Duties and Responsibilities:

• Carry out recruitment at the country and regional level, together with relevant line and functional managers
• Coordinate recruitment at the shop level
• Keep an organised database of candidates and those interviewed
• Ensure that the management level has all necessary employee details and develop an organised method to keep the same (contract details, tax numbers, A/C No., social security and health insurance)
• Develop, manage and update job descriptions, person specifications and job adverts where necessary
• Ensure payrolls are made on time and accurate
• Develop a training curriculum for all staff
• Support the Head of Training in their production of training material for all training sessions
• Ensure employee objectives are set and reviews are done on time and accurately
• Ensure the implementation of the salary, bonus, commission and benefits structure while developing a staff motivation and retention programme
• Organise and ensure the development and career progression of different staff based on their strengths and aspirations
• Implement disciplinary procedures when and where necessary
• Implement the globally agreed HR structure together with the Managing Director
• Implement the globally agreed salary, bonus, commission and benefits structure alongside the HR structure, together with the Managing Director
• Identify and develop methods to recruit candidates at different levels: At country, hub and kiosk level
• Identify and develop methods to retain HR
• Become the company’s equal opportunities champion to ensure equal opportunity in recruitment, training and retaining is given to all genders, tribes and ages

Person specification:

Essential

• Bachelors in business, management, human resources or related field
• Formal technical training in computers or information technology (I.T.)
• Fluent in both verbal and written English
• Able to work independently with minimal oversight
• Must have attention to details
• Ability to work in a team
• Intermediate proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Honest, reliable and trustworthy character (with referees to support)
• A nice big BBOXX smile
• Impeccable time management
• Efficient and responsive work ethic
• Clean and tidy
• Good knowledge of local languages
• Well-connected in the Ugandan human resource sector
• Creative thinking, imaginative
• Resourceful personality
• Minimum two years experience in HR department for a fast-paced and quickly growing company
• Previous work managing a large team
• Knowledge and familiarity of recruitment and disciplinary processes
• Previous budget management
• Previous experience of human resources management
• Work with an international retail business

Desirable

• Diploma in one of the following fields; sales, marketing, commerce, retail or business
• Certificates of human resources training or other relevant courses/workshops
• Master’s degree in business, management, human resources or a related field
• Good people management
• Interest in the renewable energy sector
• Experience with solar
• Work with computers
• Managing national HR for another company or organisation

Compensation:

The Head of Human Resources will be paid a competitive salary based on their experience and qualifications. CSMs are also entitled to a phone and transport allowance.