Job Title: Head Rewards and Performance
Organisation: Airtel Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About Organisation:
Airtel was launched in Uganda in 1995 and is Uganda’s most innovative mobile phone operator, which has introduced many “firsts” in the telecommunication sector such as: Pre-paid plans, Post-paid plans, International roaming, Dedicated customer care, One rate to all networks, Fax and Data, Call forwarding, Per second billing, Freedom Forever and Mobile Top up. Airtel Uganda Limited is the country’s fastest growing telecom company, and a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited – a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 16 countries across Asia and Africa.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Responsible for formulating and executing Performance Management & Rewards Strategy for Airtel Uganda in line with Airtel Group philosophy and local regulations to ensure internal parity, competitive advantage and alignment with global recommendations resulting in improved performance, employee satisfaction and retention.
- Ensure effective implementation of Airtel Africa compensation strategies in Uganda whilst considering local peculiarities.
- Develop precise action plans around employee reward issues from Airtel Uganda employee engagement survey feedback
- Ensure consistency of employee remuneration with performance and market value.
- Drive the job evaluation process
- Regular employee total reward benchmarking with competition and employers of choice that ensures competitive advantage in Airtel Uganda
- Design and deployment of skills/level/function specific incentives that drives performance.
- Manage payroll and C&B suppliers of compensation and benefits services such as payroll administration, medical insurance, group-life.
- Oversee data availability and optimization of Airtel Uganda HR costs
- Provide effective HR cost forecast in line with planned employee activities such as salary reviews, incentive payouts etc.
- Facilitate the design, deployment (including training) and implementation of the Performance Management process aligned with Airtel Africa Performance Management System
- Ensure continuous employee communication in Airtel Uganda on Airtel performance and Performance Management guides and principles
- Support the setting of performance objectives and ensure that these are in harmony with the balanced score card commitments for the planning period.
- Ensure a well-informed Airtel Uganda HR Community on Airtel Africa/Uganda reward strategies, policies and practices.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field
- Master’s in Business or Human Resources Management or a related field preferred would be desirable
- A professional qualification on Compensation & benefits.
- Minimum of 5 years of HR experience, with at least 3 years’ experience in designing and implementing sound compensation, benefits and Performance Management systems
Skills critical to the role:
- The ability to plan, organize, and prioritize multiple and simultaneous compensation design and program performance simulation projects
- Strong interpersonal skills in dealing proactively with all levels of internal and external management and vendor or agency personnel
- Strong mathematical aptitude and analysis skills for researching, analyzing, and developing compensation related programs and recommendations.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online at the link below.
Deadline: 29th December 2025
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24