Specialist: Employee Relations

The Road Accident Fund’s mission is to provide appropriate cover to all road users within the borders of South Africa; to rehabilitate and compensate persons injured as a result of motor vehicle accidents in a timely and caring manner; and to actively promote safe use of our roads.

Purpose of the Job: Reporting to the Senior Manager: Employee Relations, the successful incumbent is responsible for the provision of specialized advice and guidance regarding employee relations issues within RAF.

Key Performance Areas

Employee Relations

• Provide specialist advice to the Fund on HC and ER compliance including inter alia the Labour Relations Act and conditions of services.
• Develop employee relations processes and procedures to control/regulate workplace conflict and/or institute corrective measures and consultation processes to address deviations from standards.
• Advise Senior Manager on Employee Relations matters and on the appropriate approach to  effectively deal with instances of labour unrest.
• Provide fair and amicable conflict resolution.
• Contribute to collective bargaining through negotiations between the Fund and RAF employees aimed at agreements to regulate working salaries, working conditions, benefits, and other aspects of workers' compensation and rights for workers.
• Provide advice on Disciplinary and Grievance procedures, Basic Conditions of Service, OHS Act, Staff Manual and other regulations.

Policy Review and Implementation

• Contribute to the development and implementation of departmental policy, procedures and processes.
• Keep up to date with effective policy and practice execution strategies.

Reporting

• Prepare and submit Employee Relations reports as and when required to provide progress updates and/or inform management decisions.
• Develop reports/ policies/ procedures and guide the process through the alignment of the documents to the overall RAF’s Strategy.
• Develop functional reporting systems, for management, projects or performance reporting.
• Prepare proposals, briefings, presentations, reports, and other documentation and provide management information both verbally and in report format.

Stakeholder Management

• Facilitate and manage communication with relevant internal and external stakeholders in relation to investments and proactively and progressively manage the relationships.
• Manage relationships with vendors, service providers or procurement teams and ensure that all relevant procured items are invoiced and paid on Time.
• Communicate with all levels of stakeholder contact.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree/ Advanced Diploma in Employee Relations/ Labour Relations or Human Resource Management related qualification.
• Relevant 5 - 7 years’ experience in a human resource management/ employee relations related environment.

NB: “RAF offers Total Employment Cost packages with no additional contributions from the Employer, successful candidates are required to structure their packages in a manner that will suit their needs”.

The Road Accident Fund subscribes to the principles of employment equity and preference will be given to People with Disabilities.

Applicants who have not received any correspondence from us within six weeks from the closing date can consider themselves unsuccessful

Security Vetting shall be conducted on all prospective employees

It is the applicants’ responsibility to have foreign qualification evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) and to provide proof of such evaluation.