Senior HRBP Manager at Andela

About the Role

• Andela is seeking an HR business partner (HRBP) to support Andela’s staff experience group by being a trusted business partner to multiple leaders, managers and employees. You will play a critical role in the design and implementation of strategic initiatives to retain and grow our most prized asset - our people! This is an amazing opportunity for a passionate and talented HRBP to innovate alongside a stellar growing team and equally passionate and driven managers. No two days will be the same and the work is challenging and rewarding.
• You will act as a primary point of contact for a designated population of managers and employees, serving as a connector to internal functions, an advisor on all people processes, procedures, and initiatives.
• The Senior Manager-HRBP will be a key driver of engagement, talent management and change management across their population influencing a high growth- and performance-oriented culture. In addition, you will also support the Staff Experience team with the strategic project management of key strategic initiatives.
• This role reports into a Director Level HRBP.

Responsibilities
Strategy Development and Implementation:

• Work closely with Staff Experience Lead and Country/Functional Leads to understand organizational challenges and design/implement creative solutions
• Coordinate and support the implementation of strategic initiatives within your population and more broadly.

Performance Management:

• Support employees and managers within your population to cultivate a high growth- and performance-oriented culture, and ensure that performance management experiences are effective and empowering, prioritising fairness and objectivity
• Advise managers on team performance management via a data driven approach
• Work proactively to identify underperformance and address thoughtfully, manage underperformance professionally and swiftly when identified.

Talent Development:

• Connect employees and managers to compelling learning and development opportunities, mentorship, coaching for performance and growth, advising on career opportunities
• Support leaders and managers on talent mapping and reviews to ensure implementation of recommendations from the Talent Development team
• Develop and implement workforce retention, career navigation and succession strategies.

Project Management:

• Coordinate and support the implementation and delivery of key strategic initiatives, including identifying risks and impact to delivery, as well as tracking and reporting progress and outcomes
• Implement effective change management strategies, providing subject matter expertise on risk mitigation and change delivery.

Employee Relations - Coach, Inspire, Influence:

• Provide dedicated coaching to multiple managers and employees within your population with a specific focus on employee advocacy/engagement, HR fundamentals and process training, employee relations management and workplace investigations as appropriate
• Provide advice and counsel to managers and employees to ensure consistent application and integration of policies, procedures and practices at 100% compliance to promote an ethical and compliant work environment
• Ensure that all employee relations issues are properly identified, reported, investigated and resolved
• Serve as an escalation point for your population.

Relationships, Collaboration:

• Build and maintain healthy relationships with key stakeholders
• Coach leaders/managers on proper management and communication practices
• Work closely and effectively with other cross-functional  HRBPs, People Operations and Centers of Excellence (CoE) teams to identify best practices and use it to define effective business interventions
• Share knowledge and insights with the wider People team to help shape best practise and ensure business goals are in line with org-wide strategy.

Qualifications

• Significant and relevant professional experience, most of which should be in an advisory  HRM/HRBP role
• Knowledge of in-country employment regulations/statutes and capacity to apply them to Andela. Ability to adapt applicable global labor laws into local practices as required. Experience with other African countries a plus
• Solid track record in design and implementation of employee engagement strategies that have meaningfully impacted the individual and organization experience; previous experience in coaching employees/managers through complex, difficult issues and creating effective working partnerships with senior leaders
• Excellent interpersonal and communication (both verbal and written) skills, ability to present and facilitate effectively, and stellar emotional intelligence with a specific focus on self moderation, cultivating relationships and empathy.
• Previous HR project management experience preferred, including demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with different stakeholder sets
• Experience in a challenging, fast-changing, complex and matrixed business environment with a special focus on multiculturalism (and internationalism).

Interested?

• If the above sounds like an exciting role to you, please tell us why you believe you’re a good fit and we’ll be in touch.

Benefits & Compensation

• Full-time compensation
• Full medical coverage
• Opportunity to work with the brightest minds on the planet
• Oh, and a chance to change the world!