About Us

Safaricom Telecommunications Ethiopia Plc is a company supporting Ethiopia’s digital transformation. As a member of the Vodacom family, we have a wealth of experience connecting over 334 million people globally and over 180 million people in Africa across our network. We look forward to partnering with Ethiopians as we build a new network in Ethiopia.

We are setting the groundwork in readiness for the launch of our services next year and are looking to work with purpose-led teams that put the community at the heart of service.

Safaricom Ethiopia is offering a wide range of careers, whether you’re looking to join our technology, commercial or corporate teams. If you would like a challenge and the promise of a digital future for the people of Ethiopia, we are looking for you. 

We are pleased to announce the following vacancy for a HR Business Partner within the Human Resources function in Ethiopia. In keeping with our current business needs, we are looking for a person who meets the criteria indicated below.

Detailed Description

Reporting to the EHOD – HRBP, the role holder will be responsible for creating an enabling environment to drive performance and employee engagement across the business areas by partnering with business leader s to define and implement relevant and appropriate People plans. Provide HR Business Partnering to Leadership teams. Facilitate the delivery of Safaricom Ethiopia’s strategic HR priorities, through defining an appropriate strategy to deployment the people plan and partner with business leadership in the execution of the plan. The key focus will amongst others include but not limited to organisation effectiveness, talent management & building capabilities.

Job Responsibilities

People Planning 

• Input to functional people plan that is fully aligned to functional strategy
• Drive delivery of functional initiatives on an on-going basis

Organization Effectiveness & Change

• Support and deliver functional change programmes and OE activity in business areas
• Interface with key stakeholders to ensure alignment with cross-functional change activity
• Input to monthly and quarterly organisation reviews
• Deliver against FTE, contractor & employment Opex targets in business areas
• Ensure organisation clarity & alignment in business areas

Cultural Change

• Play key role in supporting leaders to live the vision, mission & culture mandate and related people/HR policies.
• Provide Leadership of cultural change in business areas/areas of responsibility
• Challenge & improve people policies/processes/practices to ensure alignment
• Challenge & support leaders in business areas to align behaviours/attitude to The STEP culture mandate and new ways of working
• Ensure that the Health and Safety standards are maintained to Company guidelines

Performance and Reward

•  Ensure active management of performance in business areas
• Partner with the business leaders to drive group initiative on Performance Discussions
• Talent & Resourcing
• Collaborate with the Talent team to deliver a pipeline of diverse future leaders and accelerate high
• potential development in functional business areas

Organizational Capability

• Work with L&D to build critical functional capabilities to enable the business areas to deliver against their plans
• Ensure functional induction framework is developed and implemented & core organizational on-boarding programs are in place and being effectively used 

Job Requirements

• 4 year degree/diploma (e.g. Human Resources, Personnel Management, Industrial Psychology, Business Management, etc.) - essential
• A post-graduate qualification will be advantageous
• 5 - 8 years' applicable experience as a Human Resources generalist, as well as proven experience in the management of a Human Resources section/division – essential
• 2 years’ experience as an HR professional interfacing with senior leadership in corporate environment
• Foundational knowledge and /or experience in Change management, people organization plans
• Exposure to coaching leaders for behavior change

How to Apply

If you feel that you are up to the challenge and possess the necessary qualification and experience, kindly proceed to update your candidate profile on CLICK HERE