EmploymentRelationsSpecialist

The Employment Equity & Labour Relations Specialist is a critical strategic and operational role responsible for driving the company’s Employment Equity (EE), transformation, and labour relations agenda across a highly regulated, unionised, and operationally complex oil and energy environment. This role requires a highly analytical HR professional with deep expertise in South African labour legislation, employment equity governance, workforce analytics, industrial relations, and organisational risk management. The successful incumbent will partner closely with business leaders, HR, legal, unions, and operational stakeholders to proactively manage labour risk, strengthen transformation outcomes, ensure legislative compliance, and enable a high-performance culture. A key requirement of the role is exceptional capability in HR and workforce data analytics. The incumbent must be able to interpret complex workforce trends, identify organisational risks, develop predictive insights, and translate data into commercially sound labour and transformation strategies. This role operates at both strategic and operational levels and requires a resilient, credible, and highly influential professional capable of navigating complex employee relations environments with confidence and sound judgement. **Key Responsibilities (but not limited to):** **Employment Equity & Transformation** * Lead the development, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the company’s Employment Equity strategy and EE Plan in alignment with business objectives and legislative requirements. * Ensure full compliance with the Employment Equity Act, Labour Relations Act, BCEA, Skills Development Act, and relevant transformation legislation. * Manage all Employment Equity Committee structures, engagements, consultations, and governance processes across the business. * Prepare and submit annual EE reports (EEA2 & EEA4) accurately and within statutory deadlines. * Drive workforce transformation initiatives al