HR Manager – Generalist

Our client, highly talented & experienced professionals in the logistics/freight forwarding industry is seeking to recruit a Human Resource Manager for their offices based in Nairobi, Kenya. The successful candidate MUST have worked in an ISO Certified environment & familiar with the process. He/she would be required to report directly to the C.E.O.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing the HR Department.
• Preparing and executing an efficient and high-quality HR strategy.
• Budget and staff planning.
• Ensure all employee contracts/personnel files are up to date & comply with the national labour law.
• Interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
• Management of annual leave schedule.
• Administer & maintain proper systems of leaves, sick offs and absenteeism.
• Hear and resolve employee grievances, conduct investigations and counsel employees.
• Implement a performance evaluation systems and appraisal tools.
• Analyse training needs of the organization & design employee development, training programs.
• Support, motivate and cultivate a culture of teamwork amongst all staff.
• Lead the design and implementation of HR function structure.
• Required to work Monday – Saturday.

 Qualifications:

• Degree in Human Resources and member of IHRM.
• At least 4 years of experience in managing teams of at least 10 employees with disciplinary authority.
• At least 2 years of experience as HR Manager.
• At least 2 years of experience in managing the HR Department with at least 150 employees.
• Must be ISO Certified.
• Must have started a HR Department from scratch or worked in a start-up environment.
• Strong communication skills at all levels.
• Ability to balance multiple tasks while working under tight deadlines with close attention to detail, accuracy and quality always.
• Strong leadership skills and initiative team player.

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