Senior Human Resource Officer, Country Support, Africa Region
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
مجموع سنوات الخبرة :14 years, 5 أشهر
The Senior Human Resources Officer, Country Support working under the supervision of the HR Manager Africa is
accountable for the provision of specific and technical human resources support to national and international IFRC
staff within the mandate countries.
Achievements in the past 6 months:
- Undertaken Salary Survey projects in South Sudan and Ethiopia
- Completed HR audit/needs assessments in the regional office, Ethiopia and South Sudan, to be rolled out across the region.
Responsible for the management of MicroEnsure Africa region human resource and administration providing business support and facilities, handling vendor and supplier management issues, leading and supporting the development and implementation of human resource; business administration; office management, developing and implementing policies and procedures under the management of the Head of Africa and dotted line to the Global Head of HR based in UK.
I also provide support to the Kenya office local employees and management around HR; office and facilities management; vendor; travel and expense management, and other business support needs.
Head the Human Resources Division.
Oversee all recruitment and selection process
• Prepare and issue contracts per LVCT policy
• Administer staff welfare benefits and handle welfare issues
• Coordinate timely staff evaluations/appraisals
• Develop and implement staff training and development plans
• Organize and facilitate team building activities for staff to foster team work
• Conduct staff orientation/induction and exit interviews
• Manage payroll and related statutory compliance requirements
• Administration of staff pension scheme
• Support supervision and development of HR and Administration staff
• Review, develop and administer HR policies and procedures
• Maintain, analyse and compile HR reports for tracking and trend analysis purpose
• Coordinate departmental, managers, Board of Trustees, Annual Staff meetings and events both on- site and off-site.
• Oversee the entire administration functions including office security, office equipment and facilities, office supplies.
• Oversee maintenance of up to date HR and admin, and organizational records and ensure security and confidentiality of the same
• Facilitate renewal of lease agreements for office premises, prompt payments of rent and utility
bills, e.g. telephone, water, electricity
• Administer and coordinate staff medical and General Personal Accident schemes
• Ensure compliance with all national legal and statutory requirements of the organization
• Successfully filled over 60 positions that arose from new funding for the organization
• Reviewed and updated HR Manual, Staff welfare guidelines and the staff orientation program to improve on staff retention
• Negotiated for better medical cover with added benefits
• Developed and implemented probation review form
• Improved on appraisal process to attain 100% appraisal completion
• Successfully organized annual staff meetings
• Developed a Reward and Recognition program
Liverpool VCT, Care & Treatment February 2008 to September 30, 2010
Services Administrative Assistant
• Provide administrative support to the largest department in the organization with over 10
programmes
• Implement and ensure all HR, Finance and Logistics procedures are applied by all staff in the
Services Department and give feedback as required.
• Support HR in hiring volunteers for the Services Department ensuring utmost integrity and transparency is maintained
• Organize and coordinate internal and external meetings with stakeholders including
government officials and donors and given accurate and timely reports of the same.
• Have created a database of Volunteer staff who the organization engages from time to time and made sure that work is flowing smoothly in all our Nairobi sites
• Have saved the organization money through having good relations with Hotels and excellent
negotiation skills
• Arrange and coordinate travel and accommodation logistics for Services Director
DynCorp International August 2006 to June 2007
Administrative Assistant
• Supported field locations - Juba & Rumbek - Sudan in procurement, logistics and HR services as required.
• In charge of petty cash and making purchases
• Designed and implemented a new filing system for suppliers
• Was a link between the local office and Headquarters in US thus making sure all
communications were done effectively and in a timely manner
• Processed Visas, work permits and employment packages for expatriates
• Coordinated and arranged all logistics of travel and accommodation for staff
Faulu Kenya June to August, 2006
Customer Service Assistant
• Manned the reception - Provided an excellent entry point to the organization by handling
visitors and calls in a professional manner
• Assisted the finance Department by preparing payment request for all invoices that came to the reception, thus payments to suppliers was done faster and more efficiently
• Liaised with all branches Customer Service Assistants to ensure proper coordination and support to staff and clients
El Entre Promotions February 2004 to May 2006
Administrator
• Successfully organized and ran major national events in 4 major towns for major clients
• Successfully supported in setting up offices, hiring of excellent staff and managing budgets of over 2 Million Shillings
Human Resources for Health (HRH) Basics Course done online at Global Health eLearning Center
Executive Masters of Business Administration (Human Resource Management) Moi University, Kenya
Jan' to Jun '02 Diploma in Management of NGOs (Part 1) Kenya Institute of Management Professional Courses
1997 to 2000 Bachelor of Arts Degree (Economics, Political Science, Sociology) Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur, MP- India
