IPA Human Resources Manager Job in Nairobi, Kenya

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA)
 

Job Title: Human Resources Manager
 

Deadline to Apply: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
 

Start Date: November 1st, 2015
 

Location: Nairobi, Kenya
 

Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to discovering and promoting effective solutions to global poverty problems. 

In close partnership with decisionmakers – the policymakers, practitioners, investors, and donors working with the poor around the world – we design and evaluate potential solutions to poverty problems using randomized evaluations, the most rigorous evaluation method available. 

 

We also mobilize and support these decisionmakers to use these solutions to build better programs and policies at scale.

In collaboration with over 250 leading academics and implementing organizations, we have results from over 175 completed studies with over 225 in progress around the world. 

Our studies cover solutions for effective agriculture, education, health, finance, governance, social protection, and post conflict recovery.

 We have over 1,000 colleagues in 11 permanent offices supporting 16 countries, where we conduct research and routinely consult with governments, foundations, NGOs, and others to present evidence that can inform their work. 

For more information, visit www.poverty-action.org.

IPA-Kenya (IPAK) is IPA’s oldest country program, and the site of many of its most influential projects, including seminal studies on de-worming, clean water promotion, bed-net usage and fertilizer subsidies. 

IPAK is now also the site of IPA’s largest “scale-up” projects – including a national de-worming program and community-based chlorine dispensers. 

These are programs whose impact and cost-effectiveness have been proven by researchers and can now be implemented at scale, and millions of Kenyan children have been de-wormed, and hundreds of thousands have access to clean water as a result.

IPAK employs more than 400 contracted staff working on 20 different projects across multiple offices.

The Human Resources Manager will report directly to the Country Director, and will consult closely with the HR team at IPA’s HQ (New Haven, Connecticut).

Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain and enhance the organization’s human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs, and practices.


• Maintain the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions. 


• Maintain organization staff by establishing a recruiting, testing, and interviewing program; counseling managers on candidate selection; conducting and analyzing exit interviews; recommending changes.


• Prepare employees for assignments by establishing and conducting orientation and training programs.


• Maintain a pay plan by conducting periodic pay surveys; scheduling and conducting job evaluations; preparing pay budgets; monitoring and scheduling individual pay actions; recommending, planning, and implementing pay structure revisions. 


• Ensure 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; counseling employees and supervisors. 


• Maintain employee benefits programs and inform 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; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs


• Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource statutory requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records; representing the organization at hearings. 


• Maintain management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.


• Maintain historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records.


• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. 


• Complete human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results. 


• Maintain human resource staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees. 


• Maintain human resource staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results. 


• Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Desired Qualifications

• Be a Kenyan citizen. 


• Served as a director of human resource management or in a comparable and relevant position for a minimum period of three (3) years. 


• A minimum of an upper second Bachelor’s degree in Human resource management or a relevant field and a diploma from the institute of human resource management and a minimum of a B- grade in high school. 


• HR practitioners’ Certification or path to certification 


• Computer application skills. 


• Demonstrated high degree of administrative, managerial and leadership capabilities.


• Senior management course or strategic leadership course lasting not less than four weeks from a recognized institution. 


• Current statutory clearances: KRA, HELB, EACC and CID (certificate of good conduct). 


• Ability to lead and develop strategic HR practices; 


• Excellent communication, influencing and interpersonal skills;


• High levels of energy and enthusiasm and ability to work long hours and under pressure to deliver timely solutions/deliverables;

Important Information to all Applicants
 

All applications should contain the following information: 

• Copy of national identity card / passport 


• Copies of Academic and Professional Certificates, testimonials, registrations 


• Copies of current statutory clearances: KRA, HELB, EACC and CID.


• Institute of Human Resource Management Certification

How to Apply
 

Please send a cover letter and detailed CV including daytime phone number, email address, and 3 professional references. 

Your CV should include your scores or grades and other measures of academic achievement, and details about any relevant work experience.

Applications must be submitted by email to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org, please ensure that the subject line reads: “HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER-FK REF NO: REF NO: FK-2015-09-01. 

All applicants will be considered for this position. 

Only short listed candidates will be contacted for an interview. 

Applicants are encouraged to apply early, as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the Project Associate. The statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all possible duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Please note that IPA will never request any form of payment from an applicant. Applicants are encouraged to confirm the information listed above with IPA prior to releasing any extensive personal information to the organization. Please direct questions to jobs-kenya@poverty-action.org.