PEOPLE & CULTURE MANAGER - ADILI GROUP
The Adili Group (Adili) is a leading pan-African corporate advisory firm with two (2) key offerings:
1. Adili Advisory—provides the highest-quality corporate, risk advisory and outsourcing services.
2. Adili Private Clients—provides fiduciary and executor services to high-net-worth individuals.
With over 150 years of combined experience, we deliver tailored solutions in regulation and compliance, risk management, and improving business efficiency. We aim to support businesses in navigating the complexities of the corporate world.
We have an extensive regional footprint with offices in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, from where we coordinate our activities throughout the broader African market.
We have close links to East Africa’s largest independent law firm, ALN Kenya | Anjarwalla & Khanna (ALN Kenya), and ALN, an alliance of top-tier corporate law firms in 14 African countries and the UAE. This relationship lets our clients access the best commercial and legal minds. It also gives us the excellent capability to serve clients across diverse borders.
Position Overview
Achieving Adili’s ambitious strategic priorities will be complex and challenging. Its continued success will be dependent on building and retaining a world-class team. The successful candidate will provide support to the Adili Leadership Team and ensure best-practice delivery of people & culture services.
He/she will champion the people agenda and will need to have a solid background in the entire P&C value chain.
The role will report to the Group Head of P&C (A&K and Adili) and will coordinate closely on People & Culture matters with other stakeholders including the senior leadership team.
Roles and Responsibilities
The roles and responsibilities outlined below cover the various entities covered under the Adili Group.
People & Culture Strategy Alignment
• In liaison with the Head of People & Culture, refine and implement a people & culture strategy that supports the needs of Adili group.
• Working closely with the Head of People & Culture, provide expert advice to assist the Senior leadership team and line managers to make informed people related decisions.
Recruitment Selection and Placement
• In liaison with the Senior Leadership team and the HoD, ensure a robust talent acquisition strategy that covers modern and workable recruitment, selection and placement activities that will ensure the group always acquires the best talent. This role will handle Talent Acquisition for both Anjarwalla & Khanna and Adili Group, working closely with the existing Talent Acquisition team.
• Facilitate the resource planning process for Adili group and assist with the development of and monitor the spending of the group’s recruitment budget.
• Identify and source appropriate talent for current open roles within the Group and manage the entire recruitment life cycle up to an including proper onboarding of new staff.
Performance Management & Learning & Development
• Work with line managers to ensure the performance management cycle including goal setting, check in’s and year-end reviews as well as performance improvement processes are well established and adhered to.
• Work with the senior leadership to drive effective continuous conversations and continue strengthening people management skills for line managers across the group.
• Work with knowledge management team to identify development needs and trainings that build people management and leadership skills and capabilities. This individual will also act as a co-facilitator for relevant programmes in a bid to build people leadership skills within the group.
• Manage the performance improvement plan process for staff.
• Work closely with the HoD to continuously implement processes that link rewards to performance.
Leadership Development & Organisational Design
• Work with the HoD and the knowledge management team to design and develop innovative and highly effective talent management programmes and processes.
• Ensure all critical roles have adequate succession planning to always support continuity within the Group.
• Identifying opportunities to increase an organization's effectiveness through efficient staffing, utilization and management of talent.
• Provide coaching and supervision to other members of the P&C team.
HR Advisory
• Handle employee engagement, training, performance management and separation processes.
• Provide expert advice to assist the Leadership to make informed P&C related decisions and provide relevant and up to date P&C reports.
• Support the integration and regionalization of best practices across AKI.
• Support institutional strengthening by working closely with the Acting Head of P&C to develop appropriate People and Culture policies for the company.
• Handle any employee relations matters and also manage employee welfare activities.
• Act as a trusted advisor on adhoc P&C matters.
Experience and personal qualities
This role will require a high calibre and experienced People & Culture professional with the highest levels of ambition and commitment.
The following experience is preferred:
• Bachelor's degree in HR or related field required.
• Must be a member of IHRM.
• At least 8 years work experience in HR.
• Must be a flexible person with ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and engage with people across all levels.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adjust their communication style to suit varied audiences.
• Must be a self-starter and a quick learner who is innovative and flexible to embrace new processes and approaches within the P&C value chain.
• Must have excellent people skills and ability to handle matters with a good balance between empathy and objectivity.
• Must have good oral and written communications skills.
• Must be very organised and good in time management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to communicate clearly with a range of people from diverse backgrounds.
• Assertive and able to challenge with credibility and sensitivity.
The following personal qualities are preferred:
• Firm commitment to the highest standards of quality.
• The ability to multi-task in a complex and demanding environment.
• The ability to build and maintain highly effective working relationships with a range of people (both internally and externally).
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Good emotional intelligence, including empathy, awareness and the ability to develop highly collaborative relationships.
• Strong attention to detail, and excellent time management skills.
• A commitment to team-work and working in a professional manner.
• Enthusiastic, diplomatic and calm under pressure.
• Ability to develop creative ideas and transform them into practical reality.
• Action-orientated and a positive can do attitude.
• A commitment to Adili’s mission and strong ethical integrity.
The role will be based in Nairobi, Kenya with possibilities of travel to our regional offices.
Application deadline is on Monday, 10th September 2024 by 6:00pm.