Senior Human Resource Officer

About Frontieri Consult

FRONTIERi Consult PLC, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and with branch offices in Germany/Berlin, South Sudan/Juba, Kenya/Nairobi and Uganda/Kampala, is one of the leading consulting firms. The firm was established in 2008 primarily to undertake research and consultancy assignments in the areas of development and growth in several disciplines and expanded to include data science and IT consulting, business process outsourcing, and creative design, communication and production services.

FRONTIERi is a company for talented researcher’s, HR’s, Business Development, Creative Design, Communication and IT professionals with different backgrounds and perspectives. We have gathered competent professionals and work in partnership with scholars across the country and abroad. For further information, please visit our website at: www.frontieri.com

Currently, we are seeking to hire a Senior HR Officer for Frontieri Head quarter office, Addis Ababa. The position holder with the understanding of the nature of the business, responsible to handle HR Solutions related with recruitment and selection, employment contract management outsourcing, organizational development, and employee’s capacity development program management.

Join our team of professionals and be part of our energetic team that is committed to bringing change by providing adequate research findings and advisory services for policymakers and contributing to the development of countries, advancement of technology, connecting talents and cultivating the creative mind of young people within the countries we serve. We provide the best working place relationship and environment to allow aspiring talented professionals to engage and grow their potential while working with the best in the industry. 

Job Summary:

Based on the strategic plan of the HR business, the Senior HR Officer is responsible for the provision of HR services both to internal and external client organizations. The provision of HR service includes the management of Service Agreements with client organizations and generating the targeted profit for the business. The position holder is responsible for designing client attraction and retention strategy that can make her or him successful in the assignment.

The Senior HR Officer is also responsible to manage both the staff under his or her supervision and also the resources including budget for the business.

General Duties and Responsibilities of Senior HR Officer:

• The position holder is required to be with multi tasked mindset and deliver results.
• Based on her or his understanding of the nature of the business that the company engaged in the position holder is responsible to design client attraction and retention strategies as well as its effective implementation in handling client requests for services and agreements with client organizations in the provision of HR services.
• Takes part in the marketing and promotional aspects of the HR service business (the supply of talented candidates on client demand, employment contract outsourcing management, payroll management, Organizational Development related tasks such as in assessing company’s HRM related with problems and challenges and producing HR solutions as well as in the provision of Capacity building as service).
• Implements effectively HR policies and procedures of both the internal as well as external client organizations including coordinating the monthly payroll, leave management and other HR related policy aspects of the companies where the business organization is engaged in through service agreements.
• Oversees the recruitment and selection process as part of providing the right talent at the right time which calls for good knowledge of the company’s recruitment websites, operational manuals as well as producing progress report through recruitment and selection trucking sheets.
• Develops talent pools that can enable her/him to provide effective HR service on client demands to both internal and external client organizations.
• Based on the strategic plan of the business designs Targeted Market Share and Income Forecast for the business period including the resource required that enables her/him to meet expectations.
• Manages the performance of staff as per the performance management guidelines of the company.
• Produces periodic performance reports to the needs of client organizations which includes payment request for the service provided and report that shows over all performance of the business.
• Handles any other related tasks as assigned by the line manager.

HRM Knowledge:

• This position requires good understanding of the subject matter of providing HR Services as a business company
• Good knowledge of business organization challenges with respect to Talent management which targets the provision of better HR outsourcing services.
• Good understanding of local labor laws and the most common company’s’ HR policies and practice
• Good academic background in managing the human resources.
• Good understanding of the contribution of HRM as profession, as HR Business partner, in managing business organizations.
• Good understanding of the Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) business in the labor market and talent sourcing.

Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Management, or related fields
• Total of 5 or more years together with relevant experience working in HR Consulting business, recruitment and selection companies and organizations where HR is well managed.
• Experience working on the competencies listed above and relevant position

Skills:

• Well conversant in designing the tools for collecting talented candidate’s data and conduct talent assessment for client organizations which calls for experience in handling different assessment tools.
• HR as business mentality where the specific skills for HR service provision is required
• Excellent communication skills that enable to convince and create confidence by the potential client organization on HR service provision.
• The ability to conduct know-how transfer through training and coaching/mentoring
• The ability to design need-based presentations on HR related tasks and services.
• The ability to communicate both in writing and orally and deliver message to client organizations
• Good ability to use Excel and be able to produce reports,
• Good ability in building good team spirit and be able to generate excellent team result
• The ability to create clarity of expectations, manage individual employees’ performance and provide constructive feedback.
• Good ability to produce reports with the required level of competencies

Job related behaviors:

• Good team player
• Open to learn and willing to share knowledge
• Strong emotional intelligence
• Willing to work with others
• Open minded
• Keep on updating her or his knowledge through reading

How to Apply

Interested candidates who meet the requirements are invited to apply for the position through the provided link: career@frontieri.com. Alternatively, applicants can submit their application and motivation letters, along with their updated CV via email; at Senior Human Resourse Officer – Vasta (vastatalent.com) by mentioning the position title in the subject line.