Industrial Relations Supervisor at Airswift Tanzania

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Job Overview
Industrial Relations Supervisor at Airswift Tanzania June 2024
Airswift
Location: Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Open to: Tanzanian nationals
Contract duration: 1 year
Recruitment Partner: Airswift

Our Company
We
are currently recruiting for an Industrial Relations Supervisor to be
placed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on a rotational work schedule and on a
1-year contract, with possibility of extension. The main functions are
to support development and maintenance of a harmonious IR culture on the
work site through assurance of Contractor IR management and Contractor
implementation of IR plans and procedures; undertake routine monitoring
of Contractor IR performance, reporting IR issues, non-conformances, and
worker grievances and tracking all IR and worker welfare issues at the
work site to closure. During construction,
monitor and report Contractor IR and camp operations performance,
Contractor management and resolution of workers issues and provide
inputs to Project IR Performance Project reporting.

Responsibilities

• IR Supervisor operates under instruction and guidance of the IR Manager.
• Maintains professional working relationships with Contractors, Subordinates and Project management always.
• Through daily assurance and IR focused engagements, manage day-to-day
  IR Officer activities and align with Contractor IR procedures within the
  area of responsibility through coordination with IR Officers.
• Oversee and manage daily IR officer monitoring activities.
• Assist and provide guidance to IR Officers regarding daily activities
  and assist where necessary with engagement with Contractors.
• Support the IR Manager with disciplinary actions and disciplinary hearings.
• Ensure the proper maintenance of records by IR Officers (interview
  notes and pre-employment checks, employment contracts, disciplinary
  action records, demobilisation notices).
• Routine and non-routine monitoring of Contractor and sub-contractor IR Plan implementation.
• Collate daily reports from IR Officers and Issue daily Contractor IR
  Performance reports to IR Manager, summarising IR activities and
  progress updates.
• Elevate Contractor and Project IR issues arising onsite to the Site Manager and IR Manager.
• Prepare IR inputs to routine and non-routine reporting.
• Assist IR Manager to investigate and close or IR non-conformance and
  field observations arising out of Project, Contractor, and Third-Party
  monitoring.
• Coordinate workforce planning per Contractor Labour Management Plans and Local / National Content Plan commitments.
• Verify Contractor recruitment is undertaken according to Project and
  Contractor recruitment and selection procedures in approved Labour
  Management Plans.
• Liaise with Project Community Relations
  Supervisors, Project H3SE, Site Manager, Contractor IR / HR, IR Officers
  regarding Contractor labour management, camp management, recruitment
  plans and processes.
• Ensure all risks associated with
  Contractor demobilisation planning and implementation are satisfactorily
  identified and managed by IR Officers.
• Carry out all other duties as directed by the IRM as required to meet the project objectives.
• Ensure the efficient management of IR Officers performance and identify areas of training and development.
• Ensure sufficient IR coverage in the field through effective leave and human resource planning.
• Ensuring IR Officers have the necessary resources to perform their duties in the field.

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Skills / Qualifications
Essential :

• Candidates must be Tanzanian nationals.
• Minimum undergraduate qualification in a relevant discipline and at
  least 6 years labour or employment law, industrial relations experience.
• Extractive industry experience, construction or logistics industrial relations, labour management, camp operations.
• Experience across a diverse workforce comprising unskilled,
  semi-skilled, technical, and management/professional workers and a broad
  supply chain.
• Ability to maintain good working relationships with project management, contractors, and sub-contractors.
• Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and is a quick, adaptable, learner from on-the-job training.
• Ability to liaise with and communicate productively with Contractor representatives.
• Operate unsupervised to carry out onsite and offsite visits and audits to a professional standard.
• Good written and spoken English and Kiswahili.
• Strong IT and data collection capabilities.
• Interpersonal and networking skills.
• Report writing, analytical skills and intensive problem-solving capabilities.
• Supervisory experience.

Desirable

• Communication, collaboration, and team-working skills especially in multi-discipline and multi-cultural teams.
• An ‘Incident Free’ mind-set and commitment to the Project Zero Harm safety culture.
• Human rights awareness and industry good practice expectations,
  elevating awareness of and contributing to zero tolerance towards
  discrimination, harassment, corruption.
• An ability to work
  effectively in a diverse, multidisciplinary team environment, including
  Interface management experience, within facilities, and across other
  functions.

The next step

We
have an exceptional team in place, and we are pleased to be able to
appoint a further person to our growing business. We are aware that you
may not ‘tick all the boxes’, but if you believe you can genuinely offer
some valuable skills and experience to our business, please in the
first instance contact our recruitment partner Airswift.

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