SENIOR OFFICER: HUMAN RESOURCES-SHRO

Tanzania Postal Bank (TPB) seeks to appoint dedicated, self-motivated and highly organized Senior Officer: Human Resources-SHRO (2 positions) to join the Human Resources Directorate team. The person will be responsible for the initiation of recruitment, placement, training and career development activities of staffs to ensure the needs of TPB, its management and employees are met in the most cost effective manner and provide timely and effective training programs as per the TPB policies, procedures and guideline to that effect. The Senior Officer: Human Resources will as well deal with Industrial labor relations. The Senior Officer: Human Resources will as well assist the HR Manager in identifying various Human Resources risks which prevents the employees from fulfilling their responsibilities and thus keeping the business from operating at full efficiency. Will as well assist in formulating contingency plans for the bank in issues related to Human Resources.

Reporting Line:   Manager, Human Resources

Location:                 Head Office, Dar es Salaam

Work Schedule:  As per TPB Staff regulations

Salary:                      Competitive Remuneration

Main Purpose of the Job

^§   To develop and prepare recruitment objectives, strategies, policies and programs

^§   To implement approved  human resource policies and plans

^§   To maintain records of authorized establishment, staff posts and positions to be filled, identifies candidates for the bank’s staff position by maintaining regular contact with potential sources of recruitment.

^§   To administer wage and salary policies and structures including grading of staff.

^§    To ensure that staff promotions and award of annual salary increments are based on effective performance appraisal.

^§   To review staff performance ratings done by departmental managers.

^§   To recommend, interpret and administer staff rules and regulations and recommend staff fringe benefits based on systematic performance based evaluation.

^§   To ensure consistency of the laid down procedures for all personnel functions.

^§    To prepare and ensure implementation of the departmental annual plans/budgets and strategic plan.

^§    To evaluate and approve all costs related to employee transfer, leave travel and training within his/her approval limit.

^§    To develop and maintain active and progressive working relationships with all members of the organization.

^§   To oversee the development of an employee performance system as approved

^§   To oversee all industrial relations policies and regulations so as to be able to mitigate risks pertaining but not limited to death, disabilities, incompetence, and employee turnover and labor relations.

^§   Linking Training to TPB overall performance by Implementing established training programs or courses by applying HR and Business Proficiencies which represents traditional as well as current knowledge and skills in areas like employee selection, training and compensation.

^§    Facilitate Learning proficiencies which require being abreast of and applying new technologies and practices affecting the profession.

^§   Presiding as secretary to various disciplinary hearing sessions, prepare hearing report and run courses on IR and labour laws to various supervisors and other TPB staff.

^§   Facilitate organizational/situational analyses with respect to identify potential training programs the Bank can run internally, championing the launching of the intranet which will be used as a tool in running these E-learning course by

using Business Proficiencies through how TPB operates including strategic planning, marketing, production and finance.

^§   Prepare Training reports for TPB management purposes, auditors, and other stakeholders where all the courses run in the year are recorded, analyzing the courses attended, the costs breakdown, the attendees and assist the management in the review and preparation of the Training budget etc.

^§   Develop, implement and establish E-learning courses to be introduced where the courses will issue electronic certification to the qualified staff, develop procedures and guidelines that support the Bank on training, succession planning and career development of its staff, come up with certified courses that will enable HR department retain the best and potential internal resources.

^§   Seeing on the possibility for partnership with even abroad training institutions or in country best training institutions on extensively investing in TPB’s human capital.

^§    Come up, review, implement and coordinate Individual Learning Development Program or Initiatives (ILDP) while ensuring that all TPB staff have submitted during the beginning of the year their training needs basing on performance appraisal, current business requirements, regulatory bodies, current best practices depending on the training budget of the Bank

^§   Championing the preparations, management and reporting of Training portfolio at the Bank by ensuring the training budget is feasible, supportive to the TPB business and also come up with the annual training calendar for the TPB as a whole.

^§   Contribute to the HR management team of TPB through training to ensure that targets in respect of employee productivity, safe working, cost management and corporate governance are achieved and the company’s philosophy of Continuous Improvement is always at the forefront.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

·         Internal: All TPB Staff, TUICO, all Departments

·         External: Regulators, ATE, CMA, Ministry of labour, ITA, TIOB

DIMENSIONS - Direct Impact on:-

·         Effective implementation Training Program and Performance Management System

·         Training Need Analysis and Training Impact Assessment

·         Service quality-Ensure that excellence and responsive service is being provided to customers

AUTHORITY LEVELS

As set down in TPB’s policy and procedures for a position at a Senior Officer:

Human Resources

PROFESSIONAL AND INTERPERSONAL DETAILS

Education:              Bachelors’  Degree/Advanced  Diploma  Human  Resources,

Business Administration Industrial Relations, Training, Administration or equivalent qualification.

Experience:            Experience in the Banking sector and in a HR management role and Industrial Relations experience is highly desirable.

Skills / Attributes:

Decisiveness

Resilience and resourcefulness Strong influencing skills Performance orientation

Hold employees accountable High level of interpersonal skills Strong commercial acumen

Knowledge of Tanzanian customs and legal process

Salary and Remuneration

The position attracts a competitive salary package, which include other associated benefits.

Mode of Application

Applicants are invited to submit their CVs and applications letter (indicating the position title (Senior Officer: Human Resources) in the subject heading) via e-mail to:  recruitment@postalbank.co.tz - Other credentials such as certificates will have to be availed during the interview stage and must be produced in hard copies.

Deadline

The deadline for submitting the applications is one week from the first appearance of the advertisement of this post in recruitment portals.

Tanzania Postal Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer

A candidate who will not be contacted by Tanzania Postal Bank within seven (7) days after the closing date, you should consider your application as unsuccessful. Late applications will not be considered. Short listed candidates may be subjected to any of the following: a security clearance; a competency assessment and reference checking.

Please forward your applications before 09^th April, 2014