Employee Relations and Transformation Specialist
Listing reference: atns_000343
Listing status: Under Review
Apply by: 29 September 2023
Position summary
Industry: Aviation & Aerospace
Job category: Industrial Relations
Location: Bedfordview
Contract: Permanent
Remuneration: Market Related
EE position: No
Introduction
Applications are invited to apply for the vacant Employee Relations & Transformation Specialist position x2 (Peromnes Grade 7) based at Bruma. The successful applicant will report to the Head of Employee Relations, EE, and Wellness.
Job description
Main Activities:
Transformation
- Contributes to the development and implementation of the transformation plan and all related projects for the company.
- Provide guidance and direction on all initiatives relating to transformation.
- Ensure compilation and timeous submission of the Employment Equity Plans and Report reports.
- Understanding and setting of business EE targets to drive and enable the transformation agenda.
- Identify continuous improvement and sustainability of transformation and diversity practices.
- Conduct diversity management-related training programs that promote a culture of inclusion.
- Engage, consult, and involve line management in all delivery elements of the transformation scorecard to ensure achieving goals and objectives.
- Consult with the Head of Employee Relations, EE & Wellness / CHCO, and other Executives to manage the EE headcount targets (race, gender, and disability) by setting and monitoring ratios for recruitment, promotions, training, and development.
- Oversee all activities of stakeholders (forums, committees, etc.) driving the business transformation strategy and ensure consistency and uniformity in the execution of their roles and responsibilities.
Employee Relations: Ensuring consistent implementation of labour relations interventions that foster a sound labour relations climate in ATNS.
- Contributes to the development of the ATNS Employee Relations and Transformation strategy.
- Provide professional advice and consult on employee relations issues management.
- Actively participate in annual wage negotiations, general management, and labour consultations with recognized labour unions.
- Provide guidance in leading with industrial actions/strikes-related matters, establishing, and maintaining management and labour forums.
- Advises and facilitates negotiations and engagements between management and the recognised union/s.
- Ensures implementation and maintenance of the consultative labour and management structures.
- Advises management and employees on ER processes.
- Facilitates the process of drafting and reviewing of recognition, substantive, and collective agreements.
- Updates the ATNS ER policies and procedures to ensure alignment with the legislative changes.
- Monitor labor-related legislative changes and ensure that the company policies, processes, and frameworks are timeously updated.
- Conduct ER-related training to ensure that line management and employees are informed and capacitated.
- Facilitates regular ER climate surveys to ensure proactive management of the ER function.
- Develop initiatives to address the outcomes from surveys and people-related assessments.
- Manage external dispute resolution processes.
- Participates and guides restructuring planning processes, leads and facilitates the engagement as required.
- Participated in the planning and execution of business projects that may impact employee relations.
- Liaises with internal and external stakeholders to ensure strategic business growth and sustainability.
- Liaise with the Department of Labour and other statutory and non-statutory bodies on behalf of the company.
- Ensures that the Company transformation function meets the principles of sound Corporate Governance.
- Management of Unions and union representatives to ensure sound working relationships.
- Understanding of measuring tools to enable the required change of behaviour within the business.
- Conduct research to identify best ER practices aligned with legislation.
Management
- Develops and conducts presentations and reports to the management and staff on all matters relating to Management and Transformation
- Ensure that all compliance-related issues within the businesses are proactively managed.
- Risks reporting
- Employee Relations and Transformation plans and reports.
- Budget forecasts & Control
- Cost management
Minimum requirements
Minimum Requirements
- A tertiary qualification, e.g., a Bachelors Degree in Law (Labour relations), or Human Resources Management, or Industrial Psychology, or a related qualification, is required.
- A postgraduate qualification in Labour Relations / Business or related qualification will be an added advantage.
- 8 - 10 years of work experience, of which five must have been within Employee Relations and/or Human Resources Generalist with exposure to ER and Transformation in a complex and highly unionised environment. Public sector experience is advantageous.
If you have not been contacted within 3 weeks of the closing date of this advert, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
ATNS is an equal-opportunity employer that strives to achieve a diverse workforce broadly representative of our people. This position will be filled in line with the objectives of ATNS’ Employment Equity Plan, and therefore, candidates from designated groups as per the Employment Equity Act of 1998 are encouraged to apply.
People living with disabilities will be given preference in line with the with the EE Plan.
