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HR & Administration Manager
About this role
The role is for an experienced HR professional to lead and strengthen HR and administrative functions for NRC Nigeria, based in Abuja. The HR & Administration Manager will drive the HR strategy, improve recruitment, staff development, and capacity-building, and ensure HR and admin systems meet NRC standards. It targets Nigerian nationals and supports NRC’s country programme in humanitarian settings. The employer is a humanitarian NGO operating globally, focusing on refugees and internally displaced people, with around 5,000 staff and projects in about 25 countries.
What you would do
- Lead the implementation of NRC people management systems and related HR initiatives at country and area office levels.
- Support senior leaders and HR teams to run an effective HR function across area offices.
- Facilitate staff consultations, town halls, and feedback sessions to maintain employee engagement.
- Oversee staff wellbeing and maintain a best-practice staff care programme across the country.
- Support role mapping, position rationalisation, and communication of organisational changes with leadership.
- Ensure robust onboarding plans across country offices.
- Strengthen recruitment processes to meet programme needs and standards.
- Ensure payroll accuracy before transmission to Finance.
- Coordinate office and accommodation management and support administration team activities.
- Oversee staff travel arrangements and ensure work permits, immigration and visas are processed.
What they are asking for
- Postgraduate qualification in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Organizational Development or Management Studies.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience as a senior HR Manager in a humanitarian or recovery context.
- Experience working in complex and volatile contexts.
- Fluency in English; local language is an added advantage.
- Experience in a large and dynamic country programme.
- Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills with capacity-building experience.
- Proven initiative and ability to build an HR structure and staff development programmes.
- Experience in staff recruitment and knowledge of Central and West Africa region and Nigeria context.
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