Human Resources Officer - Ruiru, Kiambu County at Good Neighbors

GN Kenya is seeking transparent, passionate and qualified candidates to fill the following vacant position:

Location: Head Office (Ruiru, Kiambu County)

Employment Period: 1 year renewable  

Employee Category: Fixed Term contract

Key Responsibilities

• Recruiting staff this includes developing job descriptions and person specifications, preparing job adverts, checking application forms, short listing, interviewing and selecting candidates.
• Schedules induction of new employees and the new employee’s immediate superior who will run through the main points of the Human Resource Policy and carry out a detailed induction, respectively.
• Maintains personnel files and ensures that files are up to date.
• Preparing staff hand books
• Developing and implementing policies on issues such as working conditions, performance management, disciplinary procedures, and absence management.
• Tracks and records absences, lateness, under time and overtime to ensure that appropriate deduction are applied.
• Maintains and updates leave taking records
• Prepares and submits on time required employee related reports in compliance to legal regulatory and statutory regulations (e.g. income tax, health, pension, etc).
• Talent Management
• Assist in disseminating training schedule and program to appropriate employees.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from a reputable university
• Professional HR qualification from the Institute Of Human Resources Management
• At least 2 years’ experience in human resource administration
• Knowledge of employment practices, training and development, remuneration and benefits, pension and retirement plans, and employee relations
• Knowledge of related statutory compliance regulations, employment and labour laws, tax laws and HR principles
• Knowledge of General Banking Act or Financial Services Act and local legal regulations
• Knowledge of lending and transformation products and services
• Excellent organization, time, work and self-management skills and can work under pressure
• Ability to act with initiative in all matters and handle confidential information
• Ability to interpret documents and understand HR administration procedures
• Ability to monitor and assess achievements against performance targets and quality standards
• Ability to motivate others by personal modeling, professional credibility, and trust
• Possess strong client-relations, interpersonal, written and oral communication and analytic skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly, concisely and professionally.