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Employee Relations and Talent Manager
About this role
EMRC seeks an experienced Employee Relations and Talent Manager to lead and improve the People, Culture and Capacity Building function. The role focuses on hiring, developing, engaging and retaining talent, strengthening workplace culture, and expanding training services for clients in the energy and power sector. It is a hands-on leadership position that requires managing people-related processes and working with management to support organisational priorities. The employer provides consulting services across energy sectors to governments, regulators, utilities, and private sector clients. Location is Abuja and the role is on-site.
What you would do
- Coordinate recruitment activities from vacancy adverts to onboarding and candidate assessment
- Support workforce planning, succession, retention, and talent pipelines for key roles
- Handle reference checks and pre-employment documentation
- Manage employee relations matters including disciplinary processes, grievances and investigations
- Maintain confidential records of employee relations issues and resolutions
- Serve as primary contact for employee relations and guide management and staff
- Facilitate conflict resolution and mediation as needed
- Oversee performance management processes and support development of KPIs
- Coordinate performance reviews, probation assessments and confirmations
- Develop and monitor learning and development plans and coordinate training initiatives
What they are asking for
- Experience in HR leadership with emphasis on employee relations and talent management
- Strong interpersonal skills and professional judgement
- Ability to manage end-to-end HR processes and work with management to achieve priorities
- Experience with performance management, training, onboarding and HR systems
- Knowledge of disciplinary processes, investigations and conflict resolution
- Ability to develop job descriptions, competency requirements and evaluation criteria
- Experience in building talent pipelines and succession planning
- Strong organisational skills and attention to data protection and records management
- Ability to implement process improvements in HR administrative workflows
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in HR, Business or related field (not stated in source but typical)
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