Employee Relations Leader

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Job Summary

Lead complex employee relations matters across multiple markets, advising senior stakeholders on cases such as disciplinaries, grievances, investigations, performance concerns, and sensitive exits. Partner with HR, Legal, and Compliance to assess people risk and deliver timely, fair, well-documented outcomes. Drive workforce optimization and organizational change, coach managers, improve ER frameworks and training, and use people data to reduce risk and strengthen governance.

Location: Johannesburg

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

•Lead as the primary adviser on complex ER matters across relevant markets, including disciplinaries, grievances, investigations, performance concerns, misconduct issues, appeals, and sensitive exits.
•Partner with HR, Legal, Compliance, and business leaders to assess people risk and deliver timely, fair, well-documented outcomes.
•Support organizational change activities, including workforce change/optimization programs, operating model changes, consultation processes, and communication planning.
•Advise and coach managers and senior stakeholders on case handling, documentation quality, investigation standards, policy application, and risk-aware decision-making.
•Develop ER frameworks and lead training/enablement initiatives to improve leader capability and consistency with employment legislation and company values.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Remote WorkHealth InsuranceAnnual BonusBirthday Off

Key Requirements

•8+ years leading employee relations (ER) delivery at a regional level, with business partnering experience preferred.
•Extensive ER experience in international, high-growth, regulated, or complex environments across Asia and Africa.
•Experience handling complex investigations and employee relations cases (disciplinaries, grievances, redundancies, performance, misconduct) from assessment to resolution.
•Proven ability to operate across multiple countries with strong ER risk awareness, documentation discipline, and defensible decision-making.
•Track record advising on complex M&A assessment and integration, and using a data-informed, pragmatic approach to solving people risk.

Experience:8+ yearsEmployee relationsM&AWorkforce optimizationFintechRegulated industries

Skills:Stakeholder managementCoachingInfluencingDecision-makingIntegrity

Tech Stack:AIAutomation

Company Brief

Optasia

Operates a digital health platform delivering online mental health and therapy services, connecting users with licensed therapists and providing tools for wellbeing, counselling, and remote treatment management to improve access to behavioral healthcare.

Industry: Mental Health

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Optasia

1 week ago

Employee Relations Leader

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 26 minutes agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Johannesburg

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

•Lead as the primary adviser on complex ER matters across relevant markets, including disciplinaries, grievances, investigations, performance concerns, misconduct issues, appeals, and sensitive exits.
•Partner with HR, Legal, Compliance, and business leaders to assess people risk and deliver timely, fair, well-documented outcomes.
•Support organizational change activities, including workforce change/optimization programs, operating model changes, consultation processes, and communication planning.
•Advise and coach managers and senior stakeholders on case handling, documentation quality, investigation standards, policy application, and risk-aware decision-making.
•Develop ER frameworks and lead training/enablement initiatives to improve leader capability and consistency with employment legislation and company values.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Remote WorkHealth InsuranceAnnual BonusBirthday Off

Key Requirements

•8+ years leading employee relations (ER) delivery at a regional level, with business partnering experience preferred.
•Extensive ER experience in international, high-growth, regulated, or complex environments across Asia and Africa.
•Experience handling complex investigations and employee relations cases (disciplinaries, grievances, redundancies, performance, misconduct) from assessment to resolution.
•Proven ability to operate across multiple countries with strong ER risk awareness, documentation discipline, and defensible decision-making.
•Track record advising on complex M&A assessment and integration, and using a data-informed, pragmatic approach to solving people risk.

Experience:8+ yearsEmployee relationsM&AWorkforce optimizationFintechRegulated industries

Skills:Stakeholder managementCoachingInfluencingDecision-makingIntegrity

Tech Stack:AIAutomation

Company Brief

Optasia

Industry: Mental Health

Website