APM Terminals recruits 01 Head of Human Resources & Employee Relations

Head of Human Resources & Employee Relations

Egypt

Port Said

Local

Human Resources

Last application date: 21/2/2019

This position will play an important role in planning the strategic direction of the department aligned with the overall business plan and strategy of the company.

As the Head of Human Resources, you will be the architect of organizational capability and focused on ensuring the values, culture and business-operating practices are aligned with people practices and continuously improved upon. You will be responsible for setting and delivering HR objectives which are aligned to the Terminal, Regional and Global objectives.

Furthermore, as the Head of Employee Relations, you will advise and interpret the company policy pertaining to labour law, collective bargaining, workplace councils, and Unions. In this position you will be responsible for providing strategic direction for the employee relations component of the overall management of the company. This position advises the Managing Director and other members of management on issues relating to employee relations, labour relations, dispute resolution, collective bargaining, labour policy and other areas of responsibility.

The team: You will be part of the management team.

We offer

By joining APM Terminals, you can expect:

– An exciting key job in our HR function

– A truly international working environment at our Terminal in Port Said

– Value and team-based leadership

– An open and engaging working environment

– A wide range of international career opportunities

– Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a dynamic environment

– Competitive compensation packages

Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply through the job portal and include a recent CV in English in their application.

Internal applicants: please note that HR will request your staff card upon receipt of your application

External recruitment services may be required for this position.

Key responsibilities

« Key Responsibilities:

Define and Drive People Strategy

• Plan the strategic direction of the department, aligning it with the overall business plan and strategy of the company.

• Serve as a key advisor to the senior leadership team by building a trusting relationship, and partnering with the leadership team to contribute to developing the right structures, processes and talent to deliver high performance and growth.

• Coaches and facilitates the business and its employees through effective change management practices to ensure broad-based organizational change initiatives are successfully adopted and executed.

Manage Resourcing Process

• Direct processes of organizational planning that evaluates structure, job design, and manpower forecasting within the Terminal.

• Provides direction and support on a multitude of talent acquisition activities such as recruiting, interviewing, on-boarding etc. to ensure the business is hiring top talent in alignment with strategic business goals and objectives.

Facilitate People Development & Performance

• Lead processes of organizational development that primarily address succession planning throughout the Terminal.

• Partners with business to sustain and increase employee and team performance levels through timely execution of performance coaching, corrective action and quality completion of the performance management process.

Manage Compensation and Benefits

• Directs the compensation process and methodology, ensuring consistent practices are applied.

Enable and strengthen Employee Climate

• Ensure that effective communications are maintained within areas of responsibility.

• Develop and foster strong links and communication channels with other departments to achieve the strategic operational and corporate objectives.

• Champion culture initiatives for a diverse and remote workforce.

• Responsible for management of all worker groups including unions, worker representatives & collective bargaining bodies.

• Responsible to maintain key contacts with employer associations & labour ministry officials where applicable.

• Recommends solutions and advises management on significant employee relations matters.

Labour Relations

• Develop and implement appropriate employee relations strategy, aligning it with the overall business plan and strategy of the company.

• Researches labour relations issues, seeks out comparative data, utilizing survey instruments or other applicable vehicles for such research and analysis.

• Assist with the handling and resolution of all internal labour disputes including employee grievances, wage negotiations and third party labour disputes.

• Provides Labour Agreement advice and counsel to the management team on contract interpretation and implementation.

• Provide guidance to the organization and ensure compliance with collective bargaining agreements with the view to preventing labour unrest.

• Serves as chief spokesman for contract negotiations, representing and operationally defining labour policies that are competitive and ensure cost-effective labour agreements.

• Conducts in-depth internal investigations vis a vis employee allegations, breaches of company policy, unethical conduct, threats etc.

• Manage relationship with external labour providers ensuring that such providers are legislatively compliant.

• Avoid labour disputes through the establishment of good relationships between the employees and the company’s interests

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We are looking for

Necessary skills to perform in this position:

• The position requires a professional standard of knowledge to lead teams through functional/general expertise in the HR and associated functions.

• Minimum tertiary education in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Behavioural Science, or Project Management.

• Substantial experience (10+yrs) in general human resources management or related work, with an emphasis on organizational design and planning, employment, labour law, employee relations, compensation, and benefits.

• Strategic HR management and negotiation skills (end of 2019 CBA is up for renewal)

• Proven managerial experience, preferably in the private sector.

• Must be thoroughly familiar with local labour and employment law and practices in Egypt.

• Demonstrated leadership and management skills.

• Multicultural understanding.

• Must be able to work effectively with all levels of the organization, including top, middle and supervisory levels of management.

• Effective and strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.

• Collaborative work style, fostering cooperation and teamwork to achieve results.

• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to extract, compile and analyse data.

• Targeted, energetic and able to motivate other people.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate across a matrix organization in both English and Arabic.

• Trustworthy, ambitious and able to work highly independently and in teams.

• Demonstrable expertise in a variety of labour relations concepts, practices and procedures.

• Experience working in a Union environment as a spokesperson for negotiations, grievance proceedings and proactive day to day labour relations management.

• Ability to handle confidential company and employee information with complete discretion.

• Good understanding of the container shipping industry.