Assistant HR Manager at Unilever Nigeria Plc

Unilever Nigeria Plc - Welcome to Unilever, a global multinational and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company with products sold in over 190 countries and more than 2 billion consumers across the world who use our amazing products everyday!

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Assistant HR Manager

Job ID: R-32649
Location: Lagos

Your Role

• As a HR Generalist, you are at the heart of the end-to-end delivery of all people related activities and processes across Africa.
• You are hands-on and bring to the team strong operational excellence in executing best in class Employee/Industrial relations, resourcing, capability building and HR operations.

Your Key Tasks

• You are the curator of culture in your market and responsible for driving initiatives that keep employees engaged and improve the overall employee experience.
• As the first point of contact for employees in your local market, you deliver front line HR support to the business and ensure HR delivery is fully aligned to business goals.
• You act as a coach to Line managers on talent management, reward management, performance management, engagement/culture and employee relations.
• You ensure resolution of local ER/IR issues (including Payroll errors, Payroll rejects, grievances, disciplinary, dispute resolutions, absence, retirement, and redundancy).
• You support the talent management strategy and work with your regional HR team on performance management and career development plans.
• You activate and execute the performance management cycle in line with the global timelines.
• You co-create and activate the career development plans for your local market.
• You support line managers in executing reward strategy/guidelines as required as well as the development and execution of training plans to build the capacity of the talent pool.
• You ensure the employer branding strategy is implemented according to the local strategy.
• You will be required to lead/support ad hoc projects related to ekaterra’s separation from Unilever and setting up ekaterra as a successful independent organisation.
• You are responsible for the management and successful running of the monthly payroll in your market. Collaborating both internally and externally to ensure employees are paid accurately, on time.
• You ensure ekaterra’s compliance with local legislation by maintaining relationships with the relevant bodies, representing at local sessions, and maintaining relevant records.
• You ensure ekaterra’s HR data accuracy by liaising with the HR Shared service center on data management activities (Position management, data cleansing, reporting lines, etc.)
• You support line managers with their recruitment process needs (Job requisition, selection process, offer) along with pre-onboarding and onboarding activities to create a lasting experience for new joiners.

Skills and Experiences

• You have a minimum of 3 years of HR Generalist experience including employee/labour relations, recruitment, reward and benefits administration
• Good knowledge of local employment/labour laws
• Working knowledge of HRIS systems
• Good administrative, negotiation and influencing skills
• Project management experience would be advantageous.

Who we are looking for:

• Fluent in English
• Strong communication skills
• Meticulous, attention to detail
• Driven, results oriented with great passion for tea!
• Pro-active, energized, and positive
• Collaborative, team player
• Personal Mastery.

How  to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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