Global Labor Risk Manager at ENGIE Energy Access International

About ENGIE Energy Access
ENGIE
Energy Access is the leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids
solutions provider in Africa. The company develops innovative, off-grid
solar solutions for homes, public services, and businesses, enabling
customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy.
The PAYGO solar home systems are financed through affordable
installments from $0.19 per day and the mini-grids foster economic
development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering
business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With
over 1,800 employees, operations in nine countries across Africa
(Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania,
Uganda, and Zambia), over 1.9 million customers, and more than 9 million
lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to impact 20 million
lives across Africa by 2025.
www.engie-energyaccess.com
www.linkedin.com/company/engie-africa

Job Purpose/Mission
We
are seeking an experienced and qualified Global Labour Law Manager to
join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in
pro-actively and reactively managing ethics cases, separations,
dismissals, fraud cases, and grievances. This role will be instrumental
in continuing to establish an ethical EEA culture. As the Global Labor
Law Manager, you will be the primary point of contact for our external
legal firms. The role will involve the process to select a panel of
legal firms for which an RFP will be required. The role will require
effective and efficient cost management for the external legal panel.

Key Responsibilities:

Labor Law Compliance and Employment Relations:

• Handle mutually agreed separations, dismissals.
• Organize
  and manage disciplinary procedures as a result of incapacity, poor
  performance or ethics breaches in full compliance with local regulations
  and in cooperation with external legal firms, where required.
• Manage and ensure general compliance with labor laws in various countries in East, West, and South Africa.
• Resolving work conflicts and grievances.

Vendor Management:

• Be
  the main point of contact for external labor law panels. Manage
  relationships with external vendors, including invoicing, renewals,
  contract agreements, and performance requirements.
• Define and monitor service level agreements, addressing breaches as necessary.
• Manage all invoicing according to agreed professional fees schedule

Policy Alignment and Creation:

• Participate in reviews of global and local policies from a labor law perspective.
• Contribute to the creation of new policies aligned with labor laws.
• Deploy and educate on all policies, including policy updates
• Develop and implement an Employee Relations training Program

Training and Development:

• Conduct labor training for the HR team and line managers with direct reports.
• Ensure all labor law changes and updates within the EEA markets are continuously evaluated and necessary responses implemented.

Performance Management:

• Manage performance improvement plans, restructures, and any related changes in contractual terms and conditions.

Reporting and Governance:

• Report and maintain metrics for key employment performance issues.
• Keep a log of all precedents and past cases to ensure consistent treatment in accordance with established protocols.
• Provide monthly reporting on relevant key performance indicators.
• Ensure global disciplinary processes and structures align with in-Country disciplinary policies and processes
• Ensure 100% compliance with Legal and Ethics requirements and HR Audit checklist
• Collaborate closely with the Ethics department if and when required

For Manager

• At
  EEA, we have high expectations for our managers. Each manager plays a
  key role in creating an exceptional experience not only for our
  customers but for every person on our team. Our managers help EEA
  realize our ambitious goals while developing their own leadership skills
  and facilitating growth for their direct reports. 

We believe that great managers:

• Deliver
  ambitious results: As a high-performing and accountable leader, you
  create an enabling environment for effective action and bold decision
  which contribute to successful delivery of results.
• Act with
  integrity: As an ethical leader you are honest, respectful, objective,
  and transparent. You create and build upon a foundation of trust and
  openness. Inspire and mentor the team: As an inspirational leader you
  walk the talk. You empower and coach your team with trust and humility.
• Are
  accessible: as an accessible leader, you develop and maintain deep
  connections with stakeholders through approachability and active
  listening.
• Ensure diversity and inclusion: as an inclusive leader, you ensure diversity and foster a sense of belonging.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 3-5 years of post-qualifying experience as a labor lawyer.
• Minimum of 1 year experience in an international organization with multi-jurisdictional scope
• Bachelor’s degree in law (required)
• Diploma in Employee Relations and/or Conflict Resolution (advantageous)
• Proven negotiating expertise. Qualified attorney with extensive labor law experience in Africa.
• Legal Skills: Strong knowledge and experience in labor law, particularly in East, West, and South Africa.
• Solid legal “drafting” expertise
• Excellent English language skills (written and spoken)
• French or Portuguese highly advantageous
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to build and manage relationships with external partners and vendors.
• Strong communication and training skills.

Highly Desired Skills:

• Good people skills.
• Ability to organize, multi-task and prioritize tasks.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to multitask.
• Ability to influence and persuade and inspire and motivate people who are not direct reports.
• Strong ethical mindset
• Tenacious and resilient

ENGIE
is an equal-opportunity employer, that promotes diversity and is
committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. All applications
are screened based on business needs, job requirements, and individual
qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, name, sexual
identity, orientation or preference, religion, marital status, health,
disability, political opinions, union involvement, or citizenship. Our
differences are our strengths!

Business Unit: GBU Flexible Gen & Retail
Division: Energy Access
Legal Entity: ENGIE MOBISOL UK Ltd, Tanzania Branch
Contract Type: Fixed-Term
Job Type: Full – Time
Professional Experience: Skilled ( >3 experience <15 years)
Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree