Deadline: Ongoing
Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of Human Resources Manager in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Human Resources Manager will report directly to the Country Director, and will consult closely with the HR team at IPA’s HQ (New Haven, Connecticut).
IPA is a research and policy non-profit that discovers and promotes effective solutions to global poverty problems.
Key Jobs Responsibilities
The Human Resources Manager will perform the following functions-
- Maintain the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
- Maintain organization staff by establishing a recruiting, testing, and interviewing program; counseling managers on candidate selection; conducting and analyzing exit interviews; recommending changes.
- Prepare employees for assignments by establishing and conducting orientation and training programs.
- Maintain a pay plan by conducting periodic pay surveys; scheduling and conducting job evaluations; preparing pay budgets; monitoring and scheduling individual pay actions; recommending, planning, and implementing pay structure revisions.
- Ensure planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; scheduling management conferences with employees; hearing and resolving employee grievances; counseling employees and supervisors.
- Maintain employee benefits programs and inform employees of benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs.
- Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource statutory requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records; representing the organization at hearings.
- Maintain management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.
- Maintain historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
- Complete human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.
- Maintain human resource staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
- Maintain human resource staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must have-
- A Kenyan citizenship.
- Served as a director of human resource management or in a comparable and relevant position for a minimum period of three (3) years.
- A minimum of an upper second Bachelor’s degree in Human resource management or a relevant field and a diploma from the institute of human resource management and a minimum of a B- grade in high school.
- HR practitioners’ Certification or path to certification.
- Computer application skills.
- Demonstrated high degree of administrative, managerial and leadership capabilities.
- Senior management course or strategic leadership course lasting not less than four weeks from a recognized institution.
- Current statutory clearances: KRA, HELB, EACC and CID (certificate of good conduct).
- Ability to lead and develop strategic HR practices.
- Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal skills.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit their applications included two letters of recommendation, statement of purpose (cover letter), CV, and transcripts through online process.
For more information, please visit IPA.
