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Role purpose

• Lead Vestates’ people strategy and the HR function across the Group. You will combine strategic HR leadership with hands-on delivery: designing talent and organisational solutions, ensuring legal compliance, strengthening culture and employee experience, and managing the HR team and operations across subsidiaries.

Responsibilities
Strategic HR & Leadership:

• Lead annual and rolling workforce planning cycles, mapping and recommending hiring, redeployment or automation solutions.
• Define a multi-year people strategy that aligns with Group growth plans and subsidiary priorities, with measurable milestones and budget implications.
• Design organisational structures and role families that support scalability, clarity of decision rights, and efficient reporting lines.
• Lead major change initiatives such as restructures, mergers, new business launches, preparing impact assessments, communication plans and transition support.
• Use people analytics to surface trends such as turnover, employee engagement and translate them into targeted interventions.
• Coach the executive team on people risks and opportunities.

Talent Acquisition & Mobility:

• Own end-to-end recruitment strategy for senior and mission-critical roles, including talent mapping, headhunting and panel selection processes.
• Build and maintain talent pools to reduce time-to-hire for specialist roles.
• Define employer-brand propositions to attract passive talent.
• Implement mobility frameworks and job rotation programmes to increase internal mobility and fill skill gaps across subsidiaries.
• Continuously set and review selection standards, competency frameworks, assessment tools, and scoring matrices and train hiring panels to ensure consistency and fairness.

Performance, Rewards & Development:

• Design and oversee a merit-based performance management cycle linked to clear KPIs, and behavioural competencies.
• Develop compensation and benefits frameworks that balance market competitiveness, internal equity and cost control.
• Create leadership development pathways and high-potential programmes to build succession pipelines and reduce external hiring for senior roles.
• Oversee annual compensation reviews and align rewards with business performance and employee retention goals.
• Work closely with Snr. Management to monitor ROI for L&D spend and iterate programmes based on skills gaps and business metrics.

Employee Relations (ER), Compliance and Risk Management:

• Maintain up-to-date compliance with Nigerian labour law and statutory obligations, advising management on contract terms, tax/WHT and regulatory filings.
• Design and own formal ER processes investigations, disciplinary, grievance, appeals, ensuring procedural fairness and robust recordkeeping.
• Lead or oversee complex investigations and provide independent recommendations to leadership with legal counsel as needed.
• Conduct periodic HR audits to identify risk, contracts, payroll, benefits, file management, and implement remediation plans.
• Draft and review HR policies, ensuring clarity, legal compliance and alignment with company culture.
• Provide proactive advice on industrial relations strategy and employee engagement to reduce litigation and reputational risk.

People Operations and HR Technology:

• Oversee HRIS strategy, ensuring accurate data flows between HR, payroll and finance systems and driving automation of manual HR processes.
• Define and deliver key HR reports and dashboards: vacancy pipeline, turnover, headcount, diversity, engagement for leadership review.
• Ensure timely and accurate payroll inputs, statutory contributions and benefits administration through a strong governance process.
• Implement process improvements for employee onboarding and offboarding to improve employee experience.
• Safeguard employee data privacy and compliance with data protection requirements.

Team and Stakeholder Management:

• Line-manage and coach the HR team, setting clear objectives, development plans and performance expectations.
• Build HR capability across the business through manager trainings, toolkits and advisory clinics.
• Serve as the HR representative in the senior management team, influencing strategy and acting as the escalation point for people issues.
• Partner with external legal, tax and HR consultancies to access specialist advice when required.
• Promote a collaborative HR culture focused on service, continuous improvement and data-driven decisions.
• Represent Vestates in external HR forums and networks to benchmark practices and source talent.

Experience & qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 8 years progressive HR experience with at least 3 years in senior HR leadership roles.
• Proven track record in multi-site or multi-subsidiary HR operations, ideally with exposure to the real estate, hospitality or services sectors.
• Strong working knowledge of Nigerian labour law, statutory obligations, and HR compliance requirements.
• Practical experience with HRIS, payroll systems and people analytics; comfortable working with data to inform decisions.
• Professional HR certification desirable (CIPD, SHRM-SCP, SPHR) and excellent stakeholder management, communication and coaching skills

Behavioural Competencies:

• Anticipates organisational needs and proactively aligns people strategies with business goals.
• Maintains discretion and trust, particularly in sensitive HR matters.
• Demonstrates sensitivity and fairness in managing employee concerns.
• Inspires confidence across all levels; mentors and empowers the HR team.
• Balances analytical rigour with sound judgment under pressure.
• Adapts effectively in changing business and cultural contexts.

Technical Competencies;

• Advanced knowledge of Nigerian labour law and global HR best practices.
• Proficiency in HRIS, payroll, data analytics, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Expertise in strategic workforce planning and succession management.
• Proven ability to design and execute total rewards and performance frameworks.
• Strong grounding in organisational design and change management.

Working Environment:

• Full-time, onsite role based in Abuja
• Fast-paced and evolving business environment with multiple portfolios
• Requires balancing strategic oversight with hands-on involvement.
• Collaborative, transparent culture emphasising open communication and accountability.

Salary
N700,000 - N800,000 per month.

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Role Purpose

• To provide operational HR support across all business units, ensuring effective implementation of HR policies, procedures, and programs.
• The HR Officer serves as the bridge between management and employees, supporting talent acquisition, employee relations, training, and compliance functions.

Key Responsibilities
Recruitment & Selection:

• Coordinate end-to-end recruitment, from job posting to onboarding.
• Conduct preliminary screenings, shortlist candidates, and schedule interviews.
• Support the development of job descriptions and maintain the recruitment tracker.
• Ensure fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices.
• Conduct new employee orientation and onboarding sessions.

Employee Relations & Welfare:

• Promote employee engagement through communication, recognition, and surveys.
• Administer welfare and benefits schemes, ensuring timely delivery.
• Support implementation of disciplinary procedures in line with company policy.
• Support investigations and ensure all case logs are filed accordingly.

Performance & Learning:

• Coordinate performance appraisal cycles and collate evaluation reports.
• Track learning and development needs; assist in planning training sessions.
• Monitor probationary reviews and provide HR metrics to support decisions.
• Support the creation of career development plans in collaboration with line managers.

Compliance & Reporting:

• Ensure compliance with Nigerian labour laws and internal policies.
• Maintain up-to-date employee files and HR databases.
• Assist with statutory reporting (NHF, NSITF, ITF, Pension).
• Prepare periodic HR reports and dashboards for management review.

Operational Support:

• Process HR documentation—contracts, letters, confirmations, and exits.
• Coordinate leave management, attendance, and timesheet records.
• Liaise with the payroll team to ensure accurate data and deductions.
• Support employee events, trainings, and HR communications.

Experience & qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Social Sciences, or a related field.
• 3 - 5 years of practical HR generalist experience, including recruitment, onboarding, ER support and HR operations.
• Sound working knowledge of Nigerian labour law, statutory requirements (pension, tax, NHIA and HR compliance practices.
• Proven experience using HRIS or HR databases and strong Excel skills for reporting and record-keeping.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to handle sensitive information discreetly and professionally.
• Strong organisational skills, attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Professional HR certification or coursework, CIPM, CIPD, SHRM-CP or ongoing study toward such a qualification.
• Experience in the real estate, hospitality, energy or services sectors, or in a multi-subsidiary environment.
• Familiarity with basic learning & development processes and performance management systems.
• Ability to work with external vendors, payroll, benefits providers, background check services and manage simple contractual interactions.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Maintains confidentiality, ethics, and impartiality.
• Provides responsive and courteous support to staff.
• Works effectively with colleagues across departments.
• Demonstrates initiative and solution-oriented thinking.
• Manages multiple priorities and shifting demands.
• Ensures data accuracy and process consistency.

Technical Competencies:

• Good understanding of HR processes, Nigerian labour law, and documentation.
• Proficiency in HRIS tools, MS Office, and data entry.
• Knowledge of recruitment tools, assessment methods, and onboarding practices.
• Experience with training coordination and performance management systems.
• Basic understanding of HR analytics and reporting.

Working Environment:

• Full-time, onsite role based at the Vestates Head Office in Abuja.
• Collaborative environment that values proactive communication and teamwork.
• Requires balancing administrative precision with people engagement.
• Regular interaction with both field and head office staff.

Salary
N250,000 - N300,000 Monthly.