HR Development Advisor Job in Kenya


Human Resources Development Advisor 

Based in either Nairobi, or Dar es Salaam 

Farm Africa is an international NGO with a vision of a prosperous rural Africa. 

Working alongside Africa’s farmers, herders and forest communities, we enable them to adopt the latest technologies and link to markets to make sustainable improvements to their livelihoods.

We need a HR Development Advisor to champion, drive and otherwise embed Farm Africa’s HR strategy, working mainly in Tanzania and Kenya, but also Uganda, South Sudan and Ethiopia, and ensure its integration into the business.

The post holder will lead on designing and implementing good practice people management approaches and systems and act as a coach and expert advisor to managers.

You will be professionally qualified with several years experience in an HR management position gained in one or more of our countries of operation. 

You must have a good knowledge of employment law in at least two of the countries we work in and experience in managing complex employee relations issues. 

You must have experience of managing complex change processes’, strong experience of performance management and appraisal systems, be able to analyse learning needs and have experience in designing delivering and commissioning training workshops.

To succeed in this role you need to be comfortable coaching and advising managers, be able to work autonomously as well as a member of a geographically broad team, and be able to think strategically as well as gaining your colleagues respect as a skilled hands–on HR practitioner.

The role will entail substantial travel across East Africa.

To apply and see further details, go to the Farm Africa web-site jobs page http://farmafrica.org.uk/about-us/jobs 

To apply you must submit a CV and a supporting statement with the reference: 2012 HRDA in the subject line for the attention of the HR Manager by midnight GMT on Tuesday 23rd October 2012.