Human Resources Associate at AINA BLANKSON LP

About the job
Background

Aina Blankson is a leading global law firm renowned for professionalism and excellence in service delivery. We are consistently regarded as one of the foremost Nigerian law firms in the areas of arbitration, dispute resolution, litigation, corporate commercial law, oil & gas, transaction advisory amongst others.

We are seeking to fill the position of Human Resources Associate. The job holder should have comprehensive experience, background and specialist knowledge in dealing with major policy and planning changes, which may create significant precedent and have corporate wide ramifications.

HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATE

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work as part of the human capital office designing AB employment policy content, and ensuring existing policies are best practice.
• Support the Human Capital office by producing and analyzing policy and Employee Relations related data, identifying trends, making recommendations and acting on findings.
• Support the HR team, offer knowledge as subject matter expert for all HR policies, welfare and compensation.
• Act as a policy counsel and subject matter expert for all HR policies to the HR representatives
• Support human capital office in managing sensitive employee situations and to review instances of employee misconduct, including investigating and recommending disciplinary action weighing the extent of violation, fairness of action and local employment laws
• Administer critical compensation and benefit plans/programs.
• Development of total rewards strategy for executives as well as policies related to compensation, benefits and perquisites designed to fairly reward company executives, encourage their contribution to achieving business objectives and retain top talent.
• Define a fair, equitable and competitive total compensation and benefits package that fits and aligns to our company’s strategy and firm’s goals·
• Develop a consistent compensation philosophy in line with work culture and firm’s objectives
• Use various methods and techniques and make data-based decisions on direct financial, indirect financial and nonfinancial compensations
• Assess employees needs by conducting organizational psychology surveys to find out what motivates and engages employees
• Participate in salary and labour market surveys to determine prevailing pay rates and benefits
• Conduct ongoing research into emerging trends, issues and best practices on policies, welfare and compensation.
• Creation and improvement of salary, benefit and bonus systems
• Researching compensation and benefits policies, plans and reviewing compensation surveys
• Ensuring compensation and benefits plans are cost-effective and competitive
• Comparing benefits and compensation plans, job classifications, and salaries through data and cost analyses

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
• Relevant professional certification e.g CIPM, PHRI, CIPD
• At least 3-5 years of human capital management experience
• Good knowledge of labour laws and best practice
• Good communication and interpersonal skills