People and Culture Officer II (Talent Acquisition) at IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

DUTIES:

Requisition and approval management

• Follow-up and secure approval for all NRS requisitions to fill approved vacancies
• Manage the short-term requisition and hiring process, seeking necessary approvals, facilitating selection, and preparing contract letters for all short-term staff and local consultants as may be assigned.

Interview, documentation, and on-boarding process

• Assist in placing vacancy advertisements both internal and external on the intranet and internet.
• Carry out all pre-interview preparation formalities, facilitate interviews and follow up with candidates and interview panel members.
• Organize and liaise with P&C sectional heads on orientation for new hires.
• Collate information on new hires and liaise with employee services on background checks;
• Ensure and follow up with appointed candidates on referees and medical examination.

Report and chargeback management

• Collate and prepare monthly recruitment service chargeback for all NRS and STS recruiting activities.
• Regularly collect and prepare comprehensive reports with inputs from scientists, unit heads, and supervisors for the review of job descriptions and position classification for NRS.
• Collate monthly recruitment and related statistics for the Talent Acquisition Office report.
• Constantly update the recruitment requisition tracker and present reports.
• Assist the Talent Acquisition in contributing to data for annual report information.

Records and documentation

• Maintain effective records (electronic and manual) and ensure prompt retrieval of information for short-term staff.
• Create personal files for new hires and ensure all mandatory documents are in place, maintaining effective filing system that ensures ease of retrieval of recruitment and selection information.
• Liaison with external clients
• Ensure payments to vendors for advertisements placed on national newspapers.
• Liaise with other units as necessary.
• Perform any other job-related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor or Head of Unit.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION:

• BSc/HND in Human Resources Management, Industrial Relations, Business Administration, or any other related field with a minimum of four (4) years’ experience in talent acquisition management with proven experience in contract management and selection in a well-structured environment.

COMPETENCIES:

The ideal candidate must:

• Have excellent interpersonal, multi-tasking, organizational and communication skills with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential information.
• Be proficiency the use of human resource information systems (HRIS), recruitment software, and similar digital applications or software’s.
• Have excellent customer service skills and team orientation
• Have ability to work in a cross-cultural and multidisciplinary environment.

Benefits

• We offer highly competitive salaries with equally attractive benefits and excellent working conditions in a pleasant campus environment.