Regional Secretary

Motor Industry Bargaining Council; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Motor Industry Bargaining Council (MIBCO) seeks a Regional Manager for the Northern Region (Pretoria) to lead day-to-day operations, align regional objectives with national strategy, and manage relationships with employers, unions, and other stakeholders.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, budgeting, and HR management to ensure compliance with regional and national objectives. Regional offices and satellite offices fall under the Northern Region.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership ability and skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Good decision making and problem solving.
• Strong analytical and attention to detail.
• Effective project management and budgeting abilities.

Responsibilities

• Align regional objectives to national strategy.
• Manage day-to-day regional operations.
• Maintain communication about the collective agreement with establishments.
• Promote healthy industrial relations within the region.
• Manage external stakeholder relationships and registrations/inspections.
• Oversee regional budget development and management.
• Lead HR development and performance appraisals.
• Coordinate regional and national management meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Time management

Communication

Stakeholder relations

Decision making

Analytical skills

Project management

Report writing

Negotiation

Financial budgeting

Job description

Description

The Motor Industry Bargaining Council (MIBCO) was established in 1952 and is one of the largest bargaining councils in South Africa, with 350 staff members who serve 19 000 employers and 300 000 employees in the South African Motor Industry. The Council operates through its Shared Services Centre in Randburg, Gauteng and 6 Regional Offices countrywide.

The Bargaining Council represents two employers’ organizations and two trade unions who are the Parties to the Council and administers a range of collective agreements concluded by the Parties. Operations cover a wide range of issues related to the promotion of labour peace and stability, social security funds, dispute resolution and related matters.

The Council is seeking to employ a Regional Manager for the Northern Region (Pretoria). The Northern region covers the Polokwane Satelite Office, Nelspruit satellite office, Witbank satelite office and Rustenburg satelite office.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Align the regional objectives to the national strategic objectives.
• Manage day to day operations of the Region.
• Maintains communication regarding the collective agreement with establishments to
• promote healthy industrial relations within region.
• Manage external relationship of stakeholders.
• Overall responsibility for ensuring that the registration of new establishments and annual inspections in line with the targets within a region occurs.
• Oversee the legal process collections through the Dispute Resolution of MIBCO
• Ensure the collection of returns through the management of regional credit control;
• Host and attend regional and national management meetings.
• Manage Human resources and ensure development of staff.
• Manage Performance and conduct appraisals of staff.
• Develop and manage regional budget.

Knowledge / Experience / Skills / Abilities

• Strong leadership ability and skills.
• Good time management and organizational skills.
• Above average verbal and written communication and listening skills.
• Ability to build strong effective relationships with all stakeholders, i.e. Parties of the Council, existing clients and potential clients as well as internal stakeholders, i.e. colleagues, management and staff;
• Must have good decision making and problem-solving skills.
• Must have good analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills.
• Confidence and resilience.
• Must take initiative.
• Project management ability and above average report writing skills.
• Excellent Information Technology skills.
• Must have good financial budgeting skills; and
• Must be able to conduct meetings.