Vacancy Document: People and Culture Officer,PPDC.

Job Title: People and Culture Officer, PPDC
Job Location: Abuja (FCT)
Employment Type: Full-time (Hybrid)
Reporting to: People and Culture Manager, PPDC.

Background

The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) is an organization established in 2003, with its headquarters located in Abuja. PPDC focuses its interventions on promoting citizens’ participation in governance processes and strengthening transparency and accountability, while also improving ethics and integrity in the public and private sectors. PPDC is one of the leading organizations in civil society space in Nigeria dedicated to promoting wider public participation in procurement as a way to curb corruption. PPDC has more than 20 years’ experience in advocating and campaigning on integrity issues, especially in public procurement, contract implementation and public access to information.

PPDC’s work focuses on:

• Procurement Governance (PG)
• Digital Governance (DG)
• Access to Justice 

PPDC also promotes open initiatives and open data standards, transparency and accountability, responsible climate transition and gender and inclusion.

Job Summary:
The People and Culture Officer will play a key role in managing various HR functions, including recruitment, employee relations, performance management, and compliance with labor laws. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of HR practices, excellent communication skills, and a passion for fostering a positive work environment.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Recruitment and Selections 

• Supports all recruitment and selection processes for all PPDC Program ensures all recruitment documents are processed for necessary approvals. 
•  Ensures that all steps of the recruitment process are followed accordingly: Review Job descriptions, posting and circulation of advertisement, review of applications and coordination of interviews with the recruiting manager. 
• Plans and delivers induction for new staff to enable them to settle faster and easily.
• Maintains up to date PPDC organization charts, job descriptions and employee records to support the programme needs. 

Performance Management 

• Supports Team Leads and staff in implementing the PPDC performance management process. 
• Works closely with the Head of People, Operations, and culture to ensure all Head Office and States Offices KPIs are submitted in a timely manner. 
• Tracks the performance appraisal due dates for all staff and follows up with managers and ensures they are reviewed in a timely manner.

Human Resource Administration and Employees Relation 

• Acts as the first point of contact for all staff complaints in PPDC head office. 
•  Facilitates activities that would motivate and support the retention of staff to retain the best staff. 
• Upholds harmony/teamwork among staff to create a good and healthy working environment that improves performance. 
• Ensures proper file management system is maintained for both full-time staff and Adhoc staff across the development program locations. 
• Manages all staff annual leave. 
• Responsible for the completion and update of the leave-tracking sheet for staff. 
• Coordinates timely submission of approved timesheet for all staff in the response. 
• Participates fully in local NGO HR networks and ensures that learning/best practices are shared and utilized. 
• Works with Team Lead to ensure registration and management of staff on the Group Life and Health Insurance 
• With Support from the Team Leads, processes all HR-related payments to staff and 3rd parties (relocation allowances, final entitlement payment etc) 
• Ensures effective management of all staff Benefits (HMO service etc)

Employee’s Engagement and Experience 

• Supports in implementing programs to continuously engage and motivate PPDC’s team members to achieve optimal results. 
• Assists in Identifying PPDC’s employee concerns / grievances / issues proactively, that may cause disruption in near future and initiate corrective actions. 
• Supports in developing and implementing reward & recognition practices and programs. 

Exit Management/Separation

• Ensures that all staff exit processes are completed including ensuring that separating staff are paid terminal benefits where applicable

What you will need

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 4 – 6 years of experience in HR or a related role in the development sector.
• HR certification(s) would be an added advantage (e.g., CIPM, CIPD, PHRi)
• Strong knowledge of HR practices and National Labour & employment laws.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Approachable, diplomatic, able to work effectively in diverse, cross-cultural teams in a complex, multi-site work environment
• Proficiency in HR software and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

What we offer

• Fairly competitive salary and benefits package, a great team environment and hybrid working options.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English and Other Nigerian Languages.

Mode of Application: Kindly Click here to apply.

Note: Only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Application Deadline: 24th September, 2024.