East African Development Bank (EADB) Jobs: Human Resource Consultant

Recruitment of Contract Staff and Individual Consultants
The East African Development Bank (EADB) is a development finance institution whose mandate is to promote sustainable development in its Member States. The Bank’s shareholders are Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.
Other shareholders include the African Development Bank (AfDB), the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), German Investment and Development Company (DEG) and other international financial institutions.
The Bank seeks to recruit competent, professional, experienced individuals committed to the development of East Africa to fill the following positions:
Human Resource Consultant
1 Position
3 months tenable in Kampala, Uganda
Reporting to: Director General
Scope: The Bank has embarked on an exercise to improve operational efficiency and enhance the alignment of bank operations to the development priorities of the EAC member countries. The Bank has commenced the implementation process and requires the services of a short-term a Human Resources Consultant to support the banks strategy.


The Human Resources Consultant will be expected to drive the process by:


  • Ensuring that up to d ate job descriptions are in place for all positions that are provided for in the approved organisation structure;
  • Advertising positions as per the approved implementation time-table, receiving applications and driving the short-listing exercise;
  • Organising and coordinating the interview process, including the setting up of interview panels and participating in interviews as appropriate;
  • Issuing contracts to selected candidates;
  • Ensuring that joining staff are inducted in the Bank, , its operations, objectives and general rules and regulations;
  • Reviewing and updating bank processes and procedures so as to ensure that they are in harmony with the revised organisation structure and promote the achievement of the envisaged goals of the bank;
  • Development of HR policies and procedures;
  • Driving communication across the bank so as to ensure that staff are kept informed of the implementation process;
  • Monitoring the implementation of this process and proactively generating and proposing solutions to challenges that may arise;
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
  • Masters degree in HR management or a related field;
  • A strong recruitment, culture change and organisational change experience;
  • Strong leadership skills, experience of running restructuring assignment and a track record of successfully recruiting staff at international level within a short timeframe is key;
  • A minimum of 10 years experience of senior level human resources management within a large consultancy firm or a blue chip commercial organisation. Experience with a multilateral or international organisation will be a definite advantage;
  • Independent consultants who have a track record of providing professional HR consultancy services to large companies will also be considered.
  • Applicants must nationals of a Member State of the Bank.
If your career aspirations match these challenging and exciting roles, please email your application quoting the relevant job title by 17 hours Local time on 21st June 2010 to Executive Selection Division, KPMG Uganda  at the following email address: esd@kpmg.co.ug.
Please attach your CV containing an e-mail address, daytime telephone contact, qualifications, experience, present position, names and addresses of three referees. All applications should be sent via email.
New Contracts may be concluded after expiry of the preceding contract subject to exigencies of the service and mutual agreement of the parties.
Applicants should be nationals of the EADB member states unless otherwise indicated. Only short listed applicants will be contacted. The Bank reserves the right to make an alternative offer or no offer at all.