Manager - Talent Management at Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)

Job Details

To shape and implement strategies to attract, measure, develop and manage the organization’s talent pool and effectively oversee talent development.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Development of core competencies for various job roles supported by training & development strategies and systems .
• Realisation of result-oriented culture driven by suitable performance management, recognition & reward systems and leadership development as well as strong organization design support.
• Overseeing the effectiveness of talent development structure and systems in achieving compliance requirements, optimal efficiency, resource utilization and cost containment.
• Identification of critical roles and building and monitoring of succession plans for critical roles to ensure business continuity.
• Building and implementing programs for leadership development to enable the leadership to deliver on the business strategy.
• Conducting talent assessments and developing mentoring and coaching sessions for employees.
• Discussing career-pathing options with high-potential employees.
• Conducting skills gap analyses to determine personnel needs
• Managing sectional budget and overseeing building of sectional proposals
• Performing benchmark analyses and advising the HR leadership on market trends with regards to attracting and retaining talent Monitoring and evaluating talent management strategies and reporting on the same.
• Maintenance of an updated talent pool.

Academic and Professional qualifications

• Bachelors’ Degree in Human Resource Management or Industrial Psychology.
• Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management
• Membership to Institute of Human Resource Management.

Relevant work experience required

At least seven (7) years’ overall work experience, three (3) years of which should have been at Supervisory level in a Human Resource function.

Skills required

• Effective interpersonal and communication skills
• Solid knowledge of Labour Laws.
• Ability to effectively navigate and manage change.
• Strong persuasion and negotiation skills.
• Ability to engage internal and external stakeholders/customers.
• Strong analytical, good judgement and problem solving abilities in order to regularly resolve conflicts.
• Interpersonal skills.
• IT Proficiency.