Job Summary

About First Consult

First Consult is an Ethiopia-based management consulting firm specializing in the design and implementation of private sector development projects. For the past 15 years, our firm has worked to strategize and implement solutions, while building partnerships among a broad range of public and private sector actors to support the nation’s economic advancement.

Our vision is to enhance realization of Ethiopia’s potential for investment and economic development by working as a trusted business partner to the private sector, government, and international development community.

At our core, we believe that economic growth should be socially inclusive. Our focus is on our strength in implementing initiatives and delivering results that will have lasting benefits for all Ethiopians. Through our work, we are committed to meeting our clients’ standards of transparency and accountability. Our success relies on our dynamic and collaborative team with extensive expertise, and history of delivering results.

We utilize a systemic approach to creating solutions and work on interventions that build market systems supporting economic growth. Our programs focus on the development of the industrial and MSME sectors, and expanding access to finance to all.

Job Description

• As an established leader in the consulting field, we believe our people are our greatest strength. We are seeking a Human Resources Manager who is committed to recruiting top talent and providing our employees with an exceptional work environment.
• Starting from hire until leaving the company, we want to ensure a workplace culture of staff committed to their work. Our ideal candidate will have the ability to manage compensation, benefits, recognition, training, performance management and employee relations in a way that builds long-term employee retention and strengthens our brand.
• Our Human Resources Manager must be effective in finding the right balance between strategic oriented tasks and daily human resource administration responsibilities including administering pay, benefits and leave. This role will focus on the strategic and qualitative development of all human resource work in terms of service, efficiency, and costs, particularly within the possibilities of digitalization, and associated optimization and change processes.

Your Tasks: 

• Design and implement effective strategies for successful employee attraction, recruitment, and onboarding;
• Strategic management of competencies, contribution to continuity, and quality leadership through effective talent management;
• Design and implement strategies for employee retention and support by creating and maintaining a positive company culture;
• Design, implement and monitor Performance Management to enable employees and teams understanding of the goals of First Consult and to identify how individual and team outputs contribute to the achievement of our objectives;
• Create and update compensation strategy through market analysis and salary surveys;
• Serve as the primary point of contact for employee issues, concerns, and conflicts;
• Design of the employee's separation phase from the company and development of a proactive exit strategy including knowledge management and succession planning.

Job Requirements

Previous Experience and Skills:

• Master's degree in human resources, organizational development or business administration;
• Minimum of seven (7) years of professional experience in human resource management;
• Good knowledge of compensation strategy, performance management, employee relations; talent management, and the ability to apply this information in compliance with employment laws;
• Experience with creating a culture of engagement and collaboration as well as leading the evolution of the company into a learning organization;
• Ability to collect and analyze employment data to guide strategic planning efforts;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, excellent command of the English language;
• Knowledge of local employment and HR laws and legal requirements;
• Thorough knowledge of MS Office;
• Experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems is advantageous;
• International work and/or educational experience is an asset

How to Apply

Interested applicant should send their CV via email to: jobs@firstconsultet.com before April 29^th 2021; 5PM local time.