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Senior Human Resource Officer

JOB SUMMARY

Company Advans Ghana ...
Industry Financial Ser...
Category Human Resourc...
Location Accra
Job Status Full-time
Salary GH¢ 
Education University de...
Experience 3 years
Job Expires May 20, 2015
Contact ...
 

Company Profile

Advans is a leading microfinance group established in 2005. Advans mission is to respond to the need for financial services of small businesses and other populations who have ill-adapted, limited or no access to formal financial services. The Advans Group currently spans nine countries: Cambodia, Cameroon, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Pakistan, Nigeria, Tunisia and Myanmar. As at end October 2019, the group served more than 1,000,000 clients and employed more than 7,300 staff. Headquartered in Luxembourg with support services in Paris, the group’s shareholders are EIB, KfW, FMO, CDC Group plc, FISEA (AFD Group) and IFC.

Advans Ghana, subsidiary of the international microfinance group Advans, started its activities in 2008. The institution offers a full range of adapted financial products and services to micro, small and medium sized enterprises in Ghana. The institution serves more than 64,000 clients through a network of 20 points of sale and over 650 employees.

Job Description

Advans Ghana, a rapidly growing international Savings & Loans Company with over 12 Branches in Ghana is seeking a Senior Human Resource Officer is responsible for providing support in the various human resource functions, which include recruitment, staffing, training and development, performance management, compensation, rewards, benefit management and employee counseling.

Main Responsibilities and Task:

Provide support to supervisors and staff to develop the skills and capabilities of staff

  • Ensure that accurate job descriptions are in place
  • Provide advice and assistance with writing job descriptions
  • Provide advice and assistance when conducting staff performance evaluations
  • Identify training and development opportunities

Coordinate staff recruitment and selection process in order to ensure a timely organized and comprehensive procedure is used to hire staff.

  • Provide advice and assistance to supervisors on staff recruitment
  • Prepare notices and advertisements for vacant staff positions.
  • Schedule and organize interviews
  • Participate in applicant interviews
  • Conduct reference checks on possible candidates
  • Prepare, develop and implement procedures and policies on staff recruitment

Training and Development

  • Identify current and future learning and development needs through job analysis, results from the career development scheme, performance appraisals and workforce planning, analyzing goals and strategy of the institution.
  • Supports departmental heads in identifying training needs and ensures that at any point in time all employees have the required skill and knowledge to perform their duties .This shall be done through refresher or capacity building courses for existing staff.
  • Monitor and measure training impact assessment to ensure added value, high productivity, capability and competencies.
  • Develops and implements an exhaustive training strategy and plan/timetable for all employees ensuring that implementation is within budget.
  • Ensures that business heads adhere to the agreed training plan and performance management cycle for staff within their departments.

Performance Management

  • Ensures the effective implementation of the company’s performance management system.
  • Ensures that all staff at any point in time have agreed upon targets to be appraised in future.
  • Ensures that there is a midyear and annual performance appraisal for all staff.
  • Monitors, reviews, analyses, provide feedback on Performance Appraisals and performance improvement action plans are followed.
  • Identifies and suggests ways of improving and rewarding employee performance.
  • Ensures employee development by putting in place a career development and succession plan for the entire institution and following up to ensure effective communication

Rewards and Compensation Management

  • Assist in periodic conduction of salaries and benefits surveys for review process in order to develop and maintain a competitive compensation package and incentive schemes for staff.
  • Assist in the monthly payroll and bonus processing.

Remuneration: Negotiable

Required Skills or Experience

  • Minimum of university degree in Business Administration (HR Option) or a relevant field with
  • A member of an HR professional body will be an added advantage
  • Knowledge of the Labor Act
  • Knowledge of the financial industry
  • Minimum of three years working experience

Skills
The incumbent must demonstrate the following skills:

  • Problem solving skills
  • Negotiations skills
  • Effective verbal and listening
  • Communications skills
  • Effective written communications skills including the ability to prepare reports, proposals policies and procedures
  • Computer skills including the ability to operate spreadsheets, and word processing programs at a highly proficient level
  • Effective public relations and public speaking skills
  • Interviewing skills
  • Good interpersonal skills, People management skills

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