Job description
Role duration: 2+ years
Job Description:
Create and invest the organization in a talent management strategy that attracts, retains, and grows top talent across Moringa School in line with an ambitious growth strategy of 30 staff members this year to around 200 in the next three years.
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, develop a talent management plan that is in line with organizational growth plans.
Fully invest the organization and external partners in this effort.
Oversee and meet hiring goals of at least 15 new positions a year (this will grow over time).
Lead the retention and development of current staff, growing the internal talent pipeline dramatically, so that staff can take on increasing levels of responsibility.
Monitor, diagnose, and solve retention and development issues.
Lead and constantly improve the performance management system.
Create, from scratch, and implement a professional development and training system.
Manage the general operations of HR, including staff information systems, payroll, benefits, and Kenya and US compliance.
Model and coach organizational leaders and managers on best practices in talent management. Serve as a mentor and talent advocate for Moringa School staff.
Support organizational leadership to define an excellent culture at Moringa School. Be a culture carrier leading the internal “brand” of Moringa School as an amazing place to work.
Competencies Required:
Alignment and passion for Moringa School’s mission and core values: Transformational Impact; Sense of Possibility; Grounded in Context; Humility and Learning; and Team.
Communicator: Compelling communicator, especially internally. Strong ability to build relationships and invest people in a plan.
Cross-cultural: Understands and knows the Kenyan/broader African context well. Has experience operating effectively in multi-cultural environments. Understands and appreciates western management style.
Entrepreneurially proactive: Comfortable proactively making decisions or solving problems without much direction, in ambiguous situations, or with limited support. Shows perseverance by constantly thinking and acting to move things ahead despite any barriers.
Flexible/adaptable: Deals effectively with complexity and change. Considers the whole picture and others’ perspectives and adapts working style and approach, as needed, to reach goals.
Manager: Experienced and skilled people manager with approximately a 5-year track record of creating, growing, developing, and managing a team or teams to meet and exceed goals. Exceptional candidates will have experience growing teams quickly and managing larger teams with more than one layer or multiple functions. Strong ability and passion for hiring and developing top talent.
Open and self-reflective: Lets others speak and seeks to understand their viewpoints. Often solicits feedback and reacts calmly to criticism and negative feedback. Is constantly self-reflective towards learning and growing.
Passion and related experience: Passion for creating environments where top talent thrives. Deep interest in talent management, organizational development, culture building, people development, and selling a company’s internal “brand”. Demonstrated experience in related areas such as: recruiting, marketing/sales, operations, internal management, etc. Human Resource experience preferred, but not necessary.
Strategic thinking/visioning: Able to create, see, and communicate the big picture in an inspiring way. Able to turn a vision into an actionable plan that people can follow and will produce excellent results.
