Job For Human Resources Business Partner at Terragon Group, 3rd August, 2018

Terragon Group - We pride ourselves as a new Media business focused on Africa. We have built a strong competence across the new media ecosystem comprising mobile, online and content. Within digital we understand the interplay between content and platform and we have business verticals that deliver on both components of the digital world. We are recruiting to fill the position below:     Job Title: Human Resources Business Partner - L&D Location: Lagos Job Descriptions The HR Business Partner is required to:

• To lead a key initiatives program on developing our L&D agenda with utilization of the succession/grooming levy and other resources as appropriate.
• To manage the group L&D budgets and external supplier relationships ensuring quality, cost and ethical investments are made and providing robust reporting on ROI and ROE of all activity.
• To lead on key organizational people, change programs, providing OD, L&D and engagement diagnostics and solutions.
• Develop a suite of measurement KPIs that clearly demonstrate the impact and experience of learning within all delivery models.
• To develop and improve our competency framework in the organization, developing key programs of work that improve the capability of our overall business.
• To act as the key driver in our L&D agenda acting as a L&D and People Champion.
• Maintains organization staff by establishing a recruiting, testing, and interviewing program; counseling managers on candidate selection conducting and analyzing exit interviews; recommending changes.
• Facilitate Career Management implementation.
• Maintains the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
• 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.
• 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.
• Drive key initiatives on Employee Relations and HR-Employee collaborations.
• Drive Staff Engagement Initiatives e.g. Village Meetings, Team-building sessions et al.
• Assist to drive Culture Transformation Projects.
• Design when required different process tools i.e. templates, worksheets, reporting documents, forms et al.
• Assist to ensure that all conflicts are resolved within stipulated time -Coordination of staff Disciplinary matters and grievances.
• Provide supervision, coordination and development of Welfare Management system.
• Provide a professional and strategic consultancy and advisory service to Business Units and staff.
• Custodian, owner and driver of the Terragon Learning & Development process.
• Work with key stakeholders to develop a group wide L&D strategy, focusing on all aspects on the employee journey.
• Identify training and development needs within an organization through job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with business managers and human resources departments.
• Design and expand training and development programs based on the needs of the organization and the individual.
• Deliver the strategy in conjunction with the wider business and ensuring that all L&D needs across the organization are regularly assessed and reviewed.
• Ensure all training needs is established in the business aligned to the organizational mission and objectives.
• Ensure we deliver of our core competence and statutory/regulatory training.
• To lead on design and delivery of the organizations leadership and management programs.

• Minimum university Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Behavioural Science, or Management. Preference would be given to applicants with HR consulting background from the big 4.
• Proven experience at building strong relationships with managers at all levels within the organisation.
• 3 - 5 years’ experience in working as HR Generalist.
• Professional qualification of CIPMN, CIPD, SHRM is an added advantage.
• Experience in setting and managing budgets.
• Proven experience leading the development of L&D strategies, initiatives, policies and programmes.
• Proven project management skills to ensure effective delivery of project outcomes.
• Ability to persuade and influence mangers regarding the most appropriate approach within a given situation.

• Must be familiar with local labour and Nigerian employment law and practices.
• Conflict Management.
• Creating and Implementing Strategic business policies and procedures.
• Eloquence in A-Z of Talent Management.
• Ability to make effective and persuasive speeches and presentations on controversial or complex topics to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Team work and interpersonal skills for liaising with clients and colleagues.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills that enable you to work with people at all levels, motivate others and change people's attitudes when necessary.
• Written and spoken communication skills that allow you to inform and advise others clearly.
• Problem-solving and negotiation skills.
• Initiative and the ability to offer new ideas.
• Organisational and planning skills to manage your time and to meet deadlines and objectives.