Wakanow.com Limited Recruitment

Wakanow.com is Nigeria’s leading online travel company that provides customers with everything they need to research, plan and purchase a trip locally and globally.

Wakanow.com offers travelers the cheapest available fares for flights, hotel reservations, airport pickups, visa assistance, vacation packages and many other travel services from a broad selection of partners.

Wakanow.com Limited is recruiting to fill the vacant position of:

Job Title: Human Resources Manager

Job ID: 6571847

Job Location: Lagos

Job Description
Recruitment and Selection

• Reviews and edits job descriptions based on communications and inputs of line managers
• Responsible for manpower planning and identifying the hiring needs yearly
• Works with the information technology department in ensuring career opportunities are posted and updated on company’s website.
• Responsible for designing recruitment and selection policies and manuals as well as training managers on these.
• Obtains hiring needs from line managers and is involved in the selection and decision making process.
• Liaises with consulting firms and recruitment agencies in outsourcing key HR functions.
• Design and coordinates induction process to integrate new staff into the work place.
• Prepares offer letters, carries out reference checks, manages confirmation of new hires.

Compensation and Benefits

• Monitors and reviews the company’s salary and benefits structure to ensure a balance between control of costs and attracting/retaining staff.
• Conducts annual salary surveys, implements and annually updates compensation program.
• Gather and analyze market data to measure the competitiveness of the Board’s compensation and benefits package, and make recommendations as appropriate.
• Provides timely and appropriate staff information to Finance department for salary review and administration
• Advises management on PAYE, pension, welfare and insurance schemes.

Employee Relations

• Issues letters of employment to new members of staff and collates their relevant details for filing.
• Maintains current records of all staff details with respect to personal information, salary and benefits such as welfare, Group Life Insurance, Pension, medicals etc.
• Coordinates disciplinary and grievance procedures, working with the Legal department where necessary
• Conduct exit interviews when necessary.
• Manages working conditions, disciplinary and grievance procedures, equal opportunities, redundancies and employee leave schedule.
• Formulates and implements sound, current and innovative HR policies in line with labour laws and business objectives.
• Ensures they are communicated to employees and implemented company wide.

Training and Development

• Develops and maintains relationships with external training bodies, examination bodies and recruitment consultants.
• Designs new staff training programmes and updates existing ones.
• In consultation with line managers, follows up individual development needs and source external training provision as and when required, monitoring training costs against budget.
• Works with heads of departments to design appropriate training and development programmes for staff in the various departments.
• Organizes in house learning and development programmes for appropriate staff on a regular basis and ensures full attendance of both trainees and facilitators.
• Reviews developmental plans with heads of departments and creates training plan for the year

Performance Management

• Ensures an effective performance management is in place which is tied to the business strategy.
• Trains managers and employees on the use of the performance management system
• Coordinates the performance evaluation, collates results and arranges review with managers.
• Prepares and presents reports to management team

Others Key Functions

• Responsible for the achievement of the department goals and financial objectives and reports progress to the board of directors.
• Prepares HR budget and makes presentation to defend it.

Desired Skills & Experience
Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Relations and Personal Management, Law or Social Sciences
• Masters degree in Human Resources or MBA is an added advantage
• Qualified CIPM/CIPD/SHRM or registered member is compulsory

Training requirements:

• Knowledgeable on HR procedures and policies
• Knowledgeable on the application of Nigerian labour laws
• Project Management Experience

Required Skills:

• Deciding and initiating action
• Leading and supervising
• Working with people
• Adhering to principles and values
• Persuading and influencing
• Presenting and communicating information
• Analyzing
• Writing and Reporting
• Applying expertise and technology
• Formulating strategies and concepts
• Planning and organizing
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations

Work Experience:

• Minimum of 7 experience in Human Resources with at least two (2) in a supervisory capacity.

Mode of Application
Qualified and interested applicants should
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Application Deadline: 7th August, 2013