HR Manager at Code for Africa

About the Role:

The successful candidates will join CfA’s core Secretariat team. The Secretariat team supports the entire organisation and all of its programmes, overseeing operations and governance, as well as handling all financial and HR matters.

As the Human Resources Manager, you will lead our HR team to support our 100+ staff members in over 20 African countries. You will take the lead on a number of activities, such as performance management, policy creation, and disciplinary procedures. You will mentor and guide your team on all their duties, including interviewing, paperwork preparation, and onboarding and onboarding of employees.

As part of a multinational team within a growing organisation, you must be agile and must thrive in a multicultural environment, and must work easily with people from different backgrounds who may speak different languages. You will be a digital native, who instinctively takes initiative, and is happy to juggle several tasks at a time while still being able to prioritise your own work.

It is vital that you embody CfA’s ethical code of integrity, transparency and excellence in all your work and dealings. As HR Manager, you will help foster this culture throughout the organisation at all times. 

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and refine CfA’s recruitment process, from job ad development to due diligence to  onboarding into the organisation.
• Oversee the onboarding/orientation process for new employees, ensuring that all new employees start their journey with us from a solid foundation 
• Lead on CfA’s cycle of performance reviews, with regular one-on-one staff check-ins, monitoring performance milestones, proactively identifying staff challenges/opportunities, and developing actionable insights and feedback for team managers and CfA strategists.
• Refining and maintaining CfA’s HR digital recordkeeping systems, to ensure that staff records, timesheets, holiday/leave logs and other records are accurate.
• Lead on disciplinary and grievances processes, ensuring that they strictly adhere to protocols 
• Lead on the development of new HR policies or updates to existing policies when  needed, ensuring that policies follow international best practice
• Lead on offboarding processes, such as exit interviews or termination paperwork
• Mentor and support the HR Assistants in their daily duties, ensuring that they are provided with the support they need in order to support the wider organisation 

Required:

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role
• Experience drafting HR policies and procedures
• Experience creating and managing HR processes, such as performance management
• Experience managing a team of other HR professionals
• Self-motivated and independent worker, while also being a team player, able to work well across different cultures and languages
• Superb organisational skills, detail oriented and an eye for accuracy 
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Experience in or familiarity with digital collaboration tools, including Slack, Google Drive, and Trello