Job Description

Key accountabilities

• Develop and execute Employee Relations for Enaex Africa.
• Employee Relations reporting and Identifying, closing of gaps in the Employee Relations system.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with employee relations governance and processes: (e.g. disciplinary hearings, grievances, redundancies, industrial action, unfair labour practice, transfer of businesses, Bargaining Council, CCMA & labour court matters)
• Understands the ER climate and challenges within the business and the potential impact.
• Drives relationship and engagement management with key stakeholders (unions, management, employees, and external communities)
• Represent the company in employer associations, e.g. NBCEA, etc.
• Ascertains and communicates the impact of decisions and actions on wider employee relations, precedent setting, morale, and reputational risk.
• Educates line management on legislation and policy application, and all updates.
• Attends appeal hearings, senior level grievances and other employee relations meetings as advisor and to ensure procedural and substantive fairness.
• Ensures that Disciplinary and Incapacity procedures are adhered to.

Consultancy and advisory support

• BU support and delivery and execution of ER services to Enaex Africa
• Sharing of expert knowledge to build capability in ER across the business.
• Responsible for high level of training on ER principles, practices, and processes for HRBPs and line manager and supervisor Stable ER environment and high-level engagement with Stakeholders
• Enaex Africa positions adequately articulated in employer associations.
• Enaex Africa wage negotiation mandate successfully executed.
• Management and facilitation of Employment Equity at Enaex Africa
• Employee Relations conducted in accordance with legislation, codes of conduct and company policy. Compliance with procedural and substantive fairness requirements.
• Ensure compliance with HR guidelines and regulations.
• Compliance to legislation, procedures, and policy
• Protection of the interests of both Enaex Africa and the employee and ensures values driven employee relations is fostered.

• Degree in HR and or Law + relevant post graduate qualifications
• 10 years experience in Human Resources, in a unionized environment
• 10 years experience in managing Employee Relations function / service delivery.
• Track record of successful Employee Relations delivery
• Sound multi-functional stakeholder management and engagement abilities
• Ability to engage at Exco level when necessary.
• Travel in South Africa and Africa International Sites.
• Africa Employee Relations Experience (Advantageous)

Enaex