Human Resource Partner at UAP Old Mutual GROUP

Job description

Working in liaison with the Head of Human Resources, the job holder will design sound staff management, development systems and procedures that ensure that Faulu attracts and retains skilled and highly motivated personnel capable of delivering the organization’s strategic objectives.

KEY MEASURABLE GOALS

• Management of the recruitment and selection process
• Talent management and development
• Relationship Management and capacity building
• Employee relations and stakeholder management
• Organization design and development
• Management of employee health and safety programs
• Workforce planning and on-site support
• Co-ordination of pay and benefits
• Alignment of HR Policies
• Co-ordination of HR projects –Surveys and role management.
• Optimization of staff resources

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Recruitment and placement
  • To facilitate the recruitment and deployment of competent staff in line with business needs and ensure adherence to recruitment policies.
  • Development and maintenance of a pool of potential employees to ensure seamless resourcing of business functions
• Talent Management and development
  • Implement the talent management strategy, framework and policies in line with the corporate strategy
  • Put performance-potential ratings for all leaders
  • Contracts for assessment of leaders with key providers
  • Identifies pools of successors to key positions
  • Assists and advises on career and development planning
  • Develop and implement career and succession plans
  • Designs and roll –out of appropriate development programmes
• Employee Relationship Management and capacity building
  • Hold regular engagement forums with line managers and staff in order to disseminate HR policies, give and receive feedback from employees.
  • Co-ordinate the employee disciplinary process and procedures Ensure extensive training for management in all business units with regard to discipline, dismissal, appeal, and grievance and labour related processes
  • Manage the grievance and dispute handling procedure so as to ensure a conducive work environment
  • Establishes and facilitates an employee consultative process (face-face discussions), monitors on action plans
  • Provides procedural advice and assistance on the procedures related to grievances and disciplinary action
  • Provides guidance on career planning and progression
  • Offers counselling support to employees
  • Ensure timely resolution of staff queries.
• Stakeholder management
  • Management of the separation process to ensure smooth transition of staff
  • Builds appropriate relationships with Trade Unions regarding organizational rights and Collective Bargaining
  • Review Collective Bargaining agreements with the Union
• Organization design and development
  • Implement the Role Design Principles (RDP) and ensure principles are applied to organizational structure
  • Monitor/measure simple/basic culture change transformation with support from Head of Human Resources
  • Develops change plan or strategy for use in change process
  • Assists to design and run simple/basic organizational design interventions at department/Unit
  • Assist to design and facilitation of diversity initiatives
• Workforce planning and On -site Support
  • Manage employee health and safety in line with OSHA policies
  • Manage/develop welfare and wellness practices
  • Ensure initiation and documentation of employee data
  • Facilitate employee surveys and ensure optimal participation
    Provide administrative support for all staff welfare activities.
• Staff Optimization
  • Ensure optimal staff resources within the organization for maximum productivity
• Co-ordination of HR Projects
  • Co-ordinate the Culture survey, BCTWF, and ensure implementation of action plans.
    Manage the role design process for all approved positions within Faulu
• Pay and benefits co-ordination
  • Co-ordinate salary and benefits surveys to ensure that Faulu remains competitive within the industry
  • Alignment of HR Policies
  • Ensure alignment of HR policies to the group policies
• Bank wide AML, KYC & CFT
  • Monitor, on a continuous basis, all transactions to ensure that unusual and suspicious transactions are reported to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO)
  • Implementing and enforcing the board approved AML, KYC & CFT policy in as far as is applicable within my area of responsibility

Qualifications and experience

• Degree in Human Resource Management.
• Higher Diploma in HR is an added advantage
• 5 years working experience as a generalist in a busy organization.
• Minimum age 25 years.

Knowledge and Skills

• Computer literate and good analytical skills.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• High level of integrity and honesty
• Mature
• Team player with ability to quickly absorb business drivers, work calmly under pressure, adapt to changing priorities and with a high degree of confidentiality.