Employee Relations Officer

Responsibilities

Represent the University in disputes at the CCMA
Advise and support line management and HR practitioners employee relations on policy matters
Employee Relations administration and reporting.
Service consultative meetings with Employees Union, NEHAWU, Academics' Union (CFASM), ERMC (this entails preparing agendas, producing written records/minutes, booking venues and other logistical support, and following up on issues that require so in the respective meetings)
Assist the manager in the servicing of academic discipline and probation committees i.e. Preliminary Investigating Committee, Committee of Inquiry, Committee of Review, etc
Assist the manager in the servicing of the University Human Resource Committee, Bargaining Meetings, and also other ER-related ad-hoc committees Represent the University in external dispute resolution fora including the CCMA Conciliation and Arbitration disputes.
Assist the manager in the preparation of cases for the CCMA and the Labour Court.
Be alternate for the Employee Relations Manager in complex disciplinary matters.
Advise and support line management and Human Resources practitioners on disciplinary and grievance issues with regards to procedures, labour law and
Develop line management capacity to manage discipline and grievances in the areas of responsibility.
Keep HR Generalists informed on developments in case law that may impact on their servicing of clients.
Provide administrative support to the Employee Relations Section of the HR Department.
Develop and manage a credible database of disciplinary and grievance cases.
Preparation statistical analysis reports of employee relations issues.
Manage the redeployment list by liaising with HR Generalists and informing them about the policy, and assist when required with problems arising out of the redeployment procedure.

Desired Skills