About Busara

 

At Busara, we address some of the most pressing challenges facing vulnerable populations across the Global South through a behavioral science lens. Our work spans Health, Financial Inclusion, Agriculture, Climate Change, and related sectors, generating evidence to inform better policy and programmatic decisions.

 

About the Role

The Senior People Officer plays a crucial role in implementing Busara's talent and people strategies, supporting the organization's growth, and enhancing the employee experience. As an advisory firm, Busara operates in a consulting firm setup, managing multiple teams in different geographies. This dynamic environment requires a strong focus on people management, talent acquisition, employee development, and the maintenance of a positive organizational culture.

The Senior People Officer leads and implements key people initiatives that align with Busara's strategic talent objectives across five core themes. This role ensures people processes are efficient, inclusive and reflective of organizational values.

This position is responsible for implementing talent acquisition and staffing processes, supporting performance and talent development efforts, coordinating employee engagement activities, ensuring effective HR administration, and promoting diversity, inclusion, and well-being. Success requires exceptional communication and relationship management skills to collaborate effectively with managers, staff, and external partners across multiple locations.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

\nTalent Acquisition and StaffingTalent DevelopmentPerformance Management & Objective Setting

• Responsible for the onboarding process, ensuring consistent implementation of organizational and functional onboarding activities.
• Implement and monitor performance management cycle (objective setting, reviews, feedback, reporting)
• Provide guidance to DMs on performance management processes including: Probation management, objective setting, snapshots and competency reviews
• Monitor performance improvement plans, provide support to DMs and staff and ensure appropriate closure of performance processes
• Continually updating competency frameworks, sensitizing managers and employees of competencies required per each job group; monitor the progress of employees against competencies.

HR Administration and Compliance People, Policies, and Process Management

• Ensure people policies and SOPs are up to date, through continuous reviews and updates
• Ensure staff are aware of the policies and processes through training & dissemination
• Maintain accurate records of people policies and processes
• Continuously innovate improvements on people systems and processes

Employee Engagement and Wellness ProgramsTeam Leadership and ManagementKnowledge, Skills, and Experience

Minimum Requirements 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management or relevant field. 
• 4 years of experience as a HR generalist and at least 1 year in a senior officer capacity.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills that enable you to work with people at all levels of an organization, motivate others, and influence people's attitudes when necessary.
• Strong written and spoken communication and presentation skills that allow you to inform and advise others clearly.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities at a time. 
• Ability to innovate new strategies, initiatives that engage, inspire, and motivate employees to perform at their best. 
• Critical thinking skills – ability to analyze situations and come up with the best possible solutions
• Collaborative mindset – can coordinate and work well with a team towards a singular outcome 
• Leadership mindset – takes initiative in situations, demonstrates ability to balance objectivity and empathy in managing complicated scenarios
• Agility and adaptability – easily and quickly adapt to changing circumstances

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Busara is an equal opportunity employer committed to building diverse, inclusive teams. 

We particularly encourage applications from candidates with lived experience in the communities and contexts we work in.

We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis until the position is filled. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible.