constantly monitor the industrial relations climate internally and externally and recommends best practice initiatives and actions
• Monitor compliance with relevant employment legislations
• Submit budget requirements for the Employee Relations function
• Authorize and recommend expenses and manage expenses within approved budget
• Submit detailed monthly expense report
• Maintaining harmonious employer/employee relations
• Deal with delegated union matters e.g., recognition, collective bargaining etc
• Initiate and convene consultative/communication forums

Requisites

• Minimum Qualification - Bachelors Degree or appropriate 3 years qualification in HR, Labour Law, Industrial Relations
• Experience - 3 to 5 years experience in a similar environment of which 1 to 2 years ideally on junior management level
• Additional Knowledge - Sound knowledge of relevant legislation i.e., Labour Act and Affirmative Action Act
• Sound knowledge of the labour Law
• Sound knowledge in Employee Relations matters i.e., Disciplinary Procedures, Conciliation and Arbitration process
• Knowledge and understanding of FNB’s disciplinary codes and procedures

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted