Job Description

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 HR Business Partner within the 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: HR Business Partnering, the role holder is responsible to create 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 the Safaricom Ethiopia 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
• Organisation 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, e.g. RACI, role profiles, role titles
• Ensure data integrity of people related information in the business unit
• Drive organisation efficiency in business areas (ensuring compliance with agreed spans & layers guidance)
• Act as tactical sparring partner, engaging on the effectiveness of the Business, processes, systems, data and people
• Drive the HR agenda within the Business, ensuring that all people managers are equipped and able to deliver against the annual recurring people management requirements
• Propose, develop and deliver key functional change programmes in collaboration with respective HR centres of excellence
• 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 Safaricom Ethiopia 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 poor performers in business areas
• Talent & Resourcing
• Collaborate with the Talent team to deliver a pipeline of diverse future leaders and accelerate high potential development in functional business areas
• Advise on performance and potential ratings at all levels
• Actively support all talent programmes
• Support the Discover Graduate Programme in business areas
• Support Diversity & Inclusion agenda in business areas
• Key part in senior resourcing for business area (in partnership with Resourcing colleagues). Interview & calibrate agreed / key management in business areas
• Play part in ensuring that resourcing processes are fully aligned to business requirements (attraction, selection, onboarding, etc.) 
• Leadership and Management Development
• Ensure understanding of management development programmes to ensure effective development at key transition points on the management/leadership ladder and drive uptake of development programmes relevant to BU specific priorities
• Coach executives across business areas, in collaboration with COEs 
• Organisational 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 organisational on-boarding programmes are in place and being effectively used
• Relationship Management & Partnering
• Build a high ‘support & challenge’ relationship with leadership team members
• ‘Walk the tightrope’ of being part of the business areas yet maintaining an objective HR perspective.
• Input to functional people plan that is fully aligned to functional strategy
• Act as strategic sparring partner, engaging on the effectiveness of the BU , processes, systems, data and people
• Challenge & support leaders in business areas to align behaviours/attitude
• Implement all ‘Performance Driven Reward’ plans in business areas
• Identify and deliver leadership team effectiveness solutions
• Work with L&D to build critical functional capabilities to enable the business areas to deliver against their plans   

Job Requirements

Qualifications 

• 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
• 4 year degree (e.g. Human Resources, Personnel Management, Industrial Psychology, Business Management, etc.) - essential
• A post-graduate qualification will be advantageous

How to Apply

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