Elizabeth Mwalengwa Nkole
Employee And Labour Relation Officer
Windhoek
Summary
I am a former Arbitrator and my duties involved perusing Employer’s Contracts’ of Employment, Policies, Grievance Procedures as well as Code of Conduct in order to ascertain that they are in par with the provisions of the Labour Act and to study Memorandum of Understandings and Agreements between Unions and Employers. I was previously working as a Senior Labour Inspector for the Ministry of Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment Creation, a position that I have occupied for 7 years. My working experience has enabled me to gain great interpersonal skills, ability to negotiate with employers and employees as well as problem solving skills resulting from knowledge of solving labour disputes between employers and employees. I am currently employed at Nampost as a Employee and Labour Relations Officer. ELIZABETH MWALENGWA NKOLE . Windhoek/Namibia
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
37
37
years of post-secondary education
Work History
ELIZABETH MWALENGWA NKOLE
- Processed new hires, transfers, and separations.
- Delivered team member services and customized employee programs focused on optimizing labor relations and communications.
- Monitored and enforced company policies and procedures to determine compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
- Organized and facilitated employee focus groups to gather feedback and insights.
EMPLOYEE RALATIONS OFFICER
LABOUR, NAMPOST NAMIBIA
01.2021 - Current
- Advises Line-management and staff members of the correct application of all IR procedures
- Renders IR related administrative duties
- Informs and advises all staff members on industrial relations issues through counselling, training and team briefing where required
- Monitors, anticipates and pre-empts possible industrial conflict and informs the immediate superior accordingly
- Acts as custodian at disciplinary hearings to ensure that the company’s procedures are applied correctly.
ARBITRATOR
THE LABOUR COMMISSIONER
01.2016 - 01.2021
- Conciliation/Arbitration of Labour Disputes (disputes of rights and Disputes of interests)
- Mediating of labor disputes
- Facilitating negotiations between parties in labour matters
- Fact finding management
- Issuing of Awards in the form of (advisory, an interdict, monetary, an order directing performance of any act that will remedy a wrong; a declaratory order, an order of reinstatement of an employee, an award of compensation; and an order for costs
- Enforcing of Labor Act
- Issuing of certificates in resolved and unresolved labour cases.
SENIOR LABOUR INSPECTOR
MINISTRY OF LABOUR NAMIBIA
01.2009 - 01.2016
- Receiving and resolvinglabour complaints from employers and employees
- Carrying out workplace inspections
- Filing of arbitration Awards with the High Court of Namibia and serving them on defaulting party
- Facilitating Writs of Execution with the Sherrifs office for defaulting parties for the enforcement of Arbitration Awards
- Implementing minimum wages and overseeing adherence thereof in the different economic sectors
- Reviewing Contracts of Employment, workplace policies and grievance procedures well as Code of Conduct
- Mediating and Negotiating with employers and employees on labour issues
- Compiling individual reports and statistics on current labour issues.
PRIVATE SECRETARY
MINISTRY OF LABOUR NAMIBIA
01.2005 - 01.2008
- Filing and Typing
- General Secretarial duties
- Planning directorate meetings, minutes taking and compiling them
- Making appointments and Managing the Director’s diary
- Liaise Director’s office, staff within directorate as well as other departments within the Ministry.
Education
POTGRADUATE DIPLOMA - CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION
UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA
HONOURS LAW DEGREE (LLB) - undefined
UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA
LAW DEGREE (B - undefined
UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA, JURIS
NATIONAL DIPLOMA - INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CERTIFICATE IN ARBITRATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION - undefined
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Skills
Microsoft Office Suiteundefined
Timeline
EMPLOYEE RALATIONS OFFICER
LABOUR, NAMPOST NAMIBIA
01.2021 - Current
ARBITRATOR
THE LABOUR COMMISSIONER
01.2016 - 01.2021
SENIOR LABOUR INSPECTOR
MINISTRY OF LABOUR NAMIBIA
01.2009 - 01.2016
PRIVATE SECRETARY
MINISTRY OF LABOUR NAMIBIA
01.2005 - 01.2008
ELIZABETH MWALENGWA NKOLE
POTGRADUATE DIPLOMA - CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION
UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA
HONOURS LAW DEGREE (LLB) - undefined
UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA
LAW DEGREE (B - undefined
UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA, JURIS
NATIONAL DIPLOMA - INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CERTIFICATE IN ARBITRATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION - undefined
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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