The job role is to formulate, develop and implement the company's Human Resources Strategy leading to the achievement of the company’s vision, and supporting business growth, operating efficiency, and effectiveness targets. The job role is responsible for all aspects of the company’s people-management systems and is charged with helping Executive Management achieve clarity around the essential and critical resourcing and capability deployment needs necessary for the attainment of organisational goals over time. The job role also provides strategic and functional leadership to the company’s Human Resources and Practice Administration Units.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Objectives and Core Values:
- Design HR strategy in alignment of organisational objectives and ensure measurable indicators to ascertain the value of HR role in organisational strategy implementation.
- Develop effective HR strategic plans for supporting/enabling the attainment of short-, medium- and long-term business goals that ensure the company maintains its competitive edge.
- Design and deliver programs that ensure synergy across all units and branches to ensure alignment with corporate objectives.
- Provide an atmosphere that allow talent to thrive and provide ROI on employee acquisition and retention strategy
Recruitment and Selection:
- Responsible for manpower planning, designing and driving recruitment and selection strategy for the organisation.
- Manage the entire recruitment and selection life cycle – job requisition, job advertisement, shortlisting, selection tests, interviews, job offer letters, reference checks, employee induction/onboarding, and confirmation of new hires.
- Maintain a database of all applications; Screen and shortlist CVs for Tenants and Business Services staff across all levels including NYSC, law school, summer, and other internships.
- Scheduling and coordinating tests and interviews for shortlisted candidates.
- Create work schedules for Law school and summer interns.
Employee Relations:
- Formulate and implement sound, current and innovative HR policies in line with Labour laws and business objectives.
- Ensure all HR policies and procedures are effectively communicated to all employees and are understood and implemented.
- Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts, and helps resolve work-related issues.
- Responsible for maintaining the HR Information System platform while ensuring that employee personal information, salary and benefits (such as welfare, pension, medicals, etc.) are updated per time.
- Manage employee working conditions, disciplinary and grievance procedures, equal opportunities, redundancies and employee leave schedule.
- Make recommendations on improved systems, activities, policies and effective procedures for the growth of the Firm.
- Assist with seamless exit interviews, completing paperwork and make recommendations to management ensuring compliance of necessary intake and exit formalities and standard procedures
- Advise Chief Finance Officer on details of staff payroll, facilitating resolution to payroll errors.
Compensation and Benefits:
- Monitor and review the company’s salary and benefits structure to ensure a balance between control of costs and attracting/retaining staff.
- Conducts compensation surveys to measure the competitiveness of the company’s compensation and benefits package, and makes recommendations as appropriate.
- Provides timely and appropriate staff information to Finance department for salary review and administration.
Performance Management:
- Responsible for the development and implementation of a performance management framework that is tied to business strategy.
- Sending performance management-related correspondence to all members to initiate individual appraisal of staff every quarter.
- Ensuring all supervisors (across levels) complete performance appraisal feedback as at when due.
- Coordinate the employee performance appraisal process – educating employees, collating appraisal results, arranging for moderation review sessions, preparation, and presentation of performance appraisal reports to Partners.
Training and Development:
- Create training plans and training budgets in line with the Partner in charge of L&D’s review of employees’ training and developmental needs.
- Collaborate with Departmental Leads to gather employees’ training needs and proffer training interventions (both internal and external) within approved budgets.
- Organize in-house learning and development programs for appropriate staff on a regular basis and ensures full attendance of both trainees and facilitators.
Strategic Business Management
- Support strategic and tactical planning, risk management, quality control, organization development, and Firm planning processes.
- Oversee the general management of the Firm, proposing strategic and tactical initiatives for the consideration of the Partners.
- Working with the CIO, CFO, the Partners and BU leaders to develop strategic plans and performance measurement framework for each BU.
- Oversee Knowledge Acquisition and transfer initiatives across the Firm.
- Introduce and embed best practices that will enhance the Firm’s competitive advantage into our processes
- Support the development of systems for monitoring, measuring, and optimising business processes.
- Implement an appropriate range of Service and Quality standards
- Provide direction to the facilities and administrative support function
- Initiate, and project manage major facilities and building upgrade projects.
Requirements
Education, Qualification & Experience
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, Social Sciences or related field of study.
- A professional qualification of CIPMN, CIPD, SHRM and other recognized HR professional Institutions is essential.
- Possession of a Masters in Human Resources or a related degree is an added advantage.
- Minimum of ten (10) years cognate work experience with at least three (3) years of managerial experience, within a reputable and structured business environment, or a multinational corporation.
Skills & Competencies
- Strategic thinking ability to focus on the big picture
- Strong Management skills with a high degree of professionalism & maturity.
- Have a deep understanding of business and Strategic HR principles.
- Ability to develop and integrate HR strategies and initiatives with company's business strategies with minimal supervision.
- Working knowledge of Human Resources laws and regulations as well as global best practices.
- Able to coach, mentor, lead and collaborate with subordinates and other team members effectively
- Must be able to multi-task; capable of handling several issues at the same time to deliver results and meet desired deadlines
- Ability to show impartiality and zeal to maintain integrity.
- Flair for building Collaborative Relationships, and demonstrated teamwork skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
Personal Attributes
- Analytical
- Computer Skills (MS Office & the Internet)
- Communication Skills
- Collaboration/Teamwork
- Commercial Awareness
- Customer Service/Focus
- Detail Orientation
- Leadership
- Integrity
- Initiative
- Planning & Organization
- Time Management
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The job holder is under the direction of the Chief Innovation Officer, Partner in charge of Business Development. The Branding Lead’s responsibilities will include developing and implementing executive marketing initiatives, and designing and implementing creative marketing plans for the firm.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Business Development Strategic Initiatives:
- Manage the entire marketing plan cycle from strategic planning to execution and deliver on all marketing and branding activities within the agreed budget
- Analyzing the brand and current strategy and highlighting areas of weaknesses or conflicting messages.
- Creating a brand plan and brand strategy and ensuring all aspects of the product or services marketing and activities align with the ethos and goals of the company brand.
- Developing and implementing creative marketing strategies that support the brand and drive the Firm’s awareness
- Participates in the firm’s strategic planning activities with respect to evaluation and improvement of present client relations and services and future business development opportunities and activities.
Brand Management responsibilities
- Collaborate with members of staff in implementing branding guidelines, packaging of marketing proposals, and other professional marketing materials in conformity with the Firm’s brand vision
- Prepare various art files (headshots, logos, graphics) for use in online and print materials.
- Designs (or provides oversight to outside vendors to design), updates, and maintains online and print marketing and business development materials for the firm and for attorneys, including Firm and lawyer profiles, practice descriptions, brochures, and electronic newsletters
- To develop brand guidelines, resources, and templates that equip company staff with the skills and tools they need to use effectively.
- Updating print and digital marketing materials to ensure content reflects the substantive strengths, accomplishments, and current activities of the firm and the various corporate practice groups
Company Brand Profiling
- Manages the firm’s profiles on online directories and referral sites, submits information for an attorney and firm awards, promotes awards, and determines which directories should be launched and maintained.
- Manages business development/client services functions, events, and opportunities for the firm, including providing support for firm receptions, conferences, seminars, and other Firm-sponsored events.
- Create marketing materials —informational brochures, flyers, postcards, newsletters, general marketing letters, proposals, etc. using Adobe Creative Cloud
- Compile information and draft submissions for directory and ranking authorities such as Chambers Global, Legal 500, IFLR, etc.
- Develops and manages the firm’s business development and client services annual budget, which includes marketing expenditures for the firm, practice groups, and individual lawyers.
- Arranges for professional photoshoots and maintains image and logo files. Prepares various art files (headshots, logos, graphics) for use in online and print materials.
Requirements
Education
- Minimum of a B.Sc. or HND in Advertising , Marketing or any other relevant field
Previous Experience
- 6 years’ marketing/business development experience, experience in a professional services environment is preferred
- Extremely proficient in MS Office Suite, Constant Contact and Adobe Creative Cloud (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premiere Pro, etc.)
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