Human Resources Manager, Ethiopia

Priority Application Deadline: March 1st, 2024

Job Type: Contractual

Location: Addis Ababa

Reports to: Country Director, Ethiopia

About this role

The Human Resources (HR) Manager will play a key role in sourcing and managing talent within GiveDirectly’s growing Ethiopia operations team, as well as managing some core office and administrative functions to support staff residing in Ethiopia. The HR Manager will build robust protocols to support the rapid onboarding of staff and cost-effective monitoring of ongoing performance, including for part-time, temporary, and project-based staff. The HR Manager will also play an important role in managing the country office by supporting general team operations, procurement, travel administration, and logistics. The HR Manager will award exceptional communication skills, strong attention to detail, exceptional organizational skills, rapid problem-solving for a range of logistical challenges, and a deep interest in building and scaling GD’s organizational culture and values.

Level: Manager

What you’ll do:

• Recruitment and Retention:
  • Lead on recruitment and sourcing top talent for the  Country operations staff positions
  • Own candidate screening and pipeline management, including resume reviews and coordination with candidates
  • Provide administrative support during review cycles, including scheduling and updating the system to reflect changes in title/compensation
  • Provide administrative support to managers during review cycles, including reviewing and updating templates and guides for development discussions
  • Ensuring staff are aware of professional development opportunities available to them, and supporting team members to connect with PD opportunities that might be relevant to them

• Strengthen onboarding and training processes:  
  • In partnership with the Global People Team and other in-country stakeholders (Program Manager, Field Manager, Finance, etc.), ensure high-quality onboarding of new staff, including orientation on the HR manual and benefits/payroll set-up
  • Assist with professional development training and planning

• Compensation and Benefits Administration:
  • Oversee leave management and staff timesheets
  • Prepare payroll administrative changes and support finance in preparing monthly payroll
  • Facilitate benefits provision and coordinate with insurance providers
  • Ensure timely update of all benefits and information systems

• Support rapid project staffing:
  • Support rapid project staffing for new awards and domestic disaster response, including finalizing the job descriptions/status (temp/part-time, staff/contract)

• Support adherence to local labor laws:
  • In coordination with GiveDirectly’s global compliance team, ensure is in alignment with local labor laws that would impact our recruitment or training of field staff
  • Work with local counsel in reviewing global policies and providing feedback to the global team
  • Work with local counsel interpreting local laws where needed
  • Strengthen team and Country-wide culture and values 

• Ensure organizational values and culture is maintained: 
  • Own tracking and measurement of personal sustainability and well-being barometers
  • Lead on implementing activities and events oriented around team-building
  • Facilitate initiatives to codify and promote GD’s culture and values

• Record Keeping and Updating:
  • Maintain up-to-date personnel files
  • Ensure all policies are shared on the knowledge Management Platform and are updated in a timely fashion
  • Keep  HRIS (BambooHR and Payspace) updated at all time

What you’ll bring:

• Alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.
• At least 4+ years in a Talent, Recruitment, People or Human Resources function
• Experience leading recruitments for diverse positions, ideally including both contract and staff positions
• Strong understanding of Ethiopian Employment regulations and best practices in non–profit staffing (benefits, compensation) 
• Exceptional emotional intelligence and a demonstrated ability to work cross-culturally and cross-functionally
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail 
• Exceptional communication skills, including ability to navigate challenging HR situations that involve complex interpersonal dynamics
• Strong ownership mindset and ability to work in a self-directed manner
• Comfortable operating in a culture of direct, candid feedback

Compensation

At GiveDirectly, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably. We use an accredited third party salary aggregator to ensure that staff’s total compensation package (base compensation + bonus)  falls within the 75th percentile of similar roles, at similar organizations. We also have a no negotiation policy to ensure we are paying staff equitably across roles. 

• • The gross base salary for this role is $25,000.
  • Annual bonus with a 10% bonus index.
  • A robust health insurance plan.