Job Purpose
Reporting to the Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO), this position is a key partner to management on broad business issues by integrating HR functional expertise with Business-wide business objectives. With the guidance from Chief Human Resource Officer, this role provides support to the respective business divisions by driving and delivering employee-centred programmes as well as services to support the digital growth of the business.
Responsibilities:
- Acquiring the desired talent for the respective business units
- Identifying core organizational competencies and individual capability requirements
- Developing diverse, flexible, safe and alternative work arrangements
- Conducting talent succession and retention planning
- Installing Career development and employee assistance practices that assist employees in managing their own career
- Embedding the recruitment, selection and promotion methods to hire, orient and assimilate the desired talent.
- Engaging the workforce
- Installing Performance Management systems that attune individual and team behavior with strategic direction, core values and Telkom Competencies
- Linking total rewards to capability and performance
- Contributing to the creation of recognition systems that reinforce strategic direction, core values and Telkom Competencies
- Organizing High Performing teams
- Understanding, designing and developing teams
- Developing programs that reward and reinforce teamwork.
- Creating a Learning Culture
- Embedding learning and intellectual capital quickly across the organization by all employees
- Providing feedback on HR measurements and driving the attainment of various HR KPIs within the business.
- Creating ways to encourage creative thinking and innovation within the business
- Facilitating Cultural Change
- Engaging in a continuous process of communications, dialogue, discovery and assessment to deepen everyone’s shared understanding of the organizations vision and desired culture verses its current status
- Shaping and developing collective management skills (Telkom Leadership Competencies) in support of desired culture
- Designing and organizing structures and people management roles
- Collaborating with stakeholders
- Developing the knowledge, awareness and skills of employees to operate in a global environment while being relevant in our market place.
- Understanding, developing and maintaining strategic alliances and networks including outsourcing
- Maintaining positive people environment and competitive advantage in the marketplace
Academic background & Professional Knowledge
- Bachelor’s Degree in HR or related field
- Extensive leadership and successful HR experience in a variety of disciplines, especially employee engagement, recruitment and compensation & benefits
- 8 years proven work experience in HR with at least 3 as an HR subject matter expert
- Previous experience of direct supervision of a team of HR professionals
- Minimum 5 years in a HR role in a comparable environment, 3 years at senior management level, on a consultative or partnership capacity.
- Extensive leadership and successful HR experience in a variety of disciplines, especially employee engagement, recruitment and compensation & benefits
- Proven experience in complex change processes
- Previous experience of direct supervision of a team of HR professionals
- Must be an active member of IHRM.
Skills Required:
- Unquestionable integrity, confidentiality and professional maturity
- Energetic, drive, assertive and ability to take own initiative, possess a “can do” attitude
- Ability to influence, collaborate and build consensus
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Build and sustain effective relationships within the business
- Excellent communication
How to Apply
Application should be sent to irecruitment@telkom.co.ke for internal applicants and to recruitment@telkom.co.ke for external applicants by providing an updated Curriculum Vitae (CV) before 7th July 2020 including details of your current telephone contacts and names of three referees. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
