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