Assistant Manager HR

Job Purpose:

Creating /updating HR policies, Employee Contracts and overseeing the hiring processes. To be successful in this role, you should have an extensive background in Human Resources departments and thorough knowledge of legislations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
• Supports organization staff by establishing a recruiting, testing, and interviewing program; counseling manager on candidate selection; conducting and analyzing exit interviews; and recommending changes.
• Prepares employees for assignments by establishing and conducting orientation and training programs.
• Responsible for overseeing the accurate and timely processing of payroll for all employees
• Manages a pay plan by conducting periodic pay surveys; scheduling and conducting job evaluations; preparing pay budgets; monitoring and scheduling individual pay actions; and recommending, planning, and implementing pay structure revisions.
• Ensures planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; scheduling management conferences with employees; hearing and resolving employee grievances; and counseling employees and supervisors.
• Implements employee benefits programs and informs employees of benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts, and designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs.
• Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements, conducting investigations, maintaining records, and representing the organization at hearings.
• Enforces management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.
• Retains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system and keeping past and current records.
• Cultivates professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Completes human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees and following up on work results.
• Manages human resource staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
• Advances human resource staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees, and planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking Systems and HR databases such as Rozee, Indeed, etc.
• Knowledge of labor legislation and laws
• Experience with (phone and in-person) interviews, candidate screening, and evaluation. Coordinate interviews from initial contact to delivering interview schedules
• Provide timely and professional communications with applicants and Act as an informational guide to candidates, assisting them throughout their interview process
• Familiarity with social media and other professional networks to attract and hire talent is a plus
• Hands-on Human Resource Information System

Education and experience:

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree BBA/MBA HR from HEC recognized university
• A minimum of 4 years of experience in Human Resources.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: 

• Good understanding of human resources management in general
• In-depth knowledge of performance management and the talent management cycle
• Good understanding of the talent management cycle
• Knowledge of Labour laws and Legislation
• Human resource research and consultancy skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Good Analytical skills
• Interpersonal and presentation skills
• Networking skills
• Good knowledge of labor legislations (particularly employment contracts, employee leaves and insurance)
• Demonstrable leadership abilities

Hours of Work:

A minimum of nine hours per day including breaks, 5 days a week from Monday to Friday, occasionally over the weekends and late sittings (if required).