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POST 11/35 : ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: LABOUR RELATIONS

🏢 DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT 📍 Pretoria ⏳ Closes: 20 Apr 2026 🧾 Post: 11/35 # Ref: CMS20/2026 (X3 POSTS)

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Key details

Salary

R468 459 • per annum

Centre

Pretoria

Reference

CMS20/2026 (X3 POSTS)

Closing date

20 Apr 2026

Job Highlight

Overview

Join our team to support and manage labour relations, ensuring misconduct and disputes are handled quickly and fairly while providing expert advice and facilitating grievance resolutions.

Requirements

Provide support, advice and facilitate the implementation of labour relations framework in the Department through the following key performance areas: Ensure misconduct and dispute cases are handled promptly and effectively.

Investigate cases and compile investigation reports.

Draft sound charges of misconduct.

Prepare witnesses for disciplinary hearing.

Represent the department in disciplinary hearings.

Represent the department in arbitrations.

Ensure the facilitation of grievance resolution.

Provide advice and development on labour relations matters.

Prepare reports.

Duties

The successful candidate will be responsible to ensure misconduct cases are handled promptly and effectively, Scrutinize investigation reports from investigation officers and determine grounds for misconduct., Conduct supplementary investigation on reports which do not cover all aspects of the allegations to be pursued, Ensure sanctions are implemented and HR informed of outcomes that require Persal implementation, Facilitate the referring of appeals to the appeal authority by providing advice on merits of the case, Ensure the facilitation of grievance procedures, Investigate grievances received and identify findings and recommendations on conclusion, Facilitate the appointment of Investigation officers, Facilitate conciliation and / or mediation meetings, Provide advice and development on labour relations matters, Identify gaps and facilitate information sessions for branches with challenges on employment relationship, Coordinate workshops on ER processes and ensure stakeholders are engaged on course content, Facilitate monthly code of conduct inductions, Reports compliance support, Ensure dispute cases are handled effectively, Monitor the receipt of referral forms and notices of conciliation and arbitration if they are properly served to the Department, Identify and advice on motivations to be done of services procured for dispute cases.