Employee Relations Specialist at Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC)

Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) - Buoyed by a mission to redefine customer experience and be the provider of choice wherever energy is consumed, Ikeja Electricity Distribution Plc (Ikeja Electric), Nigeria's largest power distribution network powers lives and businesses with innovation and unwavering drive for excellence. The company began its new phase of growth and expansion on November 1st, 2013 following the handover of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to NEDC/ KEPCO Consortium under the privatization scheme of the Federal Government of Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Employee Relations Specialist

Location: Lagos
Reporting To: Head Employee Relations
Job Type: Full time

Role Purpose

• Conceptualizes new employee welfare initiatives and think of ways of implementing and monitoring them.

Responsibilities

• Must understand how to design, manage and foster the employee engagement agenda for the Company
• Fosters and supports ways to create a conducive environment, providing employees with counseling and/ or advice on personnel policies.
• Provide interpretive guidance on HR policies, practices, and procedures.
• Understand the design and management of HMO Service Model while ensuring the seamless management of the Company Medical Benefit Scheme.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge about employment law as it relates to employee relations.
• Oversees leave management, leave data analysis and introduction of initiatives to promote effective leave utilization.
• Organization (HMO) and act as the liaison between employees and the HMO, mitigating issues to the minimum.
• Design and update the policies as it relates to wellness, engagement and welfare for staff
• Responsible for sending potential candidates on pre-employment medical
• Review service level agreements on medical plans and ensures effective negotiation with the service providers.
• Responsible for overseeing and ensuring the effective management of the HR Helpdesk
• Conducts various engagement initiatives and ER communication for employees as required.
• Oversees the onboarding/induction of new employees, liaising with the appropriate function to ensure that new hire have a good experience
• Provides interpretive guidance on leave and medical policies, practices, and procedures.
• Fosters and supports ways to create a conducive environment, providing employees with counseling and/ or advice on personnel policies.
• Ensures the availability of right terms and conditions of service and enabling the right infrastructure and facilities that will enable a healthy work climate.
• Provide interpretive guidance on HR policies, practices, and procedures.
• Supervises all activities related to terminal benefits, voluntary retirement cases, loans and allowances, employee grievance and establishment matters.
• Creative with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders and have a strong communication and writing skills
• Support in the development and deployment of the IE Culture transformation strategy.
• Comply with Quality Management System / Occupational Health & Safety requirements including objectives and applicable regulations relating to assigned jobs
• Perform any other duties as requested by the Unit Head and Head Of Department

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in HR or related field
• Minimum of 7 years’ experience within the employee relations space
• Good knowledge of Nigerian labor laws and Global HR best practice standards
• Ability to manage HR project roll outs and employee engagement processes within a large organization

Behavioral Competencies:

• Strong Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Interpersonal Relations
• Supervisory/Managerial Skills
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Managing Resources
• Business Focus
• Analytical Skills
• Creative and Innovative
• Vendor Management

Application Closing Date
30th November, 2018.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online