Employee Relations Specialist – Ers

Job Description

Passionate about building positive workplace relationships and fostering fair legally compliant working relationships between the organisation and its people? Join ERS as our next Employee Relations Specialist.

Job Summary

Employer: ERS
Job Type: Full-time
Location: Gaborone, Botswana
Category: Human Resources
Closing Date: 2026-09-16

Key Responsibilities

• Manage industrial relations through the tracking and monitoring of IR incidents and provide trend analysis to mitigate potential risks.
• Develop, review, update and monitor Human Capital policies while providing guidance and interpretation to management and staff.
• Advise the business on labour law judgements and their impact on organisational operations.
• Manage employees relations through the effective resolution of disputes, collective bargaining processes, and grievance management.
• Compile periodic reports on grievances, disciplinary matters, employee relations developments, industrial relations, and staff engagements.
• Foster positive relationships with unions through regular Union-Management engagements and effective follow-up on agreed actions.
• Lead, coach and supervise staff while ensuring achievement of departmental objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Labour Law, Industrial Relations, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of labour legislation, employee relations frameworks, and industrial relations practices.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, facilitation, and conflict management skills.
• High levels of professionalism, confidentiality, and integrity.
• More than 6 years’ employee relations experience within a unionised environment.
• 2 or more years’ supervisory or management experience.
• Admitted attorney of the High Court with corporate HR work experience.

How to Apply

To apply, please visit: ers.mcidirecthire.com