Manager: Employee Relations

Job Function:

To lead and execute employee and industrial relations across a multi-industry, client-centric organisation, ensuring a harmonious working environment and minimising employee relations risk in accordance with applicable labour legislation and company policies.

Key performance areas:

• Develop and implement ER/IR strategies aligned to organisational and business unit objectives.
• Champion industrial relations risk management and proactive mitigation strategies.
• Oversee and manage high-volume, complex disciplinary, grievance, performance, and incapacity cases across multiple business units and client sites.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with multiple unions, bargaining councils, and employer organisations.
• Ensure consistent ER practices across Industrial, Hygiene, Hospitality, and Healthcare sectors, adapting to sector-specific requirements.
• Oversee ER practices across a nationally dispersed workforce, ensuring consistency in application and governance.
• Implement corporate governance and compliance frameworks to manage labour-related risk.
• Develop ER capability within line management and HR teams.

Qualifications required:

• Honours Degree (NQF Level 8) in Human Resources, Labour Relations, Law or related field.
• Postgraduate qualification in Labour Law or Industrial Relations (preferred).

Skills and experience required:

• 5–8 years’ experience in Employee / Industrial Relations.
• Minimum 5 years’ operational leadership or specialist experience.
• Proven track record in complex case management and dispute resolution.
• Experience in CCMA and external dispute forums.

Please ensure that you are eligible to work in the country that you are applying for.

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