HR and Admin Manager Job in Kenya

Quavatel Limited is a company with headquarters in Kenya. Quavatel is focused on building the required infrastructure that enables individuals; businesses and communities access the Internet.

To this end, Quavatel provides a Turn-key optical fiber network deployment and undertakes the construction of the infrastructure projects for service providers to the public, Government institutions building network infrastructure for their own use or the public, as well as, enterprises building their own networks.
 
We wish to identify: highly competent, proactive and self-driven individuals who can work anywhere in Kenya and East Africa, to fill the below position. 

Human Resources and Administration Manager
 
Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer the position will be responsible for Maintaining and enhancing the organization's human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs, and practices. In addition will also manage all Administrative duties of the company.

Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Maintains the work structure: by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
  • Maintains organization staff by establishing a recruiting, testing, and interviewing program; counseling managers on candidate selection; conducting and analyzing exit interviews; recommending changes.
  • Prepares employees for assignments by establishing and conducting orientation and training programs.
  • Maintains a pay plan by conducting periodic pay surveys; scheduling and conducting job evaluations; preparing pay budgets; monitoring and scheduling individual pay actions; recommending, planning, and implementing pay structure revisions.
  • Ensures planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; scheduling management conferences with employees; hearing and resolving employee grievances; counseling employees and supervisors.
  • Maintains employee benefits programs and informs employees of benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs.
  • Maintains management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.
  • Maintains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records.
  • Completes human resource operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results.
  • Maintains human resource staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.
  • Maintains human resource staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
  • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
  • Monitor inventory of office supplies and the purchasing of new material with attention to budgetary constraints
  • Ensure the smooth and adequate flow of information within the company to facilitate other business operations
  • Monitor inventory of office supplies and the purchasing of new material with attention to budgetary constraints
  • Provide effective and efficient of administrative requirements at Quavatel offices including cleanliness, facilities management, stationery and other administration inventory management as well as provision of relevant staff welfare services.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelors Degree in Human Resource
  • Experience of implementing, maintaining and improving relevant systems and procedures with at least 2years experience in a Human resource position.
  • Familiarity across the recruitment process, including induction, Kenya and East Africa’s Labor laws
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and oral
  • A team player with leadership skills
  • Sound judgement and the ability to maintain confidentiality good computer skills: MS Excel, MS Word & Payroll Systems
  • Well organized with strong time management skills
  • In-depth understanding of office management procedures and departmental and legal policies
How to Apply: (Ladies highly encouraged to apply)
 
Interested candidates who meet the above should send their application and detailed CV, including your qualifications, experience, present position and current remuneration.

The forwarding e-mail and cover letter must clearly indicate the job title on the subject line.

Send your application to careers@quavatel.co.ke

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted