Specialist: Employee Relations at Road Accident Fund

Key Performance Areas

Employee Relations

• Provide specialist advice to the Fund on HC and ER compliance including inter alia the Labour Relations Act and conditions of services.
• Develop employee relations processes and procedures to control/regulate workplace conflict and/or institute corrective measures and consultation processes to address deviations from standards.
• Advise Senior Manager on Employee Relations matters and on the appropriate approach to  effectively deal with instances of labour unrest.
• Provide fair and amicable conflict resolution.
• Contribute to collective bargaining through negotiations between the Fund and RAF employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights for workers.
• Provide advice on Disciplinary and Grievance procedures, Basic Conditions of Service, OHS Act, Staff Manual and other regulations.

Policy Review and Implementation

• Contribute to the development and implementation of departmental policy, procedures and processes.
• Keep up to date with effective policy and practice execution strategies.

Reporting

• Prepare and submit Employee Relations reports as and when required to provide progress updates and/or inform management decisions.
• Develop reports/ policies/ procedures and guide the process through the alignment of the documents to the overall RAF’s Strategy.
• Develop functional reporting systems, for management, projects or performance reporting.
• Prepare proposals, briefings, presentations, reports, and other documentation and provide management information both verbally and in report format.

Stakeholder Management

• Facilitate and manage communication with relevant internal and external stakeholders in relation to investments and proactively and progressively manage the relationships.
• Manage relationships with vendors, service providers or procurement teams and ensure that all relevant procured items are invoiced and paid on Time.
• Communicate with all levels of stakeholder contact.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree/ Advanced Diploma in Employee Relations/ Labour Relations or Human Resource Management related qualification.
• Relevant 5 - 7 years’ experience in a human resource management/ employee relations related environment.