Safaricom Ethiopia would like to invite qualified and competent applicants to apply for the following vacant post.
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1: HR Business Partner
Location: Addis Ababa
Key accountabilities and decision ownership:
People Planning:
Input to functional people plan that is fully aligned to functional strategy
Drive delivery of functional initiatives on an on-going basis
Organisation Effectiveness & Change:
Support and deliver functional change programmes and OE activity in business areas
Interface with key stakeholders to ensure alignment with cross-functional change activity
Input to monthly and quarterly organisation reviews
Deliver against FTE, contractor & employment Opex targets in business areas
Ensure organisation clarity & alignment in business areas, e.g. RACI, role profiles, role titles
Ensure data integrity of people related information in the business unit
Drive organisation efficiency in business areas (ensuring compliance with agreed spans & layers guidance)
Act as tactical sparring partner, engaging on the effectiveness of the Business, processes, systems, data and people
Drive the HR agenda within the Business, ensuring that all people managers are equipped and able to deliver against the annual recurring people management requirements
Propose, develop and deliver key functional change programmes in collaboration with respective HR centres of excellence
Cultural Change:
- Play key role in supporting leaders to live the vision, mission & culture mandate and related people/HR policies.
- Provide Leadership of cultural change in business areas/areas of responsibility
Challenge & improve people policies/processes/practices to ensure alignment
Challenge & support leaders in business areas to align behaviours/attitude to The STEP culture mandate and new ways of working
Ensure that the Health and Safety standards are maintained to Company guidelines
Performance and Reward:
- Ensure active management of poor performers in business areas
Partner with the business leaders to drive group initiative on PD
Talent & Resourcing
Collaborate with the Talent team to deliver a pipeline of diverse future leaders and accelerate high potential development in functional business areas
Advise on performance and potential ratings for rising stars at all levels
Actively support all talent programmes
Support the Discover Graduate Programme in business areas
Support Diversity & Inclusion agenda in business areas
Key part in senior resourcing for business area (in partnership with Resourcing colleagues). Interview & calibrate agreed / key management in business areas.
Play part in ensuring that resourcing processes are fully aligned to business requirements (attraction, selection, onboarding, etc.)
Leadership and Management Development:
Ensure understanding of management development programmes to ensure effective development at key transition points on the management/leadership ladder and drive uptake of development programmes relevant to BU specific priorities
Coach executives across business areas, in collaboration with COEs
Organisational Capability:
- Work with L&D to build critical functional capabilities to enable the business areas to deliver against their plans
- Ensure functional induction framework is developed and implemented & core organisational on-boarding programmes are in place and being effectively used
Relationship Management & Partnering:
Build a high ‘support & challenge’ relationship with leadership team members
Walk the tightrope’ of being part of the business areas yet maintaining an objective HR perspective.
Input to functional people plan that is fully aligned to functional strategy
Act as strategic sparring partner, engaging on the effectiveness of the BU, processes, systems, data and people
Challenge & support leaders in business areas to align behaviours/attitude
Implement all ‘Performance Driven Reward’ plans in business areas
Identify and deliver leadership team effectiveness solutions
Work with L&D to build critical functional capabilities to enable the business areas to deliver against their plans
Skill and educational background
- BA Degree (e.g. Human Resources, Personnel Management, Industrial Psychology, Business Management, etc.)
- 5 – 8 years’ applicable experience as a Human Resources generalist, as well as proven experience in the management of a Human Resources section/division – essential
- 2 years’ experience as an HR professional interfacing with senior leadership in corporate environment
- Foundational knowledge and /or experience in Change management, people organization plans
- Exposure to coaching leaders for behaviour change
Application way
If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on the career portal and then Click on the apply button. Remember to attach your resume.
The closing date for receiving applications is Monday, November 6, 2023.
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