Country HR Manager at Royal HaskoningDHV

What will you do

The primary role is to ensure that excellent operations and services are provided to all people at Royal HaskoningDHV in Nigeria and that our services are aligned to local Nigeria business and legislative needs and to lead the development of Nigeria operations and services further.

• You will ensure an efficient and effective HR operations and service delivery to managers and employees in Nigeria, considering global and local standards. Of the 6000 Royal HaskoningDHV employees globally, approximately 40 employees work in Nigeria.
• Champion all aspects of the employee life cycle, ensuring your active involvement in activities to ensure that the lifecycle experience with us is a positive and productive one
• Serve as a partner to the local management team in matters relating to HR operations and services. You’ll work closely together with the global Centres of Expertise to address the Nigeria people needs and priorities effectively and fostering the right culture and team spirit.
• You will proactively partner and collaborate with your stakeholders in Nigeria to provide pragmatic operations and services to bring the HR global plan to life.
• Serves as the go-to person for embedding organisational changes on country level and the impact these have on staff skills, staff development and staff recruitment. To have impact, facilitate effective decision making and determine country priorities.
• By serving as a partner to the Global People Services team, our global HR Shared Services team, you ensure an efficient and compliant HR service, considering global standards and policies wherein local needs are met and incorporated.

Furthermore, you will:

• Represent HR in the local management team.
• Provide a strong link between local and regional shared services.
• Accountable for best possible employee experience.
• Partner with the global Talent Acquisition team to meet recruitment targets locally.
• Drive continuous improvements in HR processes & services to ensure local compliance and beyond.
• Co-ordinate salary reviews and other local and global HR policies and practices.
• Organize the recruitment of new staff, with the help of our local HR support
• Manage the day-to-day HR tasks, employment contracts, renumerations, allowances
• Coordinate the local logistics and security teams (for Lagos and our guesthouse locations in the country)
• Manage the HSE for the Nigeria entity
• Act as a team player for the Nigeria team, carry our corporate culture and happiness culture

What you bring

• Proven experience in a generalist HR role in Nigeria.
• Have a strong desire to form clear delivery plans with the team and stakeholders with the ability to close out initiatives to swift completion.
• Experience of working in a global matrix organisation collaborating with colleagues internationally is desirable.
• Excellent relationship management and people skills.
• Organising and planning skills; results oriented and getting things done.
• Proven ability to facilitate, persuade, influence and build credibility with all levels and all functions.
• Strong consultancy and communication skills.
• Analytical, interpretative and decision-making skills.