Employee Relations Specialist I

<p>The Employee Relations Specialist I is responsible for supporting the delivery of employee relations strategies and initiatives. They develop employee relations operational plans aligned with strategic objectives and support team performance and quality of deliverables. Additionally, they stay updated with market trends and legislative compliance.</p><ul><li>Relevant Legal degree is essential (LLB)&nbsp;</li><li>Admitted attorney&nbsp;</li><li>Min of 5 years relevant working experience specialising in labour law is essential&nbsp;</li><li>Litigation and drafting skills essential&nbsp;</li><li>Retail operations, manufacturing, logistics and/or financial services knowledge advantageous&nbsp;</li><li>Good knowledge and understanding of Employee Relations and HR trends and procedures&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent understanding of legal requirements i.e. the labour law framework in RSA</li><li>Facilitation skills&nbsp;</li><li>Strong negotiating and influencing skills essential&nbsp;</li><li>Understanding of the wholesale and retail context&nbsp;</li></ul><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>Skills:&nbsp;</strong></span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 24px;"><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Expert knowledge and understanding of labour legislation and case law (e.g., BCEA, LRA, EEA)</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Experience in advising on strategic business projects with people impact i.e. large-scale&nbsp;restructures/operational requirements, mergers/acquisitions, business optimisation;</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Ability to draft legal opinions on complex ER/labour law matters and queries</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Skilled in S189 and S197 processes, alternate dispute resolution and collective bargaining</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Proficiency in preparing Labour Court pleadings and related documentation.</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">Drafting and reviewing ER-related policies, employment related contracts and agreements;</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Developing ER training material and capacity building for business stakeholders and ER consultants</span></span></p></li></ul><p style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p><p style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>Behaviours:&nbsp;</strong></span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 24px;"><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Collaborates with internal business stakeholders to promote fair employment practices</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Applies legal and business insights in order to drive organisational objectives</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Effectively works with others to achieve shared goals</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Creates an environment that fosters and nurtures a culture of efficiency which drives success</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Thinks and plans strategically, focusing on the long-term goals and objectives of the ER department and the entire organisation</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Develops plans and prioritises initiatives that align to the organisational goals and objectives</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Understands and navigates dynamics created by processes, systems, and people</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Assesses and improves the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of various work processes</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Quickly adapts and acquires new knowledge, skills, and competencies in a rapidly changing environment</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Interprets and simplifies complex and contradictory information when resolving organisational and problems with a legal or compliance context</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Takes accountability on agreed upon individual and team performance targets</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Sets ambitious goals and takes focused action to achieve desired outcomes to deliver measurable results</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Team player with good interpersonal competencies</span></span></p></li><li class="ortl-align-justify"><p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Able to influence business and get buy-in from stakeholders</span></span></p></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Please ensure that your line manager is aware and supports your application.</strong></p><p><strong style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(251, 249, 248); color: rgb(22, 21, 19); font-family: &quot;Oracle Sans&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; scrollbar-width: thin; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Preference will be given but not limited to candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act.</strong></p><ul><li>Engage and advise internal and external stakeholders, business consultants and service providers&nbsp;in RSA and Rest of Africa territories with strategic ER expertise and support</li><li>Draft and review legal pleadings for relevant external dispute resolution forums</li><li>Draft and maintain all contracts of employment and other employment law related legal agreements</li><li>Collective bargaining and engagement with organised labour (SA and Rest of Africa)</li><li>Advise management on strategic ER and labour related matters, including mergers and acquisitions, business restructures and retrenchments</li><li>Develop, implement and promote ER policies with particular focus on emerging and current relevant employment legislation and evolving case law to ensure best practice, aligned to global trends and risk mitigation</li><li>Develop and facilitate ER training across territories</li><li>Monitor internal labour relations trends</li><li>Travel locally and within Rest of Africa</li><li>Keep accurate data and prepare reports for HO ER and EXCO</li></ul>