Summary:

Provides operational support to ensure the business meets its diversity and inclusion aims and objectives as well as ensuring that these support and enable greater stakeholder relationships. This role requires the incumbent to support partnering across the function to align, resource share, and educate on best practices around ER & DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging).

 

Roles and Responsibilities:
 

• • Provide tactical direction, management of the division and provide oversight of the outputs of the Employee Relations environment
  • Ensure proper application of the disciplinary and grievance procedure regarding fairness and consistency.
  • Advise on matter related to disciplinary related enquiries and appeal hearings in accordance with the disciplinary procedure
  • assist with internal investigations into complaints, concerns, or alleged misconduct, and present the Company with findings and recommendations.
  • Coordination of Employee Wellness programs and initiatives for the sub-region

Transformation and Diversity Initiatives:

• • Maintain metrics to measure the effectiveness of DEIB programs and initiatives, regularly assessing progress and making data-driven recommendations for improvement.
  • Assist with training and workshops to raise awareness and enhance understanding of DEIB issues, fostering a more inclusive and culturally competent workforce.
  • Provide support to employee resource groups encouraging active participation in promoting diversity and inclusion within the organization.
  • Investigate and address any instances of bias, discrimination, or harassment, ensuring a fair and inclusive work environment for all employees.
  • Stay informed about industry best practices, trends, and legal requirements related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Mining Charter, regulatory frameworks including SLP, EE, BBBEE, etc.

Labour Compliance and Policy Development:

• • Stay abreast of labour laws, regulations, and industry standards to ensure the organization operates within legal boundaries.
  • Ensure updates to HR policies and procedures are conducted and aligns with legislative changes and best practices and advises line managers and HR personnel on the same
  • Ensuring regular audits and assessments are conducted to monitor compliance and identify areas for improvement.

Manage operational performance of the Employee Relations services within the HR Department:

• Support management in the participative structures by providing specialist ER advice to the HR forum management engagement regarding planning for the engagement process and on decision making risk and strategy

• Monitor employee relations key performance indicators and ensuring compliance by compiling a divisional monthly report with critical data, conduct audits to ensure standardised practices, best practices, legal conformance, identifying deviations and devising corrective measures;

• Assist line management with the management of industrial action by:
  • Advising all parties on the content and application of Tronox’s industrial action policies and stance;
• Conciliation and mediation settlements by:
  • Assisting with obtaining and influencing settlement mandates for statutory conciliation and non-statutory mediation proceedings;
  • Determining management strategies and options during conciliation and mediation proceedings, in consultation with the Manager: ER& Transformation - Region;
  • Assisting or representing management in statutory conciliation/non statutory mediation/advisory arbitration proceedings;
• Arbitration and pre-dismissal arbitration by:
  • Liaising with the Legal Department with regards to the evaluation of disputes and disciplinary cases and to present management’s case;
  • Preparing Tronox’s case, heads of argument and pleadings, in consultation with the Manager: ER& Transformation - Region for non-complex cases;
  • Representing Tronox or actively overseeing and advising legal counsel during statutory and non-statutory arbitration or pre-dismissal arbitration proceedings;
  • Assisting with the analysis, evaluation and implementation of arbitration and pre-dismissal arbitration awards to determine possible grounds for rescission or review.
• Provide a specialist consulting and advisory service on all employee relations related policies, agreements and procedures by:
  • Interpreting policies, procedures and negotiated agreements and advising management on their practical application and the management of deviations, in consultation with the Manager: ER& Transformation - Region;

• • Providing procedural advice for incapacity investigations and advising management on work adaptations and alternative work options;
  • Advising management on process and substantive aspects of grievance management in terms of the Procedure;
  • Advising management on the process and substantive aspects of disciplinary action for less serious misconduct.
• Provide an industrial relations training and development service in the Division by: training Human Resources Advisors on all procedural and substantive aspects of employee relations;
  • Sensitising supervisors on developments in employee relations;
  • Assisting line management and supervisors with the sensitising of employees;
  • Monitoring all shop steward training and assisting with such training on request:
  • Assess and advise management on cases referred to the CCMA on prospects for success;
  • Attend to specific projects when requested;
  • Act as a custodian of Employee Relations & Transformation in the company;
  • Assist management in the appointment of a Chairperson in disciplinary enquiries
  • Educate management and employees on policies, procedures, collective agreements and relevant legislation continuously;
  • Liaise with service providers on training required by the company

HR Systems:

• • Working knowledge of HR systems and analytics, to be able to assess system effectiveness and ensure alignment with organizational goals

Training and Development:

• • Assist in the coordination and facilitation of workshops and training sessions on HR systems, diversity, inclusion, and cultural sensitivity.

Primary Location:

Empangeni, KZN

Employment Type:

Permanent