National Employee Relations Manager

Description:

A specialist warehouse and distribution company has an exciting opportunity for an experienced, customer service-oriented National Employee Relations Manager in GautengTo drive compliance in Labour legislation and implementation of interventions in the respective region in line with company strategy thereby mitigating risk to ACMS. To manage internal dispute resolution procedures and provide advice to ACMS Management in the allocated region. External dispute management at CCMA/Bargaining Council for ACMS. To provide professional and competent strategic consulting services to ACMS, manage subordinates, and coordinate team activities to achieve ACMS strategy and departmental objectives. Active engagement with Trade Unions on behalf of ACMS.Grade 12Bachelor’s Degree - Labour LawAdmitted attorney would be an added advantageMinimum 5 yrs. Labour Relations experience is essential with extensive exposure to CCMA, Conciliation, Arbitrations, litigation, unions etc.Training experience would be advantageousTES Industry exposure advantageousSolid reporting and administration skillsPROCESSAccountable for the improvement of quality, service and desired work outputs, advising on procedural and process improvements; enabling adherence to a set framework of policies and procedures.Proactively identify process-related operational problems, determine cause and effect and recommend improvements to solve issues based on previous experience and an understanding of the context of the problem.Plan for the organization of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to an area of specialization.Gather relevant information related to specialization activities; collate and integrate into written reports for assessment or appraisal and present as input to managerial reporting or decision-making.Externally represent the company at CCMA / Bargaining Councils / Trade Union engagement.Manage and track disputes received within required timelines and presented, including tracking of positive or adverse awards in relation to prospects of success identified proactively and impact of performance on results in case presentation.Monitor Post for any legal documents received or served on regional offices and follow up with Adcorp entities to check if any legal documents were served on them.Ensure operations activities and support received are professionally attended to and closed out within required timelines and status reports provided. (e.g., s189 processes s197 agreements and processes, strike management, organisational rights, complex and, Mass. disciplinary hearings, union negotiations, collective bargaining and collective grievances, etc.)Union engagement meetings, e.g. wage negotiations, internal disputes, labour unrest; organisational rightsStrike Management: Protected and Unprotected; establishing picketing rules;Initiator at mass disciplinary enquiries;Chairing mass disciplinary enquiries;Chairing complex disciplinary e