Job Purpose
Planning, directing and coordinating of human resources programs, policies and activities in Britam Insurance Company (Rwanda) Limited, which include recruitment and retention; talent management, performance management, employee relations. Prefered candidate Rwandese National.
Key Responsibilities
Plans, directs, supervises, and interprets human resources policies and procedures for the respective country business
Implements staff training programmes in the respective country in accordance with the defined guidelines
Administers staff benefit schemes including Group Medical, Group Pension and Group Life Insurance
Ingrain the performance management culture and administering the performance aide through using the balanced scorecard methodology
Manages employee welfare issues
Develop and implement effective retention plans for key resources
Execute the entire SU recruitment and on boarding process and activities, e.g. approvals, advertisement, shortlisting, interviewing, negotiation, contract management and induction
Conducts exit interviews to identify reasons for employee separation from the company
Plans and conducts new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives
Enhancing the right culture and creating ownership of the organisation’s values, vision and mission and driving change in line with business goals
Ensures the maintenance of up-to-date personnel records and statistics, both physically and online
Prepares monthly reports to the CEO and Group
Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time
Working Relationships – Internal & External
Directly accountable to the Country CEO and indirectly to the Group Human Resource Manager
Required to liaise and work closely with the other line managers as may be necessary
Labour Law organizations
Knowledge, Experience And Qualifications Required
Bachelors’ Degree in Social Sciences, Human Resources or related field
Post graduate diploma in HR
6-8 years’ experience in a similar position 2 of which should be in a supervisory role
Knowledge of HRIS and Oracle ERP is an added advantage
Prefered candidate Rwandese National
Technical Competencies
Labour laws
HR metrics
Project Management
Negotiation skills
Essential Competencies
Leading and Supervising: Provides team with a clear direction based on the overall strategy and objectives of the department; motivates and empowers others with a clear sense of purpose; creates a positive climate that fosters learning and development; acknowledge high potential talent within the team; sets and articulates the vision and values through own personal behaviour.
Persuading and Influencing: Gains clear agreement and commitment from other; promotes the departmental strategy and objectives during team conversations; promotes ideas on behalf of the team and or department; makes a strong personal impact on others; takes care to manage the team’s impression and brand on others.
Presenting and Communicating Information: Speaks fluently; expresses opinions, information and key points of an argument clearly; responds quickly to the needs of an audience and to their reactions and feedback; projects credibility.
Adhering to Principles and Values: Upholds ethics and values; demonstrates integrity; encourages team and individual responsibility towards the community and the environment.
Analysing: Analyses numerical data and all other sources of information, to break them into component parts, patterns and relationships; probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem; makes rational judgements from the available information and analysis; demonstrates an understanding of how one issue may be a part of a much larger system.
Planning and Organising: Sets clearly defined team objectives; plans activities and projects well in advance and takes account of possible changing circumstances; identifies and organises resources needed to accomplish tasks; manages time effectively; monitors team performance against deadlines and milestones.
Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations: Focuses on customer needs and satisfaction; sets high standards for quality and quantity; monitors and maintains quality and productivity; works in a systematic methodical and orderly way; consistently achieves projects goals.

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careers.britam.com