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Job Title:  Human Capital Advisor

Organisation: Root Capital

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Root Capital provides credit and capacity building to small and growing agricultural businesses around the globe. Together, we are building a more prosperous, inclusive, and resilient future for rural communities. We provide these companies with vital resources: access to capital, business and technical partners, financial training, and conservation practices. We work in geographies that are difficult to serve where others do not. To date, we have distributed $1.5 billion to improve the lives of more than ten million people in farming communities.

Job Summary:   Train and advise agricultural cooperatives and agribusiness enterprises on human resource (HR) management (HR policies and processes) to define sustainable people changes. Set up systems and processes for recruitment and onboarding, retainment and promotion, performance appraisals/ reviews, development and implementation of workplace policies, compensation and benefits administration, and overall organization design.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Carry out organizational diagnostics that include measuring business performance in various management areas, in particular organizational capacity, human resource management, and related systems.
• Identify strengths, weaknesses, and potential development opportunities to influence client work plans in regard to human capital
• Prepare reports and write responsive recommendations based on diagnostic results and develop a customized human capital training plan with clients.
• Provide advisory and training services to clients, in line with Root Capital methodology, on topics including, but not limited to: human resource management, systems and processes for recruitment and onboarding, retention and promotion, performance appraisals/reviews, workplace policies, organizational structure, employee training and professional development, compensation and benefits administration, employee communication and relations.
• Set up systems that support culture and behavioural change.
• Keep records of training participants, evaluate training results, and prepare activity reports.
• Monitor workplace business management and gender equity action plans, document and validate strategies used, and advise clients on implementation
• Record activities carried out with clients (using digital data collection tools and Excel) and preparing monthly activity reports.
• Deliver reports with key impact information, including results, challenges, lessons learned, customer success stories, and photographs.
• Promote innovation through contributions to the development and piloting of new instruments, methodologies, and training tools.
• Understand and effectively integrate gender-inclusive approaches and gender mainstreaming best practices to ensure that women equitably participate in and benefit from the services provided by our clients and the training done by the advisor and, more broadly, promote gender equity within our clients.
• Explore, identify, and strengthen areas where there are linkages between human capital and gender specifically focusing on women and career development. This may encompass training gaps and needs including interpersonal skills, benefits including leave, flexible working hours, facilities such as nursing rooms and day care facilities, and policies on equal pay for equal work day, equal opportunities etc.

Note: You must be willing to conduct consulting services (individually with a single client or multi-client workshops) online/remotely and in person .

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The applicant must hold a University degree, preferably in studies related to Human resource management, Social Sciences, Business Administration or related field.
• Knowledge of HR best practices and prior experience in all functional areas of human resources (compensation and benefits, talent acquisition, employee relations, performance management, compliance etc.).
• Experience in people and organizational change capabilities with a focus on sustainability.
• 3-4+ years of experience training and/or working with business development in rural agricultural areas and/or with agribusiness and/or cooperatives.
• Knowledge and application of participatory training, adult learning, and facilitation methodologies
• Knowledge of MS Office Suite, Google Apps, and Zoom.
• High organizational planning and management skills, ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong writing skills and ability to prepare reports or other documents as needed
• Interest and commitment to gender equality
• Ability to travel and work in different parts of the country.
• Ability to manage your work independently with a high degree of responsibility.

Preferred qualifications

• Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP) qualifications Duration

How to Apply:

If interested in the role, please submit a curriculum vitae/resume and compelling cover letter to afradvisoryrecruitment@rootcapital.org

The subject of your email should follow this convention: “Human Capital Advisor-Country Name – Applicant First Name & Last Name”.

Inquiries that do not follow this convention will not be reviewed.

The cover letter should explain why you are a fit for Root Capital, your experience working with agri-SMEs, and your expertise in digital business solutions. Specific examples of your impact and achievements should be included.

Deadline: March 31st, 2024

Root Capital offers equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees, consultants and/or collaborative opportunity applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, active military status or veteran, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including pregnancy, childbirth, medical conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth, and breastfeeding and expressing breast milk), sexual orientation, gender, identity gender, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law. Root Capital is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that respects our leadership principles: empowerment, equity, integrity, service, and transparency.

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