Alan & Grant – Our client is a leading financial service partner that helps build enduring legacies for sustainable wealth creation in Africa.

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Human Resources

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Industry: Financial Services

Job Description

• The Head, Human Resources is charged with embodying the bank’s culture, being responsible for the wellbeing of the workforce and attracting new talent, leading the HR department processes and driving people management strategies

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the development and implementation of the HR Strategy, resource planning while communicating HR alignment to the firm’s objectives and goals
• Design workforce plans and organizational development strategies in support of the company’s business strategy and operational objectives.
• Develop and implement the organizational development strategy; demonstrate commitment to maximizing business performance by working with senior business leaders to embed the desired performance culture
• Oversee the organization’s HR operational processes and identification of opportunities and solutions for improvements
• Provide organizational guidelines on performance management including leadership development, accelerated development, succession planning, coaching talent reviews, and terminations.
• Plan, develop and implement the compensation and benefits strategy and framework in line with the corporate strategy and stays current with global trends on compensation and benefits
• Manage full-year HR operations by ensuring recruitment-related activities, employee benefits programs, and other operations are executed in an accurate and timely manner
• Drive entity-wide compliance with the HR Policy and provide interpretation on key issues encountered
• Drive the organization transition approach to enable the organization to implement the planned changes; engages stakeholders and senior leadership to encourage acceptance and ease of transition.
• Communicate the benefits of organizational policy at a senior level and ensures effective cascade throughout the organization
• Lead the development of the organization’s succession plan and monitor the implementation of succession planning activities throughout the organization
• Analyze and synthesize talent data from various sources into meaningful conclusions that enhance fact-based talent decision-making across the organization
• Coordinate staff placement on that bank’s structure and development of career and succession plans.

Requirements

• First Degree or its equivalent in any discipline, preferably in HR or industrial relations.
• Postgraduate/Professional qualification in Human Resource Management will be an added advantage.
• Membership of a relevant professional body e.g. Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) or SHRM, HRCI will be an added advantage
• Minimum of ten years’ relevant HR generalist or specialist experience.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.