People & Culture Manager, East Africa at Amadeus

Personnel administration & local compensation

• Supervise daily, monthly, and annual HR operations and procedures of personnel administration: payroll, labour contracts, social security & income taxes, social benefits administration.
• Manage procedures for monthly and annual processes related to payroll.
• Inform on salary, benefits, and absences in Workday.
• Follow up on all aspects of local labour law procedures, employment equity plan, labour inspection, including liaising with external labour advisors when necessary.
• Manage employee hiring and departure procedures.
• Oversee local compensation and benefits policies ensuring:
• Cost effectiveness and alignment with the overall Amadeus framework.
• Analyse benchmark information.
• Communication with employees in relation to benefits policies
• Implement and follow up on corporate guidelines related to salary and bonus scheme policies.
• Health and safety: Review work environments to ensure procedures are in place to prevent health risks/injuries and be compliant with all regulations governing the health and safety of individuals in the workplace.

Organisational Development

• Work in partnership with senior stakeholders on organisation evolution (department changes, promotions).
• Participate with Regional HR in structuring levels and positions in alignment with Amadeus global levelling method.
• Control and reporting of local headcount, in coordination with local Finance.

Recruitment, Training, Development, Career Planning & Engagement

• Oversee recruitment processes and procedures (internal/external), dealing with recruitment agencies where necessary.
• Organise and facilitate appropriate induction processes for newcomers.
• Lead training, development & career planning activities, in alignment with regional framework.
• Ensure training and development plans support business initiatives as well as talent development.
• Support coaching, mentoring, & leadership development within the teams.
• Lead and implement Employee Engagement initiatives sustaining the overall motivation of the staff (within the framework of Amadeus Engagement initiatives).

Objectives Setting & Performance Evaluation

• Oversee and provide support to Line Managers to ensure that performance management processes (objectives setting and performance evaluation) are adequately implemented.
• Supervise the follow-up and consolidation of final performance evaluation results and statistics.
• Work with senior stakeholders to discuss the annual performance and remuneration proposals.

Internal communications

• Coordinate staff meetings and briefings in relation to personnel administration and HR-related items.
• Together with Marketing Communications, provide support to develop appropriate internal communication channels for Amadeus teams based in other sites.
• Follow up on Engagement Survey results and facilitate the design and implementation of team action plans.