Lead, Talent and Admin at Red Media Africa (RED)

Red Media Africa (RED) is Africa's leading omni-media company with a focus on the youth. We are a network of premium media companies with a prominent development affiliate called The Future Project, owners of The Future Africa Awards & Summit.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Lead, Talent and Admin

Location: Lagos, Nigeria 
Job type: Full-time
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Scope of Job

• Recruitment and selection
• Performance management
• Learning and development
• Compensation and benefits
• Employee relations
• Employee engagement
• Employee wellbeing
• HR Administration

Department Objective

• Effective management of the company’s culture and talent resources to ensure consistent achievement of strategic goals and objectives.

Roles and Responsibilities
Recruitment and Selection:

• Work with hiring managers to prepare job descriptions and person specifications.
• Oversee job advertisements and decide how and where jobs will be advertised.
• Review CVs and facilitate selection processes including interviews and one-week tests, and ensure selection standards are adhered to.
• Maintain clear, timely and respectful communication with candidates and ensure the company is presented in good light at all times.
• Facilitate successful on-boarding and induction for new employees.
• Keep up-to-date with current employment legislation and ensure that line managers are effectively briefed on any relevant changes.

Performance Management:

• Facilitate the periodic performance management processes.
• Maintain records on performance management activities and decisions flowing from them.
• Develop competencies and proficiency level behavior descriptions and maintain a competency directory.
• Evaluate current performance appraisal and reward system and suggest improvements when necessary.

Training and Development:

• Identify training and development needs and develop appropriate solutions in conjunction with line managers.
• Work with trainers in producing training materials for in-house courses.
• Manage the delivery of training and development programmes.
• Monitor and review the progress of trainees using questionnaires and through discussions with team leads.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Research and analyse salary rates and benefits offered by other employers in the same sector.
• Develop and periodically review salary ranges for different salary grades within the company.
• Undertake job evaluations to ensure that the differences in pay between those doing different jobs within the organization are fair and are perceived to be so.
• Make recommendations on compensation and benefit packages for team members.

HR Administration:

• Maintain, safe-keep and update confidential and sensitive HR files and documents.
• Update company policies when necessary.
• Identify inefficiencies in the HR administration processes and make recommendations to the Admin Lead to solve them.
• Supervise the Admin team.

Career Management:

• Develop and implement a succession plan.
• Develop and implement a replacement plan.
• Develop and implement a mentoring program.

Required Skills and Competencies
Qualification:

• Human Resources certification is an advantage. (CIPM, HRCI, SHRM, CIPD)
• 3 – 5 years’ relevant experience.

Skills and Knowledge Requirements:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Leadership skills

Critical thinking skills:

• High interpersonal and persuasive skills
• Presentation skills
• Relationship management & conflict resolution
• Business acumen
• Records Management
• Good knowledge of Human Resource Best Practices (Systems and processes management and application)
• Good knowledge of Nigerian Labour Laws and Practice
• Expertise in the functional areas of Human Resources

Attributes:

• Collaborative:
  • Innovative
  • Ethical practice and integrity
  • Service-oriented
  • Good judgement and discretion.

Salary Range
N300,000 - N400,000 / Month

Application Closing Date
Not Specified

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: talent@redmediaafrica.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.