Human Resource Officer – Africa Management Solutions Limited

Job Description

📍 Location: Meru/Isiolo, Kenya (Regular travel to operational sites)
💼 Employment Type: Full-Time

Our client, a fast-growing agribusiness specializing in commercial beekeeping, honey production and processing, herbs production, value addition, and distribution, is seeking a competent Human Resource Officer.

The successful candidate will establish and manage the HR functions.

Key Responsibilities
✓ Coordinate recruitment, selection, onboarding, induction, and deployment.
✓ Maintain confidential employee records, contracts, and personnel files.
✓ Implement HR policies, procedures, and employment practices.
✓ Manage employee relations, grievances, disciplinary processes, and workplace concerns.
✓ Promote equality, diversity, inclusion, and teamwork across all operational sites.
✓ Monitor workplace relations and advise management on employee-relations risks.
✓ Coordinate probation reviews, performance planning, and appraisals.
✓ Support payroll by verifying attendance, leave, overtime, allowances, and employee changes.
✓ Administer leave and authorized absences.
✓ Ensure compliance with Kenyan labour laws, occupational safety requirements, and company policies.
✓ Support workforce planning, job descriptions, staffing structures, training, and development.
✓ Assist supervisors in applying HR policies consistently.
✓ Prepare HR reports on staffing, attendance, recruitment, grievances, turnover, and performance.
✓ Support employee welfare, engagement, workplace communication, and other HR/administrative duties.

Qualifications & Requirements

✓ Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
✓ Minimum 3 years’ experience in a generalist HR role.
✓ Knowledge of the Employment Act, 2007, and Kenyan labour laws.
✓ Membership in the Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM).
✓ CHRP-K certification is an added advantage.
✓ Experience supporting field-based, agricultural, manufacturing, or geographically dispersed teams is an added advantage.
✓ Knowledge of payroll administration, performance management, employee records, MS Office, and HRIS.

Skills & Competencies

✓ High integrity, confidentiality, and professional judgement.
✓ Strong employee relations, conflict resolution, communication, and report-writing skills.
✓ Impartiality in handling sensitive workplace matters.
✓ Strong organisational and administrative abilities.
✓ Ability to work independently, establish HR systems, and support diverse teams.
✓ Willingness to travel and work in remote operational locations.
✓ Practical, approachable, and solutions-oriented.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.