Human Resource Manager
Kampala, Uganda * Full-time
Building Tomorrow
Human Resource
Total Positions:
Location: Kampala, Uganda
Full-time
Salary: Attractive
Posted 1 year ago
This role will play a critical part in strengthening Building Tomorrow’s HR management systems, policies, and structures to support the organization’s growth, ensuring that employees are empowered and equipped to deliver high-impact community-powered education programs across Uganda.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Human Resource Strategy & Organizational Development
• Develop and implement a comprehensive HR strategy that aligns with Building Tomorrow’s mission, vision, and growth trajectory.
• Establish and lead HR policies, procedures, and best practices that support an inclusive and high-performing work culture.
• Provide strategic HR guidance to senior leadership to ensure alignment between HR initiatives and organizational goals.
• Participate in the development of the HR Budget and monitor its implementation in line with the HR plan and facilitate Human Resource
• related events/ workshops.
• Provide training on HR policies, compliance, and labor laws to ensure all employees understand their rights and responsibilities.
• Recruitment, Onboarding, and Talent Management
• Coordinate the whole process of recruitment and provide support to the process.
• Lead and coordinate the on-boarding process for all new staff members.
• Responsible for the review of job descriptions; working closely with respective Head of Departments and line managers to ensure that there is clarity of roles.
• Design and oversee career development initiatives, succession planning, and leadership development programs.
• Implement and oversee an effective performance management system, ensuring continuous feedback, evaluations, and professional development opportunities.
• Develop and execute recognition and motivation programs to reward and retain top talent
• Lead HR training programs for staff and managers on topics such as performance management, leadership development, and workplace ethics.
• Develop leadership development programs to cultivate future leaders within the organization.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource management, Business Administration, Organizational Development. A Master’s degree or Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management is preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in human resources management, with a preference for experience in the NGO sector or development organizations.
• Strong understanding of HR best practices, employee relations, and labor laws.
• Demonstrated experience in managing recruitment, performance management, and staff development.
• Strong knowledge of Ugandan labor laws, HR compliance, and USAID or other donor regulations.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment and build effective relationships with staff at all levels.
• Proficiency in HR software and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Proven ability to recruit, onboard, and develop talent in a growing organization.
• Experience designing and implementing performance management and employee engagement strategies.
• Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Experience handling employee relations, conflict resolution, and workplace investigations.
QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS
• WE WANT YOU TO APPLY IF YOU…
• Have an unshakeable passion for education equality, believing access to an inclusive, quality education is a basic human right.
• Possess creative ingenuity, being progressive in your thinking and approaching challenges old and new. You are intrapreneurial and unafraid to pilot new ideas.
• Are relentlessly determined, refusing to accept the status quo, persistently striving to create new opportunities to reach more children, allowing them to reach their maximum potential.
• Believe in collaborative engagement. You believe more can be achieved together than alone, believe in the power of cultivating relationships, and see everyone as an equal partner.
• Please visit www.buildingtomorrow.org/careers to apply.
• The compensation package includes benefits and will be commensurate with experience. This position is full-time and based in Kampala, Uganda.
• Building Tomorrow maintains a dedication to promoting gender equity, diversity,
• multiculturalism, and inclusion, and recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of protected characteristics. Building Tomorrow will not tolerate illegal discrimination or harassment under any applicable law in any jurisdiction where it operates.
Deadline: Expired
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