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Job Title:    Human
Resources Officer

Organization: Yalelo
(U) Limited

Duty Station: 
Uganda

Reports to: Employee Relations Manager

Ref: YUL/HRO/13/08/2020

About US:

Yalelo (U) Limited
is a tilapia fish farm that was established in Uganda in 2019. The farm is
located in Butembe, Buikwe district on the shores of Lake Victoria. Yalelo Uganda
is a subsidiary of First Wave Group B.V; a Dutch company with a portfolio of
aquaculture related assets in Africa. First Wave Group owns and operates Yalelo
Zambia, a pioneer of Aquaculture founded in 2011 that has grown quickly to
become the leading fish farm in Zambia and among the largest aquaculture farms
in Africa.

Job Summary:  The Primary Processing Manager will lead the development, execution
and monitoring of the Primary Processing department in line with the overall
operational objectives to achieve the first stages of processing for Yalelo
Uganda. As the Primary Processing Manager, you will be responsible for the
receiving of fish from the Harvest Department and conducting the first stage of
the processing of the fish. This will include getting the product down to
suitable cold chain temperature, weighing and counting the product, grading and
sorting, packaging and storage, freezing and chilling and then close liaison
with the Dispatch Team for distribution of fresh whole round fish to points of
sale across Uganda, and future export markets.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Help employees understand the company Policies.

·       
Ensure daily staff attendance, shift schedules and all
leaves taken are updated in a timely manner.

·       
Liaise with Employee Relations Manager to cross check
attendance reports, where need be rectifying and handling absenteeism cases.

·       
Ensure staff overtime data is compiled and submitted to
Employee Relations Manager payment.

·       
Conduct routine manpower Site checks to ensure all staff
comply with established policies and procedures, following up and resolving of
issues at Site.

·       
Ensure all employees adhere and comply with PPE (Personnel
Protective Equipment) requirements.

·       
Receive employees’ leave applications, updating same and
making a follow up.

·       
Advise and help the Line Managers on human resource
related issues and to deal with employees at Site.

·       
Attend to minor disciplinary issues, help in enforcing
discipline among employees and generating incident and accident reports to be
submitted to Employee Relations Manager.

·       
Performing any other duties assigned from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Human
Resource Management, Organizational Psychology; Management Studies, Social
Sciences, Social Work and Social Administration and other related disciplines

·       
A post graduate diploma or Masters in Human Resource
Management is an added advantage

·       
Two and above years of experience in Human Resource
section.

·       
Knowledge of existing labour laws and attitudinal/employee
engagement surveys

·       
Knowledge of all HR cycle functions

·       
Integrity, flexible, good interpersonal skills, effective
communication, problem solving, counseling and decision making skills. Should
have a positive attitude, self-driven, result focused, creative, innovative,
can work for long hours and under pressure with minimum supervision

How to Apply:

All
suitably qualified and interested candidates should send their CVs and copies
of academic documents on: sthembo@yalelo.ug 

Deadline: 20^th August 2020

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