Job Title: Global HR Business Partner and Practice Lead
Organisation: ChildFund International
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
For over seventy years, ChildFund International has provided support to deprived, excluded and vulnerable children to have the capacity to improve their lives and opportunities to become young adults, parents and leaders who bring lasting and positive change to their communities. We promote societies whose individuals and institutions participate in valuing, protecting and advancing the worth and rights of children. Our core commitment is child-centered change that will ensure healthy and secure infants, educated and confident children, and youth who are skilled and engage meaningfully in the affairs and decision-making processes within their communities. ChildFund Uganda is working in over 30 districts to develop the capacities of local community-based organizations to be able to mobilize resources and implement programs that improve the well-being of deprived, excluded and vulnerable children.
Job Summary: The HR Business Partner and Practice Lead (HRBP) for the Africa region leads a team of HR Managers in each assigned country office (CO). Reporting to the Vice President, Human Resources, the HRBP is a member of the Global HR Leadership Team and implements global and organization-wide strategy and strategic objectives in the assigned region. The HRBP works in close partnership with the Regional Director and Deputy Regional Directors in Africa, Country Directors, Global HR colleagues, and regional senior management team members to help ChildFund foster high employee engagement and maintain a culture that reflects the organization’s values.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to the Regional Director, Africa, Deputy Regional Directors, and Country Directors. Consult with Region leadership to develop and execute on talent strategies and guide the execution of HR initiatives, processes, communications, and changes.
- Serve as a coach for senior leaders on topics around employee engagement, performance management, and employee relations.
- Supervise, coach, and guide the HR Managers (HRMs) in assigned COs in such areas as:
- Development and execution of Country Strategic Plans and the Annual Planning process.
- HR-related internal communications.
- Annual performance management process.
- Talent strategy related to grant acquisition and other fundraising efforts.
- Employee relations, including internal investigations.
- Issues referred to legal counsel.
- As a member of the Sr. GHR leadership team, provide inputs to global HR planning and strategy development.
- Champion and lead assigned organizational change initiatives.
- Support talent acquisition efforts in assigned COs (e.g., job descriptions, participating in selection processes, reviewing offers, collaborating with global Recruiting team).
- Conduct exit interviews for key senior management team positions.
- Support succession planning strategy for assigned COs.
- Collaborate with Talent Management team members on learning and development initiatives and capacity building.
- Collect and conduct routine analysis of HR metrics, identify employee trends and recommend appropriate solutions to region leaders.
- Collaborate with Global Shared Services (GSS) to improve data quality, data integrity, and data privacy.
- Oversee and support annual salary benchmarking survey(s).
- Oversee payroll and compensation procedures in COs, including participation in audits, implementation of policies, etc..
- Provide guidance to HRMs and senior leaders on HR policy development and labor law compliance, including approval of CO employee handbooks.
- Support the global Safety & Security team with deployment of Security strategy and implementation of Safety & Security plans in assigned COs.
- Remain alert and responsive to any safeguarding risks, acquire relevant knowledge and skills which will enable you to promote strong safeguarding practices, understand the safeguarding policy and procedures, and conduct yourself in a manner consistent with the Safeguarding Policy.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree in human resources or other relevant discipline and/or human resources professional certification preferred.
- At least 9 years of experience in progressively responsible roles in human resources, including at least 5 years of experience leading talent management initiatives in developing countries.
- At least 5 years of experience in supervisory roles.
- Demonstrated experience directly handling complex, sensitive employee relations issues.
- A track record of effectively leading geographically dispersed teams.
- A track record of effectively influencing executive-level leadership.
Competencies
ChildFund’s Core Competencies
- Teamwork: the ability to work effectively and collaborate with others; values and respects individual differences.
- Communication: demonstrates empathy and tact when communicating with others and uses a storytelling approach when appropriate.
- Results orientation: gets things done; takes proactive steps to achieve organizational goals and quality standards.
- Decision making: uses good judgement, critical thinking, and non-traditional ways to evaluate problems and opportunities; reflects and innovates to improve decisions and outcomes.
- Resilience: thrives and grows in rapidly changing, demanding, and complex environments.
- Digital literacy: adopts and champions new technology to relevant contexts, stays aware of technological trends and embraces technological solutions to business challenges.
Other Required Competencies
- The ability to read, speak, and write fluently in English. Fluency in French is beneficial.
- Solid understanding of the international development sector in one or more regions of Africa.
- Exceptional knowledge of human resources business operations, including performance management, workforce planning, succession planning, leadership development, organizational design, and employee engagement.
- Strong change management acumen, with the willingness and ability to champion and lead change across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Strong presentation skills in in-person and virtual formats.
- Excellent problem-solver; the ability to use analysis, planning, and design thinking to design appropriate solutions to complex problems.
- Excellent organization skills with the ability to effectively prioritize, delegate, and manage resources in an international, technology-enabled work environment.
- Outstanding inclusive leadership skills, with the ability to manage, coach, and motivate a geographically-dispersed team.
- Strong coaching and influencing skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite of applications.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below
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