POSITION: Human Resources Officer

Job Purpose

A Human Resources Officer is a professional who will be responsible for the daily administrative and HR duties of an organization. He/She shall assist with recruitment record maintenance, and processing as well as provide clerical support to all employees.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist with day-to-day operations of the HR functions and duties
• Provide clerical and administrative support to the Human Resources department
• Deal with employee requests regarding human resources issues, rules, and regulations
• Identify training and development needs within an organization through job analysis, appraisal schemes, and regular consultation with business managers and human resources departments
• Plan and assess the 'return on investment' of any training or development program, considering the costs of planned programs and keeping within budgets
• Coordinate communication such as phone screening with candidates and schedule interviews.
• Conduct initial orientation to newly hired employees
• Keep up to date with developments in training by reading relevant journals, going to meetings, and attending relevant courses
• Compile and update employee records (hard and soft copies)
• Provides secretarial support by entering, formatting, and printing documents for interviews
• Maintains employee confidence and protects operations by keeping human resource information confidential.
• Assisting with the performance appraisals with the line managers and supervisors’ prior calibration team
• Generating general reports of the HR activities to the Head of HR on a weekly basis
• Perform any other assigned task by the management

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources or any other related field
• 2 - 3 years working experience
• Exposure to Labor laws, Documentation and confidentiality, Organizational skills, Attention to Detail, Problem Solving, Teamwork, Written and Verbal Communication skills.
• Build training content, develop lesson plans, and create effective training guides
• Effective HR administration, and people management skills, conflict resolution, and interpersonal skills
• Computer Literacy in Ms Office/ Google suite.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Be a part of an international, dynamic, and  driven team that has set its aspirations high and works hard to achieve those
• Opportunities to learn and grow together with us
• Competitive compensation package 
• Health benefits

Do you see yourself being part of the WATU team? Then please apply with your CV and a cover letter, we are looking forward to working with you!