Associate Consultant at Owens and Xley

Location: Lekki, Lagos

Role Overview

• In this role, you are to offer advice and expertise to clients to improve business performance in terms of operations, profitability, management, structure, and strategy.
• Your duties stretch across providing support in areas, including management, strategy, finance, marketing, HR, and supply chain management.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Organize and execute assigned business projects on behalf of clients according to the business requirements
• Meet with assigned clients when needed and perform an initial assessment of a problematic situation
• Collect information about the client’s business through a variety of methods (shadowing, interviews, surveys, reading reports, etc.)
• Analyze and interpret data to discover weaknesses and problems, and comprehend the causes.
• Formulate recommendations and solutions with attention to the client’s needs, capabilities, and limitations forming concise reports.
• Present findings and suggestions to clients with ample justification and practical advice.
• Manage, supervise and oversee the activities and operations of various departments.
• Stay abreast of all legal and compliance issues proactively research and make recommendations about changes that would impact our programs or policies.
• Provides regular reporting, management, and analysis of project status
• Recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency of department and services performed.
• Formulate, Draft and Review HR documents (employee handbook, compensation plans, organizational charts and designs, customer service manuals…etc) to suit clients’ needs and other technical documents.
• Develop detailed business plans to drive small or radical changes.
• Assist the client in implementing the plan and resolve any occasional discrepancies
• Provide guidance 0n occurring problems and issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Human Resources or any related field.
• M.Sc / MBA in a business- related field is an added advantage.
• CIPM or other recognized Professional HR certification is required
• Strong analytical skill set
• 4+ years of experience working in Human resources/
• Experience developing and managing HR compliance programs.
• Experience designing and producing quality HR documents and compliance metrics.
• Experience conducting internal HR compliance audits and staff and workforce audit.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complicated tasks and workloads independently.
• Excellent at drafting and reviewing technical business documents.
• Able to draft instructional design and formulate business process optimization strategies.
• Experience in design, implementation, and administration of complicated benefit plans.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to engage clients and maintain constructive working relationships with people at all levels of an organization (both inside and outside the company).
• Ability to learn new duties and software programs and adjust to new situations encountered on the job within a reasonable amount of time.
• Ability to reach out and serve as an effective liaison to employees and clients.
• Excellent writing skills, able to translate detailed information to various constituencies with varying levels of subject matter knowledge.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines; accomplish work in order of priority; professionally maintain composure and effectiveness under pressure and changing conditions.
• Tech savvy and familiar with software packages, e.g., Microsoft Outlook, spreadsheets (Excel), word processing (MS Word), HRIS / database.

Salary
N250,000 - N300,000 Monthly.