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Kalinda Nkole

Solwezi

Summary

Dynamic HR professional with extensive experience at Kansanshi Mining Plc, excelling in labor law compliance and stakeholder management. Proven track record in enhancing employee relations and implementing strategic workforce planning initiatives. Adept at utilizing data analysis techniques to drive performance improvements and foster a collaborative work environment.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Coordinator Industrial and Labour Relations

FQM Zambia under Kansanshi Mining Plc
Solwezi
01.2023 - Current
  • Provide guidance on employee and labor relations issues, including the interpretation of employment legislation such as the Employment Code of 2019, the Industrial Relations Act Cap 269, the National Pensions Act, and many more.
  • Support the resolution of employee grievances and disputes, facilitate conciliation and negotiation processes, and maintain accurate documentation of all industrial relations activities.
  • Assist in the negotiation and administration of collective bargaining agreements, ensuring compliance with labor laws and company policies.
  • Develop and implement strategies to foster positive labor-management relations, prevent industrial action, and maintain a stable industrial climate.
  • Educate management and staff on changes to labor contracts, industrial relations policies, and conflict resolution techniques.
  • Contribute to the development and implementation of policies and procedures that promote effective industrial and labor relations.
  • Build and maintain effective relationships with trade unions, employee representatives, and relevant government agencies.
  • Ensure all practices adhere to relevant labor laws, industrial relations norms, and collective agreements.
  • Led meetings to discuss project updates, challenges, and solutions among team members.
  • Facilitated communication between different departments in order to resolve issues quickly.
  • Ensured compliance with company policies and procedures related to project management activities.
  • Monitored project progress and provided updates to stakeholders.
  • Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
  • Recruited, interviewed and selected employees to fill vacant roles.

HR Business Partner

Kansanshi Mining Plc
Solwezi
01.2021 - 12.2022
  • Oversee recruitment, retention, and development of employees, using data analytics to identify skill gaps and future workforce needs.
  • Collaborate with managers to set clear performance metrics, align individual goals with company objectives, and address underperformance.
  • Identify inefficiencies in HR processes, and implement automation or restructuring to improve effectiveness.
  • Support managers in resolving employee relations issues, including conducting investigations related to discrimination, or grievances.
  • Collaborated with department heads to ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations.
  • Handling disciplinary-related issues in accordance with the company disciplinary procedure, such as case hearings, case minutes writing, as well as counseling.
  • Maintaining and updating HR records for the staff, and providing guidance with regard to entitlements and benefits.
  • Facilitated talent acquisition processes to attract top candidates for various positions.
  • Advised management on HR policies, procedures, and employment law compliance issues.

HR specialist data and system management

Kansanshi Mining Plc
Solwezi
01.2018 - 12.2020
  • Full HRIS management – this includes, but not limited to; on boarding process of engaging new employees in the system, entering their personal details, contract details, the department where the employee will be working from and who the employee will be reporting to.
  • This involves keeping all information on staff from simple warnings, counseling as well as dismissals, developing disciplinary procedures from the flow chart to the actual disciplinary documents like the charge form, statement form, notification to the labour office form and disciplinary letters.
  • This involves moving employees between departments and sections, promotions; this involves employee acting period and uploading of promotion letter in the system and adjusting job title as per promotion letter, demotions uploading of demotion information and adjusting the necessary details in the system.
  • This involves ensuring the Org chart corresponds with the labour budget for the department and what is in HRIS and ensuring that the reporting lines are correct.
  • This involves identifying vacancies departments, coordinating the job descriptions for the vacant positions, drafting and sending out the adverts on the web site, shortlisting and uploading of the offer letters.
  • This involves managing of employee contracts from updating to uploading contracts in HRIS. Tracking contracts that are about to expire and sending reminders to supervisors for them to assess the employees.
  • Before an employee is engaged their position has to exist in HRIS, it is very important the position be created with correct information because every job is tied to compensations of every employee.
  • This involves managing employee’s compensation in HRIS ensuring that the compensation of every employee is correct; this includes salaries, allowances as well as overtime.

Human Resources Officer

First Quantum Minerals under Kansanshi Mining Plc
Solwezi
03.2014 - 12.2017
  • Carry out the recruitment process for all staff according to Kansanshi Mine procedures and policies.
  • Handling disciplinary related issues in accordance with the company disciplinary procedure such as case hearings, case minutes writing as well as counseling.
  • Maintaining and updating HR records for the staff and provide guidance about entitlements and benefits.
  • Coordinate performance appraisals for over 660 process department staff and ensuring that they have up to date employment contracts.
  • Attending to day-to-day queries and questions from the staff.
  • Preparing the HR weekly overtime report for the departments in the organization.

HR INTERN

Kansanshi Mining Plc
Solwezi
01.2013 - 01.2014
  • Minting employee files ensuring that all the documents are in place.
  • Attending to employees, helping resolve their questions and queries.
  • Handling disciplinary related issues such as; case hearings, case minutes writing.
  • Was part of a project and its main focus was to standardize all the job titles and creating positions codes for the job titles in the organization and importing them in HR systems.
  • Preparing the weekly disciplinary report as well as the HR monthly department report.
  • Submission of weekly reports employee relations (Overtime, separations, engagements, disciplinary and much more).

Education

Masters of business administration -

University of Zambia
Lusaka
07.2025

Bachelor’s degree - Human Resources Management

Copperbelt University
01.2018

Diploma - Human Resource Management

Evelyn Hone College
01.2012

Skills

  • Microsoft Office suite and Power BI
  • Stakeholder management
  • Point of contact
  • Workflow management
  • Decision-making
  • Negotiation skills
  • Consulting expertise
  • Risk management strategies
  • Verbal and written communication
  • Employee training and development
  • Workday HCM proficiency
  • Strategic planning integration
  • Compensation and benefits management
  • Workforce planning and analytics
  • Data analysis techniques
  • Training facilitation skills
  • HR metrics reporting
  • Analytical skills
  • Adaptability and flexibility
  • Performance management strategies
  • Labor law compliance

Personal Information

Nationality: Zambian

Honours And Awards

  • Employee of the Year, Kansanshi Mining PLC, 2024
  • Labour Day Employee of the Year, Kansanshi Mining PLC, 2023
  • Labour Day Employee of the Year, Kansanshi Mining PLC, 2017

Certification

  • Zambia Institute of Human Resources practicing license

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Coordinator Industrial and Labour Relations

FQM Zambia under Kansanshi Mining Plc
01.2023 - Current

HR Business Partner

Kansanshi Mining Plc
01.2021 - 12.2022

HR specialist data and system management

Kansanshi Mining Plc
01.2018 - 12.2020

Human Resources Officer

First Quantum Minerals under Kansanshi Mining Plc
03.2014 - 12.2017

HR INTERN

Kansanshi Mining Plc
01.2013 - 01.2014

Masters of business administration -

University of Zambia

Bachelor’s degree - Human Resources Management

Copperbelt University

Diploma - Human Resource Management

Evelyn Hone College

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