Section Manager: Employee Relations

Company Description
- We have an exciting opportunity for a Section Manager:
Employee Relations who will be responsible for leading the operational ER Teams within their area of responsibility. To support the Employee Relations Manager to develop and implement the Employee Relations strategy, labour relations issues whilst ensuring compliance with all appropriate legislation and obligations.
**Be part of the team. The team that makes it happen**
Guided by our purpose and our values, we enable both high performance and purposeful action as we aim to “re-imagine mining to improve people’s lives"
, delivering the metals and minerals that make modern life possible - from mobile phones to medicines.
**Kumba Iron Ore**
We produce high-grade iron ore, the key component in steel widely used in construction and manufacturing across the world. Our activities include all aspects - exploration;
mining;
processingand blending;
shipping;
marketing and selling. In South Africa, we have mining operations in the Northern Cape province, as well as a head office in Centurion, Gauteng, and a port operation in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape.
**Job Description
- Key responsibilities of this role are**:
- Enhance the well-being of employee relations within the operation
- Employment Relations (ER) Strategy - Manage processes involved in implementation of the employee relations strategy
- Monitors and reports on specific ER outcomes and overall trends that impact on the ER strategy and the business decisions
- Relationships - Managing the processes involved in supporting formal trade union relationships
- Grievances and conflict - Manage processes to keep employees and managers advised of grievance handling procedures
- Disciplinary cases - Manage disciplinary processes to ensure a speedy resolution
- Monitors and advises to provide site capability and deliver processes to effectively implement all ER/IR policies and processes
- Control discipline and ensure fair decisions regarding Industrial Relations
- Restructuring - Ensures that agreements around restructuring are correctly recorded and implemented
- Maintains effective working relationships with other departments, internal and external agencies
- Monitor labour relations climate and identify risks and strategies to mitigate the risk
- Provide advice on all labour related matters and represent the company at relevant forums, e.G., CCMA, Labour Court
- Facilitate compliance on all labour relations acts, legislation, and processes
- Support the training and development requirements of ER Team
**This role is in the Human Resources Department on a Band 6 level.**
- Qualifications
- A Degree in Industrial Relations or Human Resource Management
- Postgraduate degree in Employee Relations or Labour Law is advantageous
- Certificate/Diploma in Alternative Dispute Resolution is advantageous
- Registration with a Professional body is advantageous (SASLAW)
- Valid Drivers License
**Knowledge and Experience**:
- 6 Years’ solid experience as an ER Specialist / ER Advisor within the mining environment
- Computer literacy MS Office &
SAP HR
- Knowledge and understanding of the relevant acts and bodies (e.G. Labour Relations Act;
BCEA;
EEA;
Disciplinary procedures;
trade union consultation;
Mine Health and Safety Act)
- Knowledge of CCMA/Bargaining processes
- Conflict resolution and problem-solving skills
- Ability to function independently and under pressure
- Knowledge of contemporary industrial relations dynamics, case law, labour legislation, trends and trade union matters
- Experience of working within Unionised environments within the Mining Industry preferable.
**Additional Information
- What we offer**
When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company - and we’re still growing all the time.
**Who we are?**
Anglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers around the world.
As a responsible miner - of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore, coal and nickel - we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s live