Human Resource Manager - Generalist

Dynamic People Consulting is currently recruiting for one of its clients, Bridge International Academies. Bridge International Academies is a startup revolutionizing education across Africa with a truly unique business model and instructional program.

The company has launched a large-scale, franchise-like network of ultra low-cost, for-profit private primary schools in Kenya, and will expand across Africa. The schools profitably deliver high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month. Local school managers are able to operate their school businesses profitably, while creating a highly successful business at the central level.

This ensures that the school is not dependent on the vagaries of donor funding, but will rather continue to serve the communities as long as parents value the educational service we provide. To ensure the delivery of high quality education, Bridge International writes its own curriculum using Direct Instruction methodology. They also train and support their own teachers.

Bridge have already launched the first 12 schools in their network in the slums of Nairobi with tremendous success, and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million families in Africa.

1. Human Resource Manager - Generalist

Duties include:

• Working closely with departments, assisting line managers to understand and implement policies and procedures;
• Promoting equality and diversity as part of the culture of the company;
• Liaising with a wide range of people involved in policy areas such as staff performance, and health and safety;
• Recruiting staff - this includes developing job descriptions and person specifications, preparing advertisements, checking application forms, short listing, interviewing and selecting candidates;
• Developing and implementing policies on issues such as working conditions, performance management, equal opportunities, disciplinary procedures and absence management;
• Advising on pay and other remuneration issues, including promotion and benefits;
• Undertaking regular salary reviews;
• Administering payroll and ensuring the maintenance of updated employee records;
• Interpreting and advising on Kenya labour laws and initiating and overseeing a review of all employment contracts;
• Dealing with grievances and implementing disciplinary procedures;
• Developing HR planning strategies with line managers, which consider immediate and long-term staff requirements in terms of numbers and skill levels;
• Planning, and sometimes delivering, training, including inductions for new staff;
• Analysing training needs in conjunction with departmental managers.
• Develops and documents HR manual, policies and directives

About You:

HR Role - Business and Strategic Partner

In this role the HR manager need to think of themselves as a strategic partner and contributes to the development of and the accomplishment of the organization-wide business plan and objectives.

The HR business objectives are established to support the attainment of the overall strategic business plan and objectives. The tactical HR Manager is deeply knowledgeable about the design of work systems in which people succeed and contribute.

This strategic partnership impacts HR services such as the design of work positions; hiring; reward, recognition and strategic pay; performance development and appraisal systems; career and succession planning; and employee development.

HR Role: Employee Advocate

As an employee sponsor or advocate, the HR manager plays an integral role in organizational success via his or her knowledge about and advocacy of the employees. This advocacy includes expertise in how to create a work environment in which people will choose to be motivated, contributing, engaged and happy.

Fostering effective methods of goal setting, communication and empowerment through responsibility, builds employee ownership of the organization. The HR professional helps establish the company culture and climate in which people have the competency, concern and commitment to serve customers well.

In this role, the HR manager provides direction and advice to Heads of Department on organization development interventions, due process approaches to employee complaints and problem solving, and regularly scheduled communication opportunities.

HR Role: Change Champion

The constant evaluation of the effectiveness of the company results in the need for the HR professional to frequently champion change. Both knowledge about and the ability to execute successful change strategies make the HR professional exceptionally valued.

Knowing how to link change to the strategic needs of the organization will minimize employee dissatisfaction and resistance to change.

The HR Manager contributes to the Company by constantly assessing the effectiveness of the HR function. He or she also sponsors and supports change in other departments and in work practices.

Please send all applications to: Recruitment@dpckenya.com