Food for the Hungry Human Resource Manager Jobs in Uganda

Food for the Hungry Human Resource Manager Jobs in Uganda

Food for the Hungry (FH/U) is a Christian international relief and development organization that has been working in Uganda since 1989. FH is currently operating programs in Asia, Latin America and Africa with support offices in the UK, Canada, Switzerland, United States of America and Japan.

FH’s primary goal is to end all forms of poverty World-wide. FH promotes practice of performance, accountability, and risk management in line with FH’s “Transforming Field Experience (TFE)” re-imagination initiative.

In Uganda, FH is operational in the Districts of Adjumani, Kitgum, Lamwo, Kween, Mbale, Namutumba and Amudat Districts implementing programs in four main sectors of Education; Food Security and Livelihoods; Health/Nutrition and Disaster Risk Reduction; with the Head office located in Kampala.

FH Culture:

All we do, and how we do it, seeks to promote God’s beauty, goodness, and truth in a broken world. As such, we are defined by our ability to make people’s lives measurably better; our ability to deliver impact is the measure of our collective success.

For we know that we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God has already prepared in advance for us to do. At Food for the Hungry, we operate under a set of values called Heartbeat Values.

External Vacancy Announcement

FH/Uganda is actively seeking for qualified candidates committed to its Heartbeat and Corporate Strategy to fill the career openings below on a rolling basis;

Position Type: Full Time National Staff

Reports to: Country Director

Contract Length: 2 years (fixed)

Start Date: December 2022 (To be hired on rolling basis)

Job Summary

Under the supervision of the Country Director, the Human Resource Manager will guide and manage the overall provision of human resource services, policies and programs for FH in the country concerned, including administration of general Human Resources practices

Duties and Responsibilities:

Key Result #1: HR strategy and Policy development (20%)

Key Result #2: Manage Recruitment and selection processes (20%)

Key Result #3: Team & department management (25%)

Key Result #4: Manage HR Business processes (15%)

Key Result #5: Manage Staff learning and development (10%)

**Key Result #6:**Manage compensation and benefits schemes and legal issues (10%)

Job level Specifications

Working knowledge and experience in developing HR strategy, HR polices and guidelines as well as functional tools.

Knowledge in strategy development processes, change management

Experience in dealing with government departments on issues of visas, registration, tax, movement of personnel etc

Possess good knowledge of labor law and country legislation

Excellent technical knowledge on general HR areas as indicated by the key result areas

Experience in Training and Capacity building

Education & Experience

Minimum of a Bachelor's degree (B. A.) in Human Resource Management or a related field

Professional Qualification and membership to the Human Resource Association is an added advantage

A minimum of Eight (8) years of working experience in HR within an NGO

Ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations and documentation

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Strong attention to detail, organized, with the ability to proactively solve problems

Strong working knowledge of computers and MS Office Suite, ODOO and Orange Hrm

Ability to travel (up to 20% per year, domestic and possibly internationally)

Ability to gather and analyze critical information for reporting and designing systems such as pay scales

Culturally aware and sensitive


How to Apply

All suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by Clearly stating the position applied for in the Subject line and submitting only electronic copies in one pdf file not more than 25MB of an application letter, a detailed CV, contact telephone numbers, copies of relevant testimonials/certificates, names/contact details of three referees, addressed to: The Human Resources Manager, Food for the Hungry Uganda Email: recruitment-fhuganda@fh.org not later than Friday 25th November, 2022 at 4:30pm.

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