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 Develop, implement, and align HR programs with Meristem’s objectives, serving as a strategic partner of the senior management team while supporting employees in their day-to-day HR needs.

To ensure strict adherence to policies, codes of conduct, procedures, and maintenance of quality attitude to work within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Aligns organizational and departmental goals effectively.
• Acts as a liaison between employees and management.
• Establishes an emotional connection for employees, leadership, and the organization.
• Ensures that HR initiatives and programs such as recruitment, onboarding, team building, and recognition reinforce the company’s culture and values.
• Responsible for nurturing culture and engagement while overseeing strategies focused on improving the experience between managers and employees.
• Support employees and managers to cultivate a high-growth and performance-oriented culture.
• Provide advice and counsel to managers and employees to ensure consistent application and integration of policies, procedures, and practices. Ensures compliance to promote an ethical and compliant work environment.
• Ensure that all employee-related issues are properly identified, reported, investigated, and resolved.
• Serve as an escalation point for employees.
• Develop and implement strategies to increase Diversity & Inclusion within the organization.
• Partner with internal stakeholders (Managers and Culture Champions) to implement strategies for employee engagement and retention.
• Participate in the exit interview process.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve our team member experience. Assess current programs and propose innovative ways to improve existing ones.
• Monitor and track team member engagement through our pulse survey platform, developing ways to increase scores if necessary.
• Plan and organize the company’s internal events and social calendar (off-sites, team building events, in-office events, Hackathons, lunch ‘n learns, sporting events, holiday party, etc.); manage and administer the company’s culture/events budget.
• Keep abreast of industry knowledge and trends by participating in conferences and educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining professional networks, and participating in professional organizations.
• Create an environment where teams are actively encouraged to be innovative and proactive and are empowered to make decisions and take responsibility for those decisions.
• Any other assignment as may be assigned by your supervisor.

Qualification/Education:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years of HR experience. HR professional certification will be an added advantage.
• Thorough understanding of HR policies and procedures.
• Familiarity with all aspects of HR, including compensation, recruitment, benefits, and training.

Skills & Competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to lead meetings and presentations, and ability to interface with all levels of staff with tact and diplomacy.
• Must be a collaborative team player, possess strong negotiation skills, and be a consultative problem solver
• Ability to advocate for both staff and management.
• Highly proactive style of work, with a demonstrated track record of developing innovative approaches.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required.

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The Business Development Officer is responsible for the co-ordination and integration of the Group’s business development functions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all business development initiatives for the group.
• Accountable for business development across the group, on weekly basis.
• Prepare and deliver presentations/seminars to clients and prospects for business development purposes.
• Create sales and marketing strategies to generate new clients.
• Prospect and win new accounts for the Group.
• Seek opportunities for subsidiaries in each subsidiary’s business.
• Attend Business Development meetings of all subsidiaries.
• Give advisory support to all business units in the group.
• Coordinates the networking of the Group and business units with prospects, operators and regulators.
• Prepare weekly reports on business development and marketing activities.
• Consult with clients on the Group’s strategic products and services that are suitable for their needs.
• Track revenue generation in order to facilitate the achievement of the Group’s budget.
• Monitor decisions on business development and measure their impact.
• Build a strong and long-term relationship with clients.
• Establish a network of referrals.
• Examine business patterns, evaluate the fiscal statements, and assess potential competitors for clients’ businesses.
• Prepare business plans and suggest suitable business solutions to clients.
• Perform all other functions connected to business activities as may be directed by the management.
• Any other assignment as may be assigned by your supervisor

Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent.

 Skills/Knowledge, Attributes, 

Leadership 

• Ability to influence others to do what is to be done.
• Must possess good listening skills.
• Must be fair, goal-oriented, responsible and skilled.
• Must be a good director of affairs both human and material.
• Must be able to evaluate others.
• Must be charismatic

Proactive decision-maker

• Ability to look beyond the obvious/routine.
• Ability to see what others cannot see.
• Ability to seek a richer set of alternatives.
• Ability to question assumptions.
• Ability to proactively measure performance.

Self-starter

• Must be an energetic person with unusual initiative.
• Must be resilient

Sound ethics and integrity.

• Must be discernibly honest and of consistent upright character.
• Must be ethical i.e. must follow the ideals and responsibilities of the banking industry as set out in the code of ethics guiding operations and operators in the industry.

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years experience in a similar role in the financial services industry.