Job Description

Exciting Credit Sector Career Opportunities

Our client, a leading and one of the fastest-growing non-deposit taking Credit Company with countrywide presence and strong market footprint, seeks to recruit dynamic, results oriented energetic and self-driven individuals for the following roles.

Human Resource Manager

Role Overview: The role holder will be responsible for overseeing the human capital of the entire organization and ensuring alignment between human resources and the companies business plans and strategies are delivered through people.

This role will require someone with a keen eye for detail, big picture thinking and a yearning for results.

Job Summary

Job title: Human Resource Manager

Department: Human Resource and Administration

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Supervises: Human Resource Officers

Location: Nairobi, Kenya.

Number of Positions: One (1) Position

Placement: Immediate

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support business growth through organizational design to ensure that the organization remains optimally positioned to survive and excel in the market.


• Liaising with CEO, COO, sector heads, heads of departments, branch team leaders and other critical members of the team to establish talent requirements and provide recruitment solutions including use recruitment agencies to meet existing and emerging needs.


• Support organizational change by refining the desired outcomes, creating an accurate scope, establishing clear roles, and objective decision-making.


• Identifying emerging workforce and talent trends and recommend solutions to improve employee attraction, performance, retention, development, and employee value proposition.


• Design, lead, and work closely with heads of departments to ensure all approved HR initiatives/programs are implemented effectively within the entire organization.


• Work with business leaders to define the organization structure, key measurement, key success factor.


• Developing staff competencies and skills through continuous training of products and policies for performance improvement as per set targets and standards.


• Facilitating implementation of a feedback mechanism at strategic touch points to facilitate open discussions of organizational improvement opportunities from employees.


• Oversee staff training and development, competencies, and skills development through continuous internal and external training on policies, procedures as well as core skills and soft skills necessary for performance of tasks.


• Ensure all HR practices, policies and records are in full compliance with statutory requirements and any inconsistencies and non-compliances are addressed.


• Create a system to measure/assess understanding, buy-in and support of HR change management activities and initiatives rolled out by the company from time to time.


• Provide the needed HR support for all organizations projects, programs, or activities that require HR intervention or contribution.


• With other senior leaders, establish, build, and maintain a favorable organizational culture that supports the business goals across the organization.


• Work to ensure continuity and consistency by promoting, recognizing, and rewarding discipline across the entire organization.


• Manage the organizations reward and compensation by ensuring pay equity, pay reviews, alignment with performance, pay adequacy, pay competitiveness and the integrity and correctness of the company’s payroll.


• Maintain the organizations stability by ensuring that appropriate HR policies, procedures and processes are developed, implemented, and documented.


• Performing any other tasks as may be requested from time to time.

Person Specification (Qualifications and Relevant Work Experience)

• A minimum of bachelor’s degree in Human Resource or equivalent field from a recognized institution.


• A relevant post graduate qualification in HR (Masters, Diploma, CHRP-K) is an added advantage.


• A member of Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM) desirable.


• At least 5 years’ work experience with three years in Banking/Microfinance/Credit industry is a MUST.


• A persona with excellent problem resolution, conflict, and team management skills.


• Proven track record of success in ambiguous and complex environments.


• Hands on and innovative thinker who can deliver solutions to new challenges.


• An eye for detail as well as the big picture perspective.

Extra Attributes

• Report writing skills, Excellent people skills, communication, interpersonal, organizational and negotiation skills


• Demonstrated team leadership and sense of responsibility.


• Proficiency in MSOffice suite *MS word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Email)


• Knowledge and experience of HR information system (HRIS) desirable.


• Maturity, honesty, integrity, and a strong sense of ethics

Applications Procedure

If you meet the above criteria and are interested in making a meaningful career move in the fast-growing Credit Finance Sector, apply by submitting your CV in confidence to:

The Talent & Human Capital Lead
Esquire Consultants Limited.
P.O Box 76883-00620,
Nairobi.

Via our placement email: recruit@esquireconsultants.co.ke

Please Note:

Do not attach certificates and testimonials in your application.

Kindly indicate your EXPECTED SALARY in your CV or application.

For Branch Team leader role, kindly indicate your Preferred Branch in your application.

Closing date for applications is Friday 30th September 2022.

Shortlisting will be carried out on a rolling basis as applications stream in.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

If you do not hear from us by Friday 10th October 2022, consider your application unsuccessful but your CV will remain in our database for future consideration.

Our client is an equal opportunities employer.

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