Human Resource Operations Specialist Job at Husk Power Energy Systems Nigeria Limited

Husk Power Systems ("Husk") is an award-winning clean energy company serving rural India and Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2023, it was named “World’s Best Challenger Brand” in the energy industry and is a 3-time Global Cleantech 100 company. The company’s AI-powered rural energy platform provides 24/7 renewable power to rural households, commercial customers, institutions, and small factories.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Human Resource Operations Specialist
Job Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports to: Assistant Manager, HR & Admin

Role Summary

• We are seeking a skilled HR Operations Specialist to focus on the practical, day-to-day activities that support the HR department’s functioning and the business’ workforce at large.
• This includes managing payroll, ensuring compliance with labor laws, maintaining the Human Resource Information System (HRIS), overseeing the onboarding and offboarding processes.
• The HR Operations specialist will also play a crucial role in executing strategic initiatives, such as improving employee engagement, developing structured onboarding programs, and facilitating a positive work environment.

Key Responsibilities
General:

• Talent Acquisition: Support manpower planning and drive the recruiting strategy for the company, while bringing a high level of clarity surrounding hiring plans and metrics.
• Talent Retention: Support the design & and implementation of various short-term and long-term plans for various levels to ensure the retention of critical talent and high performers.
• Training and Development: Evolve systematic Training needs identification, prepare a training calendar and events, and schedule the same as per business requirements.

Payroll & Employee Benefits:

• Payroll Management
• Administer health and life insurance programs
• Inform employees about additional benefits they’re eligible for (e.g extra vacation days)

Learning & Development:

• Create and execute learning strategies and programs
• Evaluate individual and organizational development needs
• Implement various learning methods companywide (e.g. coaching, job-shadowing, online training)
• Design and deliver e-learning courses, workshops and other trainings
• Assess the success of development plans and help employees make the most of learning opportunities
• Help managers develop their team members through career pathing
• Track budgets and negotiate contracts

Administration:

• Update employee records with new hire information and/or changes in employment status
• Update internal databases with new hire information
• Maintain organizational charts and detailed job descriptions along with salary records
• Monitor budgets by department
• Prepare reports and presentations on HR-related metrics like total number of hires by department
• Develop training and onboarding material

Compliance:

• Process employees’ queries and respond in a timely manner
• Stay up-to-date and comply with changes in labor legislation

Employee Engagement:

• Design an employee engagement engagement strategy.
• Come up with noble employee engagement initiatives.
• Coordinate and evaluate the employee engagement strategy.

Required Skills & Attributes

• 4+ years of human resources, talent acquisition, and Business Development experience preferred.
• Relevant HR Certification obtained would be advantageous.
• Work experience in the power sector, FMCG, or consumer durable industry will be an advantage.
• Strong understanding of staffing principles, laws, and procedures and solid working experience in the end-to-end recruitment process.
• Demonstrated experience in Learning & Development
• Able to provide high-level management support to various business units.
• Ability to drive engagement with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Clear and concise communication and presentation skills in both verbal and written contexts.
• Commitment to continuous process improvement in people strategies and initiatives.
• Meticulous in documenting and reporting. Can create working processes and databases for building robust role pipelines.
• Experience within the off-grid (power) sector is a plus.

Salary

• N200,000 to N300,000 monthly based on experience.