Roles Summary
The People & Culture Manager will work closely with the Head of People & Culture to drive the People Agenda across the region. The role holder will act as a trusted People and Culture Advisor to our legal and non-legal teams and will also have a special focus on performance management, recruitment and onboarding
This role will require a passionate, committed, self-driven and discreet People & Culture Professional who is eager to make a change and learn the A&K way of working.
In more detail, the areas of responsibility include:
Talent Management
Working closely with the Head of department to ensure timely and effective reviews for all staff across the Firm.
Recommend any changes aimed at improving the Firm’s performance management cycle to meet changing business needs.
Managing the end-to-end performance improvement process across the Firm.
Participate in implementation of innovative employee engagement initiatives for all groups of employees.
Support the secondment process from contracting and implementation phase and ensure seamless integration of inbound secondees and seamless process for outbound secondees.
Ensure the mentorship program has run successfully
Facilitating training around any of the P&C pillars on a need basis.
Supporting the grievance handling and disciplinary process within the manager’s capacity and escalating as appropriate.
Recruitment and onboarding
Participate in forums aimed at building our talent pipeline such as career fairs and presentations.
Support the recruitment process by conducting interviews, negotiating with prospective candidates and overseeing the pre-boarding process.
Coordinate the onboarding process pre and post joining through preparation of onboarding emails to new joiners, buddy allocation, conducting and coordinating the end-to-end induction process.
Coordinate the take probation performance review process for new joiners at the end of the probation period.
Ensuring timely communication on the outcome of the probation performance review process.
Institutional Strengthening
Drafting P&C policies to address emerging issues and updating current policies in line with the changing needs of the staff and the business working closely with the Head of department.
Generate proposals on ways to improve the work, procedures/workflow within the P&C department and the Firm as whole.
Develop, implement and monitor systems, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with legislative requirements and standards.
Offering P&C support to ALN member Firms on a need basis.
Additional Roles
Provide guidance to the P&C team and effectively deputize the Head of department and maintain oversight over the team’s work.
Manage special projects within P&C and deputise the Head of Department wherever P&C participation is required.
Act as a trusted People & Culture Advisor across the entire P&C value chain for A&K staff in Kenya, Tanzania and Dubai.
The role will be based in Nairobi, Kenya, with potential travel within East Africa and Dubai.
The following experience is required:
Bachelor Degree in Human Resources/ Business or a related field from a recognized institution.
Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management.
Over eight years’ experience in a HR role in a fast- paced environment with at least one to two (1-2) years being in a management position.
Experience in a professional services environment will be an added advantage.
The following personal qualities are preferred:
Must possess strong interpersonal skills and should have a genuine passion for people.
A commitment to teamwork and working in a professional manner.
A commitment to ALN’s mission and extremely strong ethical integrity.
Ability to handle sensitive matters and documents while maintaining utmost confidentiality.
Firm commitment to the highest standards of quality.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to communicate clearly with a range of people from diverse backgrounds.
Excellent organisational skills, great time management skills and a good ability to multitask
Must be a flexible person with ability to work with minimum supervision.
Action-orientated and innovative. Must be a hard worker, eager to learn and have a positive can-do attitude.
Ability to learn quickly in a highly dynamic and fast-moving environment.
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