One Acre Fund,Human Resources Officer Jobs in Malawi

Private-sector style
career development in a growing social enterprise, an excellent career
development opportunity:

Industry:
Nonprofit/International
Development

Function:
People Operations

Employer:
One Acre Fund Malawi

Job
Title:
Human Resources Officer

Job
Location: Zomba,
Malawi

Duration: Full-time

Deadline: 5 Feb 2016

Start Date: 1 March 2016

Organization Description

Most of the world’s poor are farmers,
representing the largest and most uniform group of people in the world. One
Acre Fund is a growing NGO in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda and
Malawi that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their
full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre Fund invests in
farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a
“market bundle” that includes education, finance, seed and
fertilizer, and market access. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we
weigh thousands of harvests and measure 50-100% average gain in farm income per
acre. We are growing quickly. In ten years, we have grown to serve 250,000 farm
families with more than 2,000 full-time field staff, and we will triple again
in the coming three years. Our approach has won widespread validation,
including grants from The MasterCard Foundation and Gates Foundation.
Website: www.oneacrefund.org.

We launched our pilot in Malawi in late 2013,
and now serve over 2,600 farm families through our input loan program here.
Separately, we are in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture to boost
smallholder adoption of improved inputs and agricultural practices. Our
national HQ is in Zomba. As we grow our operations across the country in the
coming years, we expect to open additional regional offices.

Job Description

– Regional personnel filing

– Regular travel across the region

– Leaves and disciplinary tracking and summaries

– Drive Policy Trainings and implementation
within regional districts

– Attend all HR monthly trainings and meetings

– Maintain the staff information database

– Management of staff reserve and staff
replacements

– Support in coordinating activities/initiatives
around staff benefits

– You will have regular liaison communications
with department managers on upcoming HR activities at districts level

– You will be first contact point for staff
grievances and any needed appeals that may take place at the regional level

– Performance review process support

– Support department managers with disciplinary
procedures according to the set HR policies

– Hiring, on-boarding and promotion process
support

– Run monthly payroll submissions for all the
regional districts and facilitate distribution of pay slips

– Any other HR related assignments as requested
by your supervisor

Career Growth and Development

One Acre Fund invests heavily in building
management and leadership skills. Your manager will invest significant time in
your career development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered
through mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews.
We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career
goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be
passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new roles
opening up and opportunities in many functions. This results in fast career
growth for our staff.

Qualifications

– Minimum two years’ experience in HR or office
administration

– Minimum of Diploma in HR Management or
Business Management

– Excellent computer skills with proficiency in
excel and power point

– Be willing to relocate to Zomba

– Conversant with Malawi labour and employment
laws

– Discreet and able to handle confidential
information of both staff and the organization

– Attention to detail

– Strong work ethic and good numerical skills

– Quick learner and team player

– Excellent written and verbal communicator good
organizational skills

– A strong sense of ethics, honesty and
integrity