Human Resources Officer at Safety Consultants and Solutions Provider Limited

Reports to: HR Manager

Job Objective

• Responsible for delivering a consistent and credible HR service to the business, providing advice and actioning requests. Provides support to the business across a range of HR matters and projects, taking ownership for delivery where required.
• This is a demanding role that requires a proactive and professional approach and the ability to work well under pressure, whilst maintaining a high attention to detail and accuracy.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Oversight for recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training & developing employees; compensation and benefits management; maintaining a safe and secure work environment; overall office management and administration of the organization.
• Communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Develops a process for identifying operational needs for front office & other facilities. Establishes policies, procedures, and work schedules to monitor them.
• Purchases printed materials and forms by obtaining requirements; negotiating price, quality, and delivery; approving invoices.
• Completes special projects by organizing and coordinating information and requirements; planning, arranging, and meeting schedules; monitoring results.
• Provides historical reference by developing and utilizing filing and retrieval systems.
• Improves program and service quality by devising new applications; updating procedures; evaluating system results with users.
• Achieves financial objectives by anticipating requirements; submitting information for budget preparation; scheduling expenditures; monitoring costs; analyzing variances.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; benchmarking professional standards; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Maintains the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
• Prepares employees for assignments by establishing and conducting orientation and training programs.
• Maintains 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.
• Ensures 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.
• Maintains employee benefits 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 evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs.
• Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records; representing the organization at hearings.
• Maintains management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.
• Maintains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Completes human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Any duties that may be assigned from time to time.
• Any other assigned roles by the Management.

Qualifications

• Degree in Humanities, Law, or Social Sciences.
• MPA, MBA is an added advantage.
• CIPMN, CIPD, or NIM is an advantage.

Minimum Experience:

• 4 or more years of experience as an HR specialist.

Competencies:

• Well-versed in HR practice and regulations
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, detail-minded and able to work
• under pressure.
• Motivating others.
• Business Planning and Management.
• Communication and Presentation.
• Customer focus and Relationship Building.
• Champion for change.
• Influencing.
• Leadership.

Key Interfaces:

• StaffWeb developer
• Technical consultant
• Network support
• Software tester

Travel Time:

• 50% travel is expected for this position.

Language:

• Proficiency in English Language (Written & Spoken) is a must.
• Knowledge of one or more international language is added advantage.
• Ability to speak other local Nigerian languages is a plus.