HR Officer

Responsibilities:

Consulting program execution

• Drive the on-site implementation of all HR and OD interventions approved for our client.
• Translate consulting designs (structures, KPIs, frameworks, workflows, scorecards, policies) into daily operational reality.
• Track compliance with agreed organisational standards across departments.
• Ensure leadership and employees adopt new systems, behaviours and processes.

Organisation & performance governance

• Monitor role clarity, reporting lines, manpower alignment and workload distribution.
• Ensure that performance management systems (KPIs, targets, scorecards, reviews) are used correctly.
• Identify deviations, resistance, or breakdowns in the organisation's design.
• Escalate risks, bottlenecks and issues of non-compliance.

Culture & behaviour change

• Reinforce professional standards, ethics, attendance, documentation and decision making.
• Act as the “culture mirror” of the Organisation — highlighting gaps between desired and actual behaviours.

Data, diagnostics & reporting

• Collect workforce, productivity, performance, and organisational data required for consulting analysis.
• Produce weekly and monthly reports on: organisational risks, compliance with new frameworks, etc.
• Provide ground-level intelligence that informs consulting decisions.

Stakeholder engagement

• Work closely with the Management onsite, department heads and HR team to facilitate change.
• Ensure the client’s HR team executes their own responsibilities in line with the new frameworks.
• Act as a bridge between us (consultants) and on-site reality (the client).

Change management & sustainability

• Support rollout of new policies, job roles, grading systems, and performance tools.
• Identify resistance, sabotage, or capability gaps that could derail the transformation.
• Coach Managers on how to operate within the new organisation design.

Key success measures

• Performance management is real, not cosmetic
• HR systems are embedded, not ignored
• Leadership behaviours improve
• We (consultants in Lagos) receive reliable, accurate, real- time organizational intelligence about activities at the client’s site

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Sociology, Management or related fields
• Professional HR certification is an advantage
• 2-3 years of experience in HR, OD, performance management or consulting
• Experience in manufacturing or industrial environments is a strong advantage
• Prior exposure to change management, audits, compliance or Organizational reviews is highly desirable
• Strong analytical and observation skills
• High emotional intelligence and political awareness
• Excellent reporting and documentation skills
• Ability to challenge senior managers professionally
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-pressure environments
• Integrity, courage and discretion