United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is one of Africa’s leading financial institutions, with operations in 19 African countries and 3 global financial centres: London, Paris and New York. From a single country organisation founded in 1949 in Nigeria UBA has grown to become a pan-African provider of financial services with over 11 million customers, through close to 1000 business offices and touch points globally.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: HR Business Partner, Central, Eastern & Southern Africa
Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Permanent
Job Objective(s)
- To ensure an effective business partnering relationship in assigned regions, in line with the strategic objectives of the bank.
- To provide strategic input on talent management issues to business leaders.
Responsibilities
- Provide advice and counsel to business heads and employees to ensure consistency in the implementation of Human Resources policies, processes, and practices.
- Liaise with all performance management and line managers to successfully conduct performance appraisals.
- Liaise with talent management to ensure the development and delivery of talent management initiatives in their respective business areas.
- Partner with Business Heads in conducting organizational structure review in line with the Bank’s organizational design, principles, and processes.
- Liaise with Line Managers to ensure that all jobs within their business areas are accounted for and well defined.
- Partner with business heads and talent management to develop manpower plans for their respective business area.
- Participate in the recruitment and selection of staff for the business area and ensure that the right staff with the best fit is recruited for vacant roles.
- Oversee all employee disciplinary cases and ensure they are treated in line with the Bank’s policies.
- Ensure prompt implementation of sanctions given to staff from DC proceedings and credit recovery.
- Assist the business area in filling all existing vacancies in a timely and efficient manner.
- Ensure prompt processing of redeployment, appointment, and posting letters for staff as advised by the business area.
- Resolve all employee complaints and ensure prompt conflict resolution between staff and their supervisors.
- Conduct regular visits to business areas offices to check on the staff, educate staff on all HR-related issues and establish two-way communication between staff and management.
- Conduct regular coaching for line managers on people management, HR programmes.
Qualifications
- First Degree in any relevant Social Science Degree
- HR certification {CIPD, SHRM, CIPM etc.}
- 8 – 10 years’ work experience
- Proven experience as an HR Business Partner in a financial sector (added advantage)
Candidate’s Profile:
- Our ideal candidate must have practical/hands-on HR business partnering experience.
- He/she has to be knowledgeable about HR processes, employee lifecycle, and the business.
- He/she must have strong business acumen, interpersonal, relationship management, and analytical skills.
- He/she must be able to speak, write and read French & English fluently.
Knowledge & Skills Required:
- Good knowledge of employee lifecycle model with practical/hands-on experience
- Knowledge of HR metrics & analytics
- Knowledge of HR processes & Labour law
- Ability to speak, read and write French & English fluently
- Business acumen
- Good coaching and counseling skills
- Rational, confident and mature approach to decision making
- Well-developed critical and analytical thinking
- Strong interpersonal, problem-solving, negotiation, and expectations management
- Effective listening skills
- Project management skills
- Strong orientation towards customer support and responsiveness
- Ability to build teams and foster team spirit
What We Expect From You:
- High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and responsibility.
- Highly organised, proactive, ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks assigned.
- Team player with the ability to work under pressure and ability to work with a wide variety of people and maintain an excellent business relationship.
- High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.
What You Should Expect From Us:
- Our corporate culture is defined by our core values. We do not just train our people to be the best in the job, we also offer encouragement, recognition, and rewards.
- Whatever level you are at in your career, we offer plenty of opportunities and support to build a rewarding career at UBA.
- Here in UBA, our employees are our greatest assets and so we built a recognition and reward system that boosts productivity and enhances staff retention, instituting a culture of meritocracy.
Deadline: 30th April, 2022.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online
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