Human Resource Officer

The Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council is hiring a Human Resource Officer to provide technical support and guidance in the management and implementation of human resource policies and strategies of the organization.

Salary Scale: UNMC 4
Reports to: Finance and Administration Manager
Duty Station: Kampala
Contract Period: 3 years

Key Duties and Responsibilities

1. Developing and supervising implementation of human resource and budgets, outlining activities to be undertaken, resource requirements, key performance measures and indicators as well as expected outcomes.
2. Analyze organizational structures, business processes and workplace relationships in order to strengthen opportunities for increased collaboration through flexible work teams.
3. Coordinating recruitment and selection in order to ensure that UNMCV has a critical mass of qualified human resources with the required competencies necessary for implementation of functional strategic management plans.
4. Conducting workload analysis, determining optimum staff requirements and designing organizational structure that maximizes synergies across functions to support implementation of strategic plan.
5. Developing and coordinating the implementation of staff induction and on-the-job orientation programmes aimed at providing new staff with relevant information about technical and social aspects of their work.
6. Developing, monitoring and implementing a remuneration and benefits system that ensures that the Board is able to attract and retain competent employees.
7. Developing and implementing career advancement plans and the succession planning process for the Council.
8. Coordinating the implementation of an effective human resource management information system for monitoring, tracking and evaluating employee activities including staff training, performance management, medical, pension and welfare programmes.
9. Coordinating the resolution of employee grievances and disciplinary cases, recommending appropriate action to resolve the problems as well as assisting employees to find satisfactory solutions to personal problems through counselling services.
10. Assessing training needs to design and implement relevant training programmes aimed at building capacity by equipping staff with the necessary knowledge, skills and behaviors.
11. Coordinating the implementation of the performance management system and ensure that individual and team performance is continuously monitored and measured against realistic but challenging targets aligned to the strategic direction by clearly defining performance measure and indicators, expected timeframes as well as resource requirements.

Person’s Specifications

Qualifications:

i. An Honors Bachelor’s degree in either Human Resource Management, Social Sciences, Arts, Commerce or Business Administration with a bias in HRD field or HRM or Organizational Development studies from a recognized University.

Key Competencies

Technical

• Policy management
• Financial management
• Knowledge management
• Risk management
• Human resource management
• Information communication technology

Behavioral

• Leadership
• Decision making and problem solving
• Concern for quality standards
• Communicating effectively
• Negotiations and mediation skills
• Ethics and integrity

How to Apply

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