Head, Human Resources at Coronation Insurance Plc

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Drive the development and implementation of the HR Strategy, and resource planning while communicating HR alignment to the Company’s objectives and goals
• Design workforce plans and organizational development strategies in support of the company’s business strategy and operational objectives.
• Develop and implement organizational development strategy; demonstrate commitment to maximizing business performance by working with senior business leaders to embed the desired performance culture
• Oversee the organization’s HR operational processes and identify opportunities and solutions for improvements
• Provide organizational guidelines on performance management including leadership development, accelerated development, succession planning, coaching talent reviews, and terminations.
• Plan, develop and implement the compensation and benefits strategy and framework in line with the corporate strategy and stay current with global trends in compensation and benefits
• Manage full-year HR operations by ensuring recruitment-related activities, employee benefits programs, and other operations are executed in an accurate and timely manner
• Drive entity-wide compliance with the HR Policy and provide interpretation on key issues encountered
• Drive the organization transition approach to enable the organization to implement the planned changes; engage stakeholders and senior leadership to encourage acceptance and ease of transition.
• Communicate the benefits of organizational policy at a senior level and cascade effectively throughout the organization
• Lead the development of the organization’s succession plan and monitor the implementation of succession planning activities throughout the organization
• Analyze and synthesize talent data from various sources into meaningful conclusions that enhance fact-based talent decision-making across the organization

What we are looking for

Educational Qualification and Experience

• First degree or its equivalent in any discipline, preferably in HR or industrial relations.
• Postgraduate/Professional qualification in Human Resource Management will be an advantage
• Membership of a relevant professional body is compulsory
• Minimum of twelve years’ relevant HR generalist experience.

Required Skills and Competencies

• In-depth knowledge and experience in strategic human resource management , processes and techniques covering areas such as organization development, manpower planning, recruitment, learning and development, performance management, career management, reward and recognition, retention and exit management.
• Deep appreciation of local and global industry human resource management best practices.
• Strong strategic planning and execution skills.
• In-depth understanding and hands-on experience in HR strategy development and execution
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Strong project management and budgeting skills
• Excellent leadership, supervisory, and people management skills.
• Strong communication, influencing, relationship management, and networking skills
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Advanced problem analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities