Job Objective

The purpose of this position is to support the delivery of core People and Culture functions across the University, ensuring efficient HR operations while fostering a positive and impactful employee experience aligned with the Universitys strategic objectives and sustainability goals.

Responsibilities

• Supporting workforce planning, budgeting, and job evaluation processes to ensure optimal staffing and resource allocation.
• Job evaluation and analysis, managing the end-to-end recruitment and onboarding process.
• Support talent management initiatives, including performance management, talent reviews, and succession planning.
• Monitoring and analysing the departmental performance, including tracking objectives and conducting SWOT assessments.
• Implementing learning and development initiatives.
• Managing staff performance.
• Provide HR advisory support to departments, faculty, and staff, ensuring compliance with labour laws and institutional policies.
• Collect, analyse, and act on employee feedback to continuously improve the employee experience.
• Coordinating activities, guiding and implementing staff disciplinary policy.
• Managing employee separation.
• Assisting in planning and implementing employee reward and employee welfare programmes.
• Preparation of departmental and University Council reports.
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the supervisors or as captured in your detailed job description.

Qualifications and experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in human resource management from a recognised university; A Master’s degree in human resource management is desirable
• A Certified Human Resource Professional
• Up-to-date IHRM membership
• At least 5 years of experience as an HR generalist in a medium-sized or large organisation is mandatory; experience in a private university will be an added advantage
• Must possess working knowledge of the labour laws
• Must possess demonstrable skills of an Employee Experience Champion
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

• Supporting workforce planning, budgeting, and job evaluation processes to ensure optimal staffing and resource allocation.
• Job evaluation and analysis, managing the end-to-end recruitment and onboarding process.
• Support talent management initiatives, including performance management, talent reviews, and succession planning.
• Monitoring and analysing the departmental performance, including tracking objectives and conducting SWOT assessments.
• Implementing learning and development initiatives.
• Managing staff performance.
• Provide HR advisory support to departments, faculty, and staff, ensuring compliance with labour laws and institutional policies.
• Collect, analyse, and act on employee feedback to continuously improve the employee experience.
• Coordinating activities, guiding and implementing staff disciplinary policy.
• Managing employee separation.
• Assisting in planning and implementing employee reward and employee welfare programmes.
• Preparation of departmental and University Council reports.
• Any other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the supervisors or as captured in your detailed job description.

• Demonstrable skills of an Employee Experience Champion
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

• A Bachelor’s degree in human resource management from a recognised university; A Master’s degree in human resource management is desirable
• A Certified Human Resource Professional
• Up-to-date IHRM membership
• Must possess working knowledge of the labour laws