Kempton Park: Senior Employee Relations (ER) Officer posted by HR-Simplified Ltd

About the Role

As a Senior Employee Relations (ER) Officer at HR-Simplified Ltd, you will play a critical role in promoting harmonious workplace relationships by developing and implementing proactive employee relations policies, structures, and procedures that mitigate potential risks arising from the employer-employee relationship. You will provide advice on labour law, industrial relations, and policy matters, facilitate consultations and negotiations between management and employees on issues of mutual interest, and implement consequence management processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure proactive labour relations policies, structures, and procedures are in place and properly communicated to all employees.
• Maintain and regularly update all Industrial Relations policies and procedures.
• Ensure the enforcement of and adherence to these policies by advising and monitoring management and staff.
• Develop, implement, and promote employee relations programmes and interventions.
• Facilitate the development and implementation of organisational rights agreements with unions and/or employee representatives.
• Monitor, review, and recommend amendments to relationship agreements as required.
• Facilitate the implementation of employee/union/management meetings.
• Consult and advise management and employees on legislation, policies, and procedures.
• Attend and facilitate station meetings when required, particularly where employee relations are adversely affected.
• Facilitate and maintain positive working relationships with union representatives.
• Maintain sound relationships with representatives from the Department of Labour, other government officials, and service providers.
• Identify and evaluate causes of workplace conflict and propose appropriate corrective actions.
• Represent the company at the CCMA during conciliation and arbitration proceedings.
• Monitor developments within the labour relations field and advise on best labour relations practices.
• Represent management in consultation meetings with trade unions.
• Assist management in wage negotiations with trade unions.
• Facilitate the resolution of formal grievances.
• Manage disciplinary matters within the company in accordance with due process.
• Implement and submit reports on Industrial Relations trends and activities across the organisation and monitor internal labour relations developments and patterns.

Requirements

• Relevant qualification in Labour Relations or Dispute Resolution.
• At least 5 years in labour relations management.
• At least 3 years’ experience in labour relations in the transport sector.
• Extensive experience in collective bargaining, grievance handling, and misconduct/consequence management.

Qualifications

No qualifications mentioned.