Country HR Manager Jobs – Pinnacle & Company

Job Title: Country HR Manager

Organisation: Pinnacle & Company

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Employee Lifecycle Management — Operations

• Design, develop, and execute cross-functional programs and employee engagement initiatives to improve performance and reduce attrition.
• Drive engagement-survey impact planning sessions at country level and track action planning for enhanced employee satisfaction.
• Manage the complete recruitment cycle, from sourcing to offer, as per the defined talent acquisition process and approved SLAs, for levels delegated to countries.
• Conduct onboarding of new joiners and smooth induction at country level.
• Ensure effective utilisation of the HR budget and implement measures to drive cost optimisation.

Talent Management and Learning & Development

• Goal setting: KRA communication for all employees, ensuring timely KRA creation for new joiners.
• Facilitate and drive compliance in the country performance management cycle — appraisal completion (mid-year and annual), probation completion for supervisors.
• Ensure effective Performance Improvement Plan creation and follow-up while working with managers.
• Participate in rolling out talent management initiatives.
• Sensitise employees on L&D processes, calendar, and offerings through constant communication.
• Capture country training needs and drive training compliance.

Business Partnering & Communication

• Understand the business environment and country-level business priorities to provide effective HR and administrative support to leadership teams.
• Interpret and implement HR policies to bring uniformity to all people practices.
• Inculcate discipline and code of conduct by reinforcing workplace ethics and value systems.
• Plan communication initiatives with leadership teams at country and corporate level to ensure consistency, openness, and transparency.
• Coordinate special projects as directed, including employee survey and feedback processes.
• Design and implement country-specific Rewards & Recognition programs and facilitate deployment and review of national R&R programs for sustainability, effectiveness, and relevance.

Statutory Compliance & Industrial Relations

• Ensure 100% HRMS data accuracy.
• Manage outsourced associates end to end (recruitment of vacant positions, attendance, monthly payroll, compliance, etc.).
• Ensure all statutory compliances are adhered to as per the laws of the land.
• Maintain cordial relations with relevant workforce unions (where applicable) to ensure smooth and uninterrupted operations.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• MBA or equivalent in Human Resources.
• Skills / Competencies
• Stakeholder management; people management; effective coordination; impactful communication; interviewing skills; customer orientation.
• Relevant Experience
• Combination of relevant education and HR experience of 8–10 years.
• Strong background in HR policy and practice; experience in employee relations and legal compliance preferred.  Environment
• End-to-end HR responsibility for 150–200+ employees (including supervisors) plus outsourced associates.
• Distributed workforce, making employee engagement a standing challenge.
• Union management where applicable.
• Additional Key Decisions
• No approval required: expenses relating to HR, employee engagement and R&R within the approved budget.
• Escalation where not authorised: Country Head for country-level expenses; relevant corporate HR authority for national initiatives on employee engagement, R&R, etc.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should apply online at the link below.

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Level of Education: bachelor degree

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60