DRC HR & Administration Manager Jobs in Nigeria

DRC HR & Administration Manager Jobs in Nigeria

Introduction

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity for a brighter future. We work in conflict-affected areas, along the displacement routes, and in the countries where refugees settle.

In cooperation with local communities, we strive for responsible and sustainable solutions. We work toward successful integration and – whenever possible – for the fulfillment of the wish to return home.

Background

Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has had an operational presence in Nigeria since 2015. DRC Nigeria is the largest DRC country mission in the West Africa region and one of the largest DRC country missions globally.

Currently, DRC delivers life-saving assistance and protection to vulnerable, conflict-affected populations including internally displaced persons, returnees and host communities in the areas of armed violence reduction, humanitarian mine action, livelihoods, nutrition and food security, protection, shelter and non-food items (NFI) and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in 30+ Local Government Areas (LGAs) across Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states in northeast Nigeria.

Purpose

DRC is looking for a driven, pro-active HR Manager is responsible for ensuring that DRC's HR functions are carried out effectively across Nigeria, in order to achieve the organization's objectives. The HR manager is responsible for ensuring that every manager in the Nigeria can receive both strategic and operational sparing and support.

Duties and Responsibilities

Management & Coordination

To ensure the efficient management of the staff members of the HR admin Department in the country office: this includes daily supervision of the tasks, follow-up of the targets defined and lead over the performance and development appraisals.

To ensure that HR staff members are properly capacitated to do their job and reach their full potential as individuals and professionals.

To visit regularly the bases and areas of Nigeria and to provide technical guidance, as the technical line management and technical focal point of the coordination office, to managers at base/ area level.

To respond to audit requests.

To attend external meetings with donors, partners, or external HR colleagues when needs be.

To drive the workload of the HR department and proactively communicate when support/ additional resources are needed.

To understand what support to ask from whom between HQ and the Regional Office and navigate well between the two different entities.

Recruitment and Selection

To ensure that the positions are properly categorized and remunerated (according to job category)

Together with the e-SMT, to establish and edit the target organizational chart of the mission, edit the recruitments plan and monitor ends of contract

To plan and budget HR function in country.

To actively participate in budget development and ensure that HR costs are correct and properly budgeted in the Master Budget and the budget proposals to donors.

To Support senior management in workforce planning, succession planning and mobility within DRC country operation(s)

Together with the e-SMT, to action restructuring/ upsizing/ downsizing for the whole mission

Performance

To develop and deliver trainings for all managers on performance evaluation process.

To advice managers on poor performance and ensure the filing of this documentation in personal files on Sharepoint

To Ensure both probation and performance appraisals are done in the country operation by monitoring Dynamics.

To advice managers on Code of Conduct cases in relation to potential disciplinary action

To ensure that there is a calendar in place for performance reviews in the mission.

To develop explanation/ awareness raising material and hold sessions with managers to explain to enhance/ follow up staff performance.

To prepare legally compliant cases when there is an issue of under-performance/ Code of Conduct.

Development

To set the induction standards and process for every new staff comer to Nigeria mission.

To ensure all new staff members complete basic trainings available on DRC platforms.

To drive the coordination of pre-arrival process, arranging induction schedule, office & guesthouse tour, conducting internationals staff HR induction and maintaining oversight of logistics, visa/entry process and travel arrangements.

To ensure that adequate budget is added in all new grants for training and capacity building of

staff.

Together with the e-SMT, to discuss and agree on a country ambition and budget for training and development of Nigeria staff.

To keep, update and report on a training and development plan for Nigeria mission.

To ensure inclusion and equitable access to training and development opportunities.

To oversee the exit process (forms and interviews);

Ensure exit interviews are conducted by establishing a process of informing managers to perform the exit interview.

Together with the e-SMT, to supervise analysis of the feedbacks provided in the exit forms/interviews and reinvest them for the HR actions.

Well-being

To ensure that there are proper health and counselling services in place for all employees, and ensure that staff are aware about these facilities.

To encourage staff to provide their feedbacks to their managers and in DRC Voices.

To analyse and integrate staff feedbacks in the HR strategy of the mission when relevant.

To participate in the localization of R&R, housing and other benefits.

To guide managers on stress management.

To prepare trainings and materials on stress management,

To assess office and compound arrangements are suitable from a wellbeing perspective.

Contracts and Compensation

To validate all job offers and contracts;

To validate payroll for national employees and ensure that payslips are archived and issued monthly to national employees for the whole mission;

To supervise the full contract process for national employees including contracts, extensions, addendums, and resignations;

To coordinate with HQ on the full contract process for international employees;

To ensure that terms of employment for national employees are aligned with DRC Minimum standards, Nigeria Labor law and conventions and competitive;

To lead salary & benefits benchmark process every two years or more frequently if needed

To develop and maintain a salary grid and social policy;

To supervise and ensure that Dynamics data for national staff and update of some of the data for international staff is properly carried out;

To supervise and ensure that Homere data for national staff and update of some of the data for international staff is properly carried out;

To ensure the proper and exhaustive filing of all the staff documents.

HR Policies and Support

To maintain and update local HR policies when needs be;

To feedback on global and regional policies and align practices and local policies with them

To proactively pursue continuous process improvement in HR related practices in order to enhance the quality and efficiency of output/delivery

To ensure managers are familiar will the necessary tools and procedures within people management

Required Qualifications

Essential

Minimum 5 years working experience in HR with at least 2 years in a senior HR management role within an NGO.

Minimum 2 years of professional experience in the INGO/ IO sector

Excellent command of the Microsoft office pack. Previous experience with Dynamics is considered a plus;

Demonstrated understanding and working knowledge/experience of Human Resources Management principles, concepts & processes.

Excellent skills in handling and advising on complex people management issues.

Good facilitation skills and ability to deliver induction briefing/training.

Desirable

Postgraduate degree in the field of strategic human resources or business management, or similar

HEAT (preferred)

PI (preferred)

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; DRC HR & Administration Manager Jobs in Nigeria

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