People Partner (Employee Relations)

About the Company
We're in process of scaling up our People function within our Durban operation in SA.

About the Role
People Partner (Employee Relations)

• To sustainably enhance the employee relations capability of the organisation.
• To function across the employee relations value chain in accordance with the daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly objectives.
• To establish lean, agile and cost-effective mechanisms to mitigate dispute resolution

Responsibilities

Perform all industrial/employee relations activities:

• To provide advisory in relation to misconduct, operational requirements, incapacities, grievances, and dispute resolution.
• To facilitate/cheer all matters relating to misconduct, incapacity, operational requirements, grievances, and disputes.
• Mitigate and defend Industrial relations risk at the CCMA.
• Actively identifies gaps, proposes, and implements changes within contractual frame works and organisational policies.
• Driving Employment Equity and ensuring adherence to policies.
• To ensure compliance to legal, business and client requirements.

Implementation of industrial/employee relations learning & development initiatives

• Work closely with both support and operational business units to implement employee relations learnings in the form of workshops, tutorials, training and any other learning experience to equip managers and employees.
• Design and implement learning material such as handbooks, disciplinary codes, policies, information sheets as well as templates to drive organisational efficiencies.
• Engage with internal and external stake holders to find new and innovative ways to enable all line managers with the most recent industrial/employment relations trends.
• Create and implement an online employee relations library / portal for both managers and employees

Management of poor time keeping , absence and attrition

• Equip and enable support and operational managers with the requisite knowledge around absence, time keeping and attrition trends.
• Reviewing exit information and implement positive retention initiatives.
• Identify proactive measures to reduce and mitigate poor time keeping, absence and attrition.
• Facilitate employee ambassador sessions and collaborate with respective departments to yield positive change

Compiling of impactful reports

• Work closely with all stake holders to understand reporting requirements and compiling necessary reports to impact positive change.
• This will include (but not limited to) : reporting on misconduct, incapacity, operational requirements, warnings and learning initiatives

Participating in the design and delivering of people and business projects

• Liasing with the People Projects Partner and other stake holders to timeously contribute to the successful delivery and completion of people and business-related projects.

Building strong business relationships with internal and external clients

• Proactively supports the delivery of People Processes.
• Schedule frequent meetings with stakeholders to conduct a needs analysis and provide feedback on industrial/employee relations initiatives.
• Analyses client feedback and processes and use the feedback to onboard and implement enhanced industrial/employee relations initiatives.
• Engages with management team and pro-actively, responds to queries promptly and ensures that opportunities for improvements are actioned and measured.
• Performs a support role for the business by ensuring collaboration and pro-active communication between departments.
• Presentation of MBR and suggestions about change management
• To provide meaningful reporting to facilitate business decisions.

Qualifications

• Matric (Essential)
• Tertiary qualification in Human Resources / Industrial & Employee Relations or Labour Law is preferred
• Postgraduate Qualification Advantageous
• Master of Commerce Industrial/ Employee Relations is highly advantageous
• Bachelor of Law LLB is highly advantageous
• Masters of Labour Law LLM is highly advantageous
• 3-5 years experience in a Labour /Industrial/Employee Relations or Management role Equivalent.
• Knowledge and understanding of all South African labour legislation is essential.
• Experience in Employment Equity is advantageous.
• CCMA proficiency at arbitration level is non-negotiable.
• Strong MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint skills.

Required Skills Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of South African Labour Legislation legislative requirements
• Resilient approach and the ability to manage under pressure
• Problem solving skills and adept at trouble shooting
• Strong and adaptable communication skills with the ability to influence and motivate
• Strong analytical abilities: ability to collate, manage and analyse data