African Academy of Sciences Vacancies in Kenya

The AAS is a pan African organisation headquartered in Kenya, which aims to drive sustainable development in Africa through science, technology and innovation. It has a tripartite mandate of pursuing excellence by recognizing scholars and achievers; providing advisory and think tank functions for shaping the continent’s strategies and policies; and implementing key science, technology and innovation (STI) programmes that impact on developmental challenges through the new agenda setting and funding platform, the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA).

The Human Resources Officer is responsible for the implementation of staff development programmes, performance monitoring; coordination of recruitment and employee relations matters. The incumbent provides support to the Head of Human Resources by acting as the first point of liaison in the delivery of human resource services to line managers and employees; maintaining accurate employee records and processing HR transactions and staff welfare across the Academy.

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