Talent and Culture Manager at Food for the Hungry (FH Kenya)

A successful candidate will: 

Serve as the Manager of the overall Country Office human resources function, ensuring a healthy work environment where staff are facilitated to live out the organization’s culture and Heartbeat values. In alignment with regional and global HR strategy, the Talent and Culture Manager (TCM) will develop and implement the country HR strategy, support FH organizational priorities and build HR team capacity. The TCM will be instrumental in all change management processes and will actively seek to reduce risk through appropriate policy development and implementation per labour law and NGO considerations.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the below essential duty/function satisfactorily.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Spiritual well-being: Demonstrated personal Christian commitment to serving those who are challenged by poverty and marginalization and in full agreement with FH Christian foundation and beliefs.
• Strategic and Operational Leadership: Demonstrated experience working in leadership positions including the development of organizational strategy, ability to exercise budgetary / financial and internal controls systems analysis, and capacity building policy development and enforcement.
• Representation: Proven ability to build relationships, negotiate and partner with key stakeholders and work within multi-cultural settings.
• Relational skills: Able to relate, understand, appreciate, and effectively communicate with people from different cultures, diverse backgrounds and perspectives and make them feel welcome, included, and valued and demonstrated appreciation for and familiarity with a relational style of work and management.
• Communication: Effective oral and written communication and presentation skills. Proficiency in spoken and written English. Ability to communicate effectively across various levels of the organization.
• Integrity:  Ability to lead with integrity, candor, honesty, and sensitivity.
• Wellbeing: Experience developing organizational resilience, employee engagement and wellbeing initiatives.
• Managing change: Ability in successfully managing and leading organizational development and change, including culture change.
• Diversity and inclusion: Experience with leading, promoting and working in a diverse, inclusive, cross-cultural environment.
• Organizational skills: Excellent organizational skills; ability to plan and coordinate the efficient flow of projects and processes.
• People management skills: Strong people management skills / interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate, teach and mentor others.
• Analysis: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• IT Proficiency: Demonstrated computer operating skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office products, Google platform, and virtual technologies such as Zoom, Skype and / or GoToMeeting.

Qualifications

• At least eight (8) years of experience in Human Resource management or relate field.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience as a manager including experience in managing multi-cultural teams preferably within INGO settings.
• Bachelor’s degree in a Human Resource Management or related field; master’s degree preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Professional qualifications and an active membership of a professional body like IHRM.