Labour Relations Consultant
Location: Centurion
Terms: Full Time
Salary: R 58 000 – R 63 000 CTC per month
About the Company
As the country’s financial intelligence unit, the company implements its role in the country’s framework for anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism and proliferation (AML, CFT and CPF). The company’s functions includes:
- Receive regulatory reports and transaction and other data from accountable institutions and other business
- Interpret and analyse the data received
- Produce financial intelligence from this data for the use of competent authorities in their investigations, prosecutions and applications for asset forfeiture
- Produce forensic evidence based on the flow of financial transactions
- Exchange information with bodies that have similar objectives in other countries regarding combating of ML, TF and PF (money laundering, terrorist financing and proliferation financing), and other similar activities
- Facilitate effective supervision and enforcement by supervisory bodies
About the Role
Provide labour relations advisory and facilitation services to internal stakeholders to enable sound employment relations.
Key Responsibilities
- Advise managers and employees on Labour relations matters
- Maintain organized Labour consultative structures
- Facilitate internal dispute resolution measures, grievances, and disciplinary processes
- Sustain relationships with key stakeholders i.e. shop stewards and other union representatives, to ensure employment relations stability through addressing identified issues speedy and in an amicable manner
- Ensure constant monitoring of the Recognition Agreement and/or any other agreements that the FIC enters into with organized Labour
- Provide support to the negotiations team by coordinating the bargaining process.
- Represent the FIC at relevant external forums such as the CCMA
- Develop and implement measures to promote sound employment relations
- Develop, implement, maintain and monitor Labour relations policies
- Empower management and staff on Labour relations matters
- Facilitate the FIC’s compliant with employment laws
- Keep abreast of changes and developments in the Labour relations environment
- Facilitate the implementation of the FIC’s Transformation initiatives, including, but not limited to, employment equity and other transformation-related deliverables
- Review and maintain HR governance framework and ensure alignment to employment laws, e.g., HR policies etc.
Candidate Requirements
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in HR / Labour Relations or equivalent
- +5 years’ experience in Labour relations field.
- +5 years’ experience in collective bargaining matters, and conflict resolution.
- Demonstrated facilitation and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of employment and Labour laws
- Knowledge of and ability to interpret Human Resources Management framework with specific reference to Labour Relations
- Knowledge and skills regarding processes of policy research, analysis and development
- Knowledge and skills in strategic and project planning and management
Behavioural Competencies
- Customer Service: Knows the customer’s business and/or seeks information about the real underlying needs of the customer, beyond those expressed initially
- Flexibility: Decides how to do something based on the situation
- Impact and Influence: Adapts a presentation or discussion to appeal to the interest or level of others
- Organisational Commitment: Acts to support the organisation’s mission and goals.
- Commitment to professional learning: Finds out and permanently scans what the latest trends are in the local market (what other organisations’ practices are, new technologies, etc.)
- Contextual Awareness – understand impact of current events
- Teamwork: Publicly credits others who have performed well
- Conceptual Thinking: Makes complex ideas or situations clear, simple and/or understandable to others
- Achievement Orientation: Makes specific changes within the work system or in own work methods to improve performance
- Initiative Demonstrates the ability to anticipate and proactively manage all the variables involved, to ensure that critical opportunities for the Centre are not missed.
Working Conditions
- May be required to work long hours when the need arise
