Senior Specialist: Employee Relations at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

• To advise business and employees on Labour related issues, highlighting the risks to the business and employees alike whilst ensuring that fair and equitable employee relations outcomes are achieved.

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level

Additional Minimum Qualifications

• LLB Degree
• Admitted Attorney

Process

• Collaborate with different business areas to provide staff with knowledge and awareness of relevant laws, regulations and standards.
• Identify, diagnose and recommend improvements and provide specialist advice and support; ensuring that solutions are appropriate and effective.
• Coordinate research and information gathering activities and collate and analyse information to serve as input to managerial reporting or decision making.
• Provide training and development regarding labour law processes and internal policies to line management and Human Resources practitioners.
• Accountable for the improvement of quality, service and work outputs, continuously recommending improvements.
• Plan for the organisation of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to the area of specialisation.
• Proactively identify area of specialisation related problems, determine cause and effect and recommend the best option to implement corrective action based on previous experience.
• Reviews and drafts various contracts including but not limited to contracts of employment, secondment agreements, fixed term employment and S197 agreements, mutual termination and settlement agreements, independent contractor agreements.
• Engages with external legal firms and contracts services as and when appropriate.

Customer

• Provide specialist expertise and advice to internal/external customers, that builds strong relationships and creates a favourable impression aligned to Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles.
• Provides general employment and labour law advice.
• Provides advisory services to business on correct procedures to institute e.g. disciplinary process / grievance.
• Manage and advise employees on all applicable ER processes and systems including but not limited to poor performance, formal disciplinary procedure, grievance procedure, ill health and incapacity matters.
• Advise on people related merger and acquisition matters including restructuring, outsourcing, workplaces changes and processes.
• Provides dispute resolution and labour litigation management services and represents the company at CCMA, Labour Court, Equality Courts.Drafts pleadings and documentation for CCMA and Labour Court matters. Chairs and mediate complex grievance hearings.

Finance

• Adhere to financial controls, governance and compliance policies and processes throughout an area of specialisation, contributing to cost efficiency.

Learning and Growth

• Contribute positively to human capability improvement, related to knowledge optimisation and associated with area of specialisation.

Governance

• Provide advice and support to the business with the aim of mitigating litigation risk across impacted organisational operations.
• Comply to risk and governance policies, implement and provide subject matter input to the development of related processes, applicable to the area of specialisation.
• Compiles monthly and quarterly ER reports
• Drafts memo/ opinions on any aspect of employment and labour law and reviews and drafts applicable policies, procedures and standards,
• Ensure compliance with the BCEA, LRA, EEA, UIF Act, COIDA, OHSA and other relevant Acts.
• Manages the Department of Labour Inspection processes.
• Conducts internal ER Audit- ensuring consistent application of the group policies / procedures in adherence to relevant legislation.