Human Resource Officer

Responsibilities:

• Provide support to supervisors and staff to develop the skills and capabilities of staff.
• Ensure that accurate job descriptions are in place
• Provide advice and assistance with writing job descriptions
• Provide advice and assistance when conducting staff performance evaluations
• Identify training and development opportunities
• Organize staff training sessions, workshops, and activities
• Process employee requests for outside training while complying with policies and procedures
• Provide basic counseling to staff who have performance-related obstacles
• Provide advice and assistance in developing human resource plans
• Provide staff orientations
• Access funding for training and write proposals
• Monitor staff performance and attendance activities.
  
• Monitor daily attendance.
  
• Investigate and understand causes for staff absences.
• Recommend solutions to resolve chronic attendance difficulties.
• Provide basic counseling to staff who have performance-related obstacles.
• Provide advice and recommendations on disciplinary actions.
• Monitor scheduled absences such as holidays or travel and coordinate actions to ensure the staff absence has been adequately covered to ensure continuity of services.
• Inform affected staff or residents of unexpected absences from work and coordinate actions ensuring the continuity of services such as cancellation of events and locating keys.
• Coordinate staff recruitment and selection process in order to ensure a timely organized and comprehensive procedure is used to hire staff.
  
• Provide advice and assistance to supervisors on staff recruitment
  
• Prepare notices and advertisements for vacant staff positions.
• Schedule and organize interviews
• Participate in applicant interviews
• Conduct reference checks on possible candidates
• Prepare, develop and implement procedures and policies on staff recruitment
• Inform unsuccessful applicants
• Conduct exit interviews
• Provide information and assistance to staff, supervisors, and Council on human resource and work-related issues.
  
• Develop and implement a human resources plan and personnel management policies and procedures
  
• Promote workplace safety.
• Provide advice and assistance to staff and management on pay and benefits systems
• Research and monitor human resource systems in other organizations within the community.
• Explain the provisions of the personnel policy.
• Explain employment standards and legislation such as workers' compensation, labor standards, and Fair Practice Act.
• Organize the transitional provisions of employee compensation, pay, and benefits when positions are transferred or new positions are funded through contribution agreements and other special funding arrangements.
• Arrange for the repairs of computers and other office equipment and assist with organizing staff to carry out work due to periods of equipment shutdowns.
• Attend Council meetings to provide information, when necessary.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements:

• Minimum academic qualification of BSc/MSc in any Management field or professionally related courses
• Computer skills including the ability to operate spreadsheets and word-processing programs at a highly proficient level
• Effective written communications skills including the ability to prepare reports, proposals, policies, and procedures
• The ability to maintain confidentiality, use sound judgment, and perform independently while performing the duties of the human resource officer.
• Supervisory skills
• Team building skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Basic counseling skills
• Negotiations skills
• Effective verbal and listening
• Communications skills
• Effective public relations and public speaking skills
• Research and program development skills
• Stress management skills
• Interviewing skills
• Time management skills
• Maintain standards of conduct
• Be respectful
• Possess cultural and political awareness and sensitivity
• Be flexible
• Demonstrate sound work ethics
• Be consistent and fair.

Remuneration: NGN 100,000 - 150,000