Pulse est la principale entreprise de médias innovants en Afrique, informant et engageant le jeune public africain et produisant du contenu et des solutions de marketing numérique créatives pour les plus grandes marques. Nous gérons des plateformes d’information et des canaux sociaux, ainsi que le marketing et la production dans quatre pays : le Nigeria, le Ghana, le Kenya et le Sénégal.
About the Role :
We’re looking for a HR Manager who will execute people strategy and deliver processes that support a productive workplace and the achievement of business objectives. You will serve as the day-to-day contact for employees and managers on a wide range of people related matters and strive to provide great support and a seamless and positive employee experience. This is a great role for someone who is diligent and thrives in a high-performance culture, is friendly, and with a people-first mentality.
Key Areas of Responsibility :
- Execute and champion HR initiatives (policies, programs, processes) that effectively support Pulse’s mission, vision, values, and business goals ;
- Manage the recruitment process including sourcing, reviewing applications, assessing candidates’ abilities through selection tests, interviewing, reference checks, all the way through to successful candidate placement ;
- Manage employee life cycle processes from onboarding (entry) to offboarding (exit), ensuring excellence and accountability in your performance and delivery at all stages, and a seamless and positive employee experience throughout ;
- Maintain employee records, ensuring contracts and other documents, leave balances, benefits such as health and life insurance, pension, NHF, salary and all other information, are always up to date and accurate ;
- Manage employee relations by providing advice and guidance on company policies and processes, performance management, talent management, conflict resolution, disciplinary issues, etc – supporting both employees and line managers by mediating, investigating and helping to resolve issues ;
- Provide input to employee engagement, motivation and wellbeing initiatives – finding ways to build morale, improve workplace relationships, and boost productivity and retention ;
- Ensure employees are taking advantage of learning and development resources available and assist in developing and implementing training initiatives ;
- Communicate effectively and respectfully to all team members and maintain strong, trusting relationships with a wide range of stakeholders ;
- Track and analyse people data to identify gaps and inefficiencies, provide improvement recommendations and implement required changes ;
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of local legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance ;
- Keep up to date with the latest HR trends and best practices ;
- Provide other administrative support as required.
Desired Skills & Experience :
- A good understanding of all areas of HR, with a minimum of 1 year professional and practical experience ;
- Experience driving key people initiatives and processes (performance management, benefits management, employee relations/conflict resolution, etc) ;
- Experience using Google Workspace – especially Google Sheets and Docs ;
- Highly organised and able to work in a structured way ;
- Excellent communication and people skills ;
- Excellent relationship building and stakeholder management skills ;
- Must be able to think creatively, be resourceful, proactive and solution-oriented ;
- A clear understanding of local labor laws ;
- CIPM membership or other professional certification in HR is a plus!
Joining the Pulse Team :
The Pulse team is made up of passionate individuals who go above and beyond to inform and engage our young audience with quality content – also delighting our clients and partners with their creative ability to engage these audiences.
From the moment you join us, you will be empowered to run projects, solve problems and develop solutions that can impact our audience of millions and our clients and partners. You will also get to work collaboratively with a pan-African team in a fast-paced environment.
To know more about what it’s like to work at Pulse, you can check out www.pulse.africa/careers – here you will see our vision and mission, our core values, what our team members have to say about working with us, and some amazing projects we’ve worked on for clients.
How To Apply :
If you would like to apply, please submit your application using the form below. You will receive an email confirming that your application has been received.
