Automotive HR & Administration Manager (Jobs in Kenya, March 2015)

Automotive HR & Administration Manager

Industry: Automotive
Location: Nairobi
Salary: Ksh 150, 000

Our client is a market leader in distribution of used car sales, maintenance service, parts sales, as well as car rentals. They seek to hire an all rounded HR & Administration Manager to direct, plan, organize and manage the Human Resources department and administration and its activities. Candidates with a background of the automotive industry are encouraged to apply.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains and enhances the organization’s human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs, and practices.
• Maintains the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
• Maintains organization staff by establishing a recruiting, testing, and interviewing program; counseling managers on candidate selection; conducting and analyzing exit interviews; recommending changes.
• Prepares employees for assignments by establishing and conducting orientation and training programs.
• Maintains a pay plan by conducting periodic pay surveys; scheduling and conducting job evaluations; preparing pay budgets; monitoring and scheduling individual pay actions; recommending, planning, and implementing pay structure revisions.
• Ensures planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; scheduling management conferences with employees; hearing and resolving employee grievances; counseling employees and supervisors.
• Maintains employee benefits programs and informs employees of benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs.
• Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource requirements
• Maintains management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.
• Maintains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• Maintains human resource staff job results by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering contracts and helping resolve work-related problems.
• Make certain that all administrative systems and processes are highly reliable, finely tuned and well delivered with an aim toward pro-action rather than reaction
• Completes special projects by organizing and coordinating information and requirements; planning, arranging, and meeting schedules; monitoring results.
• Provides supplies by identifying needs for reception, switchboard, mailroom, and kitchen; establishing policies, procedures, and work schedules.
• Plan, direct, supervise, and coordinate work activities of subordinates and staff relating to employment, compensation, labor relations, and employee relations.
• Analyze training needs to design employee development, language training and health and safety programs.
• Develop, manage and implement personnel policies; develop a Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
• Maintains continuity among corporate, division, and local work teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs.
• Provides communication systems by identifying needs; evaluating options; maintaining equipment; approving invoices.
• Accomplishes staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; initiating, coordinating, and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures.
• Serve as administrative team leader, coach and advocate for administrative staff.
• Communicate and ensure compliance and consistency with office practices and policies and compliance with all employment related laws.
• Effectively interface with all levels of the organization to coordinate and oversee all of the people-related and office management activities.

Skills and qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Human Resource or related field
• At least 5 years HR and administrative experience preferably in the automotive industry
• BUDGETARY Skills is key
• Excellent problem solving skills
• At least 30 years old
• Good communication skills
• Business awareness and commercial focus
• Leadership and strong management skills
• Technically competent
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to analyse, interpret and explain the labour laws
• Influencing and negotiating skills
• Personally credible
• Integrity and approachability.
• Must have basic computer skills in Microsoft Office applications
• Must be accurate and efficient, high energy, comfortable performing multifaceted projects in conjunction with day-to-day activities
• Demonstrated ability to successfully participate on senior management teams that provide leadership and strategic direction
• Excellent analytical skills and good reasoning abilities and sound judgment

If you posses the necessary qualifications and experience, please send an application letter and CV to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before Friday 3rd April, 2015. Kindly quote the job title on the subject matter (Automotive HR & Administration Manager)

Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV
N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing.
Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.

The Recruiting Manager
Corporate staffing Services
Nabui House, 3rd floor, Westlands. (Next to Unga House)

Categories: ADMINISTRATION, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT