Recruitment Room Team
IR Manager – Durban
Job Description
ROLE PURPOSE
To provide Industrial Relations expertise & ensure relevant legislative adherence.
MAIN OUTPUTS
- Manage relationships with unions & ensure that the Company’s treatment of employees is consistent with its core business values and objectives.
- Maintain knowledge of related rules and regulations, including all applicable Labour laws, to ensure adherence to compliance and meet reporting requirements.
- Collaborate with different business areas to provide employees, employee representatives and management with knowledge and awareness of relevant laws, associated regulations as well as requirements.
- Act as the custodian of all internal industrial relations-oriented Company policies and procedures ensuring that such are always seamlessly implemented and legally compliant
- Monitor Company adherence to relevant labour legislation (LRA, EEA, BCEA, OHSA etc) through both the development and implementation of all industrial relations-oriented policies, procedures and internal documentation.
- Tend to all internal training of Company policies and procedures, industrial relations-oriented employee correspondence and CCMA cases
- Prepare bundles for all CCMA and Bargaining Council matters
- Represent area of responsibility at the Bargaining Council and with associated CCMA processes to effectively resolve disputes.
- Resolving employee disputes, including union negotiations, strikes, mutual interest disputes, wage negotiations, section 189/ 197 processes and mutual separation agreements, through consultation and act as a mediator to harmonize working relations.
- Monitor and advise business on shop floor industrial or employee relations environment.
- Advise on adherence to labour legislation, conditions of employment and other related industrial matters and highlight potential risks.
- Represent the organization in conducting client specific union and employee-related negotiations, monthly workplace meetings and union meetings; facilitating a favorable outcome for the organization.
- Maintain accurate records & compile reports: Learning & Development & ER activities
- Stay abreast with the applicable labor statutes: LRA, BCEA & SDA
QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS
The Applicant must meet the following requirements:
- National Diploma in Human Resources Management and/or Industrial Psychology preferable
- Registration with SABPP (advantageous)
- Matric (Senior Certificate)
- Valid SA Drivers’ License
- 10 years’ experience in Industrial Relations or within the People Management field
- Labour Legislation
- MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project & MS Outlook (Intermediate skill level),
- Sound knowledge of applicable HC legislation: LRA, EEA, BCEA, SDA
FUNDAMENTAL COMPETENCIES
- Initiative/Proactivity
- Deadline Driven & Highly Motivated
- Stress Tolerant
- Excellent Written Communication
- Customer Focus
- Co-ordination, Planning & Scheduling
- Problem Analysis
- People Development
- Teamwork & Partnering
- Relationship Building
- Interactive Reasoning
- Excellent Oral Communication
