Head, Human Resources at WOW Jobs

Responsibilities

Employee Recruitment and On-boarding

• Recruits, interviews, tests and selects employees to fill vacant positions existing in the organization.
• Plans and conducts new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward the company’s goals.
• Handles employee background and reference checks, transfers and confirmation

Training and Employee Development

• Develops and implements an annual best-practice training plan

Performance Management

• Handles all personnel transactions such as performance reviews and management.
• Administers performance review program to ensure effectiveness, compliance, and equity within the organization.

Compensation and benefits Management

• Develops and implements an appropriate employee incentive plan and ensures the motivation of all employees to achieve the company’s objectives.
• Prepares the budget for the human resources department.
• Administers benefits programs such as life insurance, health, pension plans, vacation, sick leave, leave of absence, and employee assistance programs.

Employee Relations and Welfare

• Advises management on appropriate resolution of employee relations issues and carries out disciplinary actions.
• Ensures effective communication within the organization by soliciting for feedback from all departments and communicating back to management.
• Responds to inquiries regarding policies, procedures, programs and ensures effective administration.
• Prepares employee separation notices, related documentation and conducts exit interviews to determine reasons behind resignation.

Qualifications

• A graduate degree or higher in a Social Science discipline
• Internationally recognized personnel management certification e.g. CIPM
• Minimum of 7 years’ cognate human resource management role experience
• Knowledge of talent acquisition and employee relations
• Expert knowledge of the Nigerian Labour Law
• Expertise in performance management and organizational development
• Proven experience in HR policy and strategy architecture as well as best practice procedures
• Proven Performance and career management skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to use HR applications and Microsoft Office
• Ability to work well with a team and also independently without significant supervision
• An ability to develop creative and effective solutions to problems.
• Capable of thinking outside the box and Strong work ethics
• Honesty and professional integrity
• Customer-centricity and responsiveness
• Pleasant disposition with the capability to be authoritative when necessary
• Clear and effective oral and written communication skills in English Language