Vacancy title:
Human Resource Manager

Jobs at:
FIG Consult Limited

Deadline of this Job:
16th January 2018

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

JOB DETAILS:
Our client is one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Kampala – Uganda.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategic Partnership:

• Serve as a strategic business partner to management by ensuring a seamless adaptation and implementation of human resource transformation and change management plan that builds the human talent and sustainable capability of the people in view of the company objectives and ambition.
• Be an active member of the senior management team, leading on change and HR management and providing high level input at strategic and policy levels.
• The adaptation and implementation of human resource transformation and change management plan that build the human talent and sustainable capability of the people in the view of the company objectives.
  Recruiting and Staffing:
• Develops and implements specific strategies, policies and procedures in each of the following key areas of human resource that reflect and support the company’s needs, specifically;
  o Recruitment and selection.
  o Job evaluation.
  o Change management.
  o Employment contracts.
  o Learning and development.
  o Remuneration, compensation and rewards.
  o Performance and management appraisals.
  Performance Planning and Communication (PPC):
• Develop and regularly review the company’s performance process to make it user friendly. Coordinate annual performance planning and communication process, training staff as needed on system requirements, objective setting and performance communication skills.
•  Identify stall
•  Development opportunities and help leaders create development opportunities for their staff.
  Training and Development:
•  Selects, trains, motivates and evaluates company’s personnel performance, provides and coordinates training, works with other Senior Management Team members to correct employee’s performance gaps and ensure that the right caliber of staff are recruited.
• Build leadership capacity and develop a high performing senior management team, introduce and implement training for staff in goal and objective setting, using SMART methodology to ensure that people know how and where they contribute.
• Establish and maintains appropriate methodologies for measuring necessary aspects of HR development.
• Monitors, measures and reports to HR issues, opportunities and development plans and achievements within agreed formats and timescales.
  Administration affairs:
•  Educate employees on salary structure and grading system of the Company’s practices and respond to employee questions on pay.
•  Work with the CMD/Director and the SMT to develop and implement annual revisions, conduct and participate in salary and benefits surveys to ensure competitive compensation benefits and plans and share lessons learned.
  Policy Manual Administration and legal Compliance:
•  Provide back up support in responding to employee questions regarding the interpretation and application of adopted personnel policies.
•  Assist to create and maintain systems, implementing adopted policies and educating staff on what is expected of them and what they are entitled to under the policies.
•  Assist to ensure that contractual, compensation, financial and legal issues are compliant to the labor law of Uganda.
•  Recommends, establishes and continuously improves on HR Company’s policies and procedures.
•  Manages and controls departmental expenditure within agreed budgets.
  Employee Relations:
•  Provides counsel to all employees on issues concerning employee relations guided by the company.
•  Establishes a positive employee relations climate within the company that allows the business to move forward, while taking into account the needs of employees.
• Assists the CMD/Director and senior management team in developing a new and positive wholesale company culture through change management.
•  Improving culture, performance and processes.
• Advise the SMT and area managers on how to manage and resolve people issues.
•  Manages and develops direct reporting staff.
• Provide guidance to staff on career development.
  Legal Compliance:
•  Ensure HR practices are in compliance with the Uganda employment laws.
•  Keep the company leadership and staff updated on changes to the law.
  Facilities Responsibilities:
• Supervises and coordinates activities of administration staff.
•  Studies and reviews company’s administration procedures.
•  Recommends management action to improve administrative department’s standard operating procedures.
•  Selects, trains, motivate and evaluates administrative personnel performance, provides and coordinates training within own departments, works with employees to correct performance gaps.
• Ensure that there is good company employee communication.
• Handle security and guard while on company premises.
•  Handle issues concerning employee medical insurance with AAR.
•  Participating in selecting and implementing the monthly employee of the month.
• Supervise all departments’ regards to ISO certificate practice.
• Perform any other duties that can be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management.
•  Three years of experience in the same role or working experience in a junior role but in the same department for a minimum of five years.
• Very quick at learning and delivering g reports in time.
•  Excellent communication skills.
•  Excellent with leadership skills.
•  Able to work independently as well as in a team.
•  Computer literacy in MS Office, power point.
•  Must have highest level of integrity.
•  Age: Below 35 years

Job application procedure
All candidates are strongly encouraged to send their applications via Email including a cover letter, updated CV and copies of academic credentials to ug.jobs2018@gmail.com
NB: Female candidates are advised to apply and please include the position title as “Personal Assistant (PA).”