About Frontieri: Frontieri Consult PLC, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with branch offices in Juba, South Sudan, and Berlin, Germany, is one of the leading consulting firms in Ethiopia. The firm was established in 2008 primarily to undertake research and consulting activities in several areas of development and disciplines to governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as bilateral and multilateral institutions.

Frontieri is home to a number of a talented researchers within Ethiopia encompassing different backgrounds and perspectives. It also works in partnership with scholars across the country and abroad undertaking various projects in Social Protection, Development, Education, and Health. (For further information, please visit our website at: www.frontieri.com).

To realize its vision and mission, Frontieri is now aiming to transform itself and increase its global presence. It’s geared to build a more robust business model in East Africa and beyond that cuts across the traditional modus operandi. To this end, the company would like to appoint a Research Fellow at Frontieri.

At Frontieri we have diverse workforce of employee working in the field of Agriculture, Economics, Health, Education and many more development projects yielding an innovative and thought leadership mindset. We have work place where many bright minds come together to create on the ground real data backed research work. we have work Environment where employees’ well-being; personal growth and career advancement is embedded into our culture.

 As a HR & Admin Manager, your responsibilities will include providing tactical and strategic support in all HR-related areas, such as hiring, compensation & benefits, employee relations, training & development, performance management, employment law, and HR administration. For our corporate entities,  you will create new relevant HR standards and processes in accordance with Ethiopian legal requirements.

Job Description

• Participate in the periodic evaluation of HR policies and processes, suggesting improvements to management.

• Handle staff recruiting procedures, such as application and shortlisting management, interacting with applicants and arranging interviews, drafting job offers and contracts, referencing, and collecting relevant documents at the offer stage.

• Maintain a thorough understanding of HR policies and guarantee employee adherence to HR policies.

• As part of general risk management, ensure that the business is in compliance with all employment regulations in order to reduce legal exposure.

• Assisting and directing the onboarding process for new hires, including the scheduling of inductions.

• Upkeep of an accurate and effective HR database containing personnel information and essential documents, as well as administration of new starts, updates, and leavers on the system.

• Handling day-to-day HR inquiries and advising in accordance with existing rules and procedures.

• Ensure that staff files are comprehensive, safe, and private.

• Attend to employee concerns such as benefits, grievances, disputes, and disciplinary cases in accordance with HR regulations.

• Ensure that the laws and regulations that govern the personnel are applied fairly and consistently.

• Ensure that every employee has signed a job description outlining their responsibilities.

• Write HR correspondent letters and ensuring they are sent to the appropriate parties.

• Ensure appropriate documentation of all HR-related materials.

• Facilitate job analysis and update job descriptions.

• Involves in Payroll and Budget Management.

• In charge of all administrative activities.

Talent Acquisition:

• Coordinate the recruiting processes, ensuring that hiring standards and procedures are followed and best practices are documented.

• Job postings in internal and external media, as needed.

• Participate in recruiting interviews and submit an interview summary.

• Coordination, development, and organization of complete induction of new workers in order to prepare them for integration into the company and their tasks.

• Oversee the workforce planning process.

• Devise succession planning for key critical work areas in consultation with company managers or operation managers and thereby the implementation of agreed-upon initiatives.

Performance Management:

• Support or facilitate in developing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for each employee.

• Keep track of employee performance.

• Coordinate and ensure compliance to the performance management system timely.

• completion of the monthly and annual performance evaluation process and maintain a record of all objectives set by company managers.

Contract Management:

• Ensure that all employees have valid and signed employment contracts;

• Monitor and ensure that end-of-probation assessments are completed and the results are applied;

• Coordinate the exit process and ensure that all processes are completed within one month

• Assist in preparing employee last dues and terminating benefit enrollments.

• Performing any other relevant responsibilities as assigned by the CEO.

Job Requirements

Minimum Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or MA in Human Resource Management or a similar field is required; certification with an HR professional body is preferred.

• At least 8/6 years of relevant work experience in human resources, at least three of which must have been in a managerial/senior position in either of Import and Export, Tours, Construction, paper printing sector or related business areas.

• Solid knowledge and comprehension of applicable human resource policies and legal framework is required.

Other Skills/Training

• Excellent organizational and coordination skills

• Effective writing and vocal communication skills in English

• Ability to maintain high degree of professional ethics and dedication

• High level of secrecy

• Good problem solving and time management abilities

• High integrity 

How to Apply

• Candidates who are interested and fulfill the requirements shall submit their application/ motivation letters along with their updated CV via email; career@frontieri.com by mentioning the position title on the subject line.