Centre: Directorate: Employment Relations, Head Office
Reference No: HR 4/4/14/1/6 HO
Salary: All inclusive 495 603 per annum
Requirements:
Three year relevant tertiary qualification in Law or equivalent qualification in the field of Employment Relations. Three to five years working experience in Legal environment or employment relations environment.
Knowledge:
●Labour Relations Act
●Basic Conditions of Employment Act
●Public Service Act
●Employment Equity Act
●UI Act
●Public Service Regulations
● Public Service Commission’s rules for dealing with complaints and grievances
●Public Service Co–ordinating Bargaining Council’s Resolutions
●Interpretation of legislation / policies
●Interpretation of case law and trends in Labour Law
●Policy / guideline formulation
Skills:
●Management
●Problem Solving
●Policy / guideline analysis and development
●Organisation
●Analytical
●Leadership
●Budgeting / Financial
●Negotiating
●Verbal and Written communication
●Presentation.
Duties:
●Initiates and provides strategic direction in the implementation and promotion of Employment Relations Programs and Interventions
●Represent the Department in all disputes referred to the General Public Service Sectoral Bargaining Council (GPSSBC) and the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA)
● Ensure that the Department is properly represented in all cases referred to the Labour Court
● Facilitate and represent the Department in collective bargaining processes with its recognized unions
●Manage there sources within the Employment Relations Unit.
Deadline Date: 24.02.2014
How to Apply:
- Applications must be submitted on form Z83, obtainable from any Public Service Department or on the internet
- The completed and signed form Z83 should be accompanied by a recently updated, comprehensive CV as well as recently certified copies of all qualification(s) and ID-document [Driver’s license where applicable].
- Non-RSA Citizens/Permanent Resident Permit Holders must attach a copy of their Permanent Residence Permits to their applications.
- Should you be in possession of a foreign qualification, it must be accompanied by an evaluation certificate from the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA).
- Applicants who do not comply with the above-mentioned requirements, as well as applications received late, will not be considered.
- The Department does not accept applications via fax or email.
- Failure to submit all the requested documents will result in the application not being considered.
- Correspondence will be limited to short-listed candidates only.
- If you have not been contacted within eight (8) weeks after the closing date of this advertisement, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
- Suitable candidates will be subjected to a personnel suitability check (criminal record, citizenship, credit record checks, qualification verification and employment verification). Where applicable, candidates will be subjected to a skills/knowledge test.
- Successful candidates will be appointed on a probation period of 12 months.
- The Department reserves the right not to make any appointment(s) to the above post.
- The successful candidate will be expected to sign a performance agreement.
- The Department of Labour is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer.
- The employment decision shall be informed by the Employment Equity Plan of the Department.
- It is the Department’s intention to promote equity (race, gender and disability) through the filling of this post(s) with a candidate whose transfer /promotion / appointment will promote representativity in line with the numerical targets as contained in our Employment Equity Plan.
Applications:
Chief Director: Human Resources Management: Private Bag X 117, Pretoria,
0001 Or hand deliver at 215 Francis Baard Street.
For Attention:
Sub-directorate: Human Resources Operations, Head Office
