Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Directline Assurance Company Limited was licensed in October 2005 and commenced operations in November 2005 The Company is the first Kenyan niche underwriter focusing solely on motor vehicle insurance. The Company has grown to be the largest PSV underwriter in Kenya with a market share of approximately 60% at the end of the year 2015.
Overall Purpose of the Job:
The HR Manager is responsible for managing and providing leadership to the HR department, ensuring that all HR functions are conducted and delivered in an accurate and timely manner. .

  Job Responsibilities:
1. Strategic Management & Leadership
• Provide leadership and direction in the management of human talent
• Develop and maintain a competitive environment that ensures availability of competent, committed, highly skilled and motivated workforce across the group
• Partnering with line management to help envision, articulate and implement strategic plans and priorities
• Continuously re-examine and improve policies, processes and procedures in order to achieve the best practices in HR and risk management
• Use technology (HRIS) to enhance and streamline HR information management and service delivery
• Risk management & controls
• Audit issues; external auditor issues;
• Manage end to end of people management processes and ensure standardization across the group/entities
• Manage organization development – organization structures
• Develop and regularly review HR & Admin strategic plan & team, HR & Admin manuals and HR & Admin operating model/structures
2. Manpower Planning & Recruitment
• Use of HRIS in all manpower planning & recruitment
• Policy development, review and documentation to fit HRIS
• Enforcement of recruitment process and procedures across the group
• Liaise with entities to prepare and implement a group-wide manpower plans and recruitment plan
• Continuous monitoring of headcount and budget management
• Implement and follow through Service Level Agreement with the entities
• Develop and enforce Attachment & Internship framework
• Internal Job Recruitment framework – policy, process and procedure
• Transfer framework to fit manpower planning & recruitment plans
• Management of unsolicited applications;
• Management of external recruitment agents & job adverts
• Competency, personality and other aptitude test processes and providers
3. Performance Management
• Use of HRIS in all performance management processes
• Policy development, review and documentation to fit HRIS
• Enforcement of performance management process and procedures across the group
• Liaise with entities to prepare and implement a group-wide Job descriptions and KPI in the HRIS
• JDs and KPIs are availed to all staff; signed off and in file
• Half-yearly and end of year appraisal process implemented
• Appraisal analysis against company/departmental performance
• Institute performance improvement system for under-performers
• End of year appraisals are linked to Training Needs Analysis
• Implement and follow through Service Level Agreement with the entities
• Critical roles, key people and succession planning programs aimed at optimizing organizational performance
4. Learning & Development
• Use of HRIS in all training & development processes
• Policy development, review and documentation to fit HRIS
• Manage all learning and development initiatives
• Link Training & Development with TNA from Performance Management process
• Group wide Training programs and budget
• Enforcement of T & D process and procedures across the group
• Liaise with entities to prepare and implement on-job training
• Training programs for all manuals and other legislation
• Manage employee on-boarding process i.e. induction & orientation training
• Interface with relevant internal and external training providers for delivery of training programs
• Revamp the APA Academy and other professional and academic sponsorships
• Develop innovative management trainee and succession planning development programs  Oversee membership to professional bodies

Job Skills: Not Specified

  Job Qualifications:
• MUST have at least five (5) years’ Human Resource Management experience in a busy organization, three (3) of which must be at senior management level.
• Experience working in an insurance company will be an added advantage
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of contemporary HR principles and practices
• Working knowledge of IHRMIS
• Business/Department strategy formulation and execution
• Supervisory and leadership skills managing team/department performance and staff

  Job Education Requirements:
• Master’s degree preferably MBA will be an added advantage
• University degree in Human Resource Management or equivalent from an institution recognized by Commission for Higher Education

Job Experience Requirements:
• MUST have at least five (5) years’ Human Resource Management experience in a busy organization, three (3) of which must be at senior management level.

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Job application procedure
  If you qualify for the above advertised role, kindly send us a detailed CV and Application Letter clearly demonstrating your fit as per the roles & responsibilities and the person specifications (academic/professional qualifications, experience, skills & attributes) listed above.
Applications that do not conform to the Application Instructions will not be considered.
Kindly send your application documents to human.resource@directline.co.ke  to reach us on or before 5.00pm Friday, 22nd November 2019

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