Neo Marketing HR Manager Job in Kenya

Neo Marketing, a leading below-the-line marketing agency, with over five years’ experience in delivering brand experiences is recruiting for an HR Manager.

Job Purpose: The HR Manager originates and leads HR practices and objective that will provide an employee-oriented; high performance culture that emphasizes empowerment, quality, productivity and standards; goal attainment and the recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce. 

The HR Manager is responsible for the development of processes and metrics that support the achievement of the organization’s business goals.

The HR Manager coordinates the implementation of people-related services, policies and programs through support staff; reports to the Executive Director; and assists and advises company managers about HR issues.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Maintaining the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions
• Maintaining organization staff by establishing a recruiting, testing and interviewing program; counseling managers on candidate selection; conducting and analyzing exit interviews; recommending changes
• Preparing employees for assignments by establishing and conducting orientation and training programs
• Maintaining a pay plan by conducting periodic pay surveys; scheduling and conducting job evaluations; preparing pay budgets; monitoring and scheduling individual pay actions; recommending, planning and implementing pay structure revisions
• Ensuring  planning, monitoring and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; scheduling management conferences with employees; hearing and resolving employee grievances; counseling employees and supervisors
• Maintaining employee benefit programs and informs employees of benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluation benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs
• Ensuring legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable labour laws and requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records; representing the organization at hearings
• Maintaining management guidelines by preparing, updating and recommending human resource policies and procedures
• Maintaining historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records
• Maintaining professional and technical knowledge by attending educations workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
• Maintaining human resource staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training employees
• Maintaining human resource staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring and appraising job results
• Contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed

Knowledge and Skills

• Possess considerable knowledge of management-labour relations, the principles, practices and procedures of HR Management
• Possess thorough knowledge in the areas of merit systems; job content, qualification, educational and training requirement of a wide variety of occupations and salary administration
• Have a sound working knowledge of statistical concepts, methods and data collection procedures
• Have considerable knowledge of the principles and practices of modern office management and recordkeeping
• Be able to research information and analyze data to arrive at valid conclusions, recommendations and plans of action
• Be able to prepare comprehensive reports and represent ideas clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
• Have the ability to exercise considerable judgment and discretion in establishing and maintain good working relationships
• Possess some knowledge of laws and regulations relating to insurance and safety administration

Education and Work Experience

• University degree in Business Administration, HR Management or closely related field
• Minimum six (6) years’ experience in human resources management, three (3) years of which must have been in a responsible HR position
• Three (3) years of which must have been in a supervisory position; or an equivalent combination of related training and experience
• Member of IHRM (K)

Interested candidates who meet the above criteria should submit their online application on or before 31st July 2014 at http://goo.gl/T8sryH 

CVs WITHOUT salary requirements will NOT be considered