Human Resources Officer

Job Description

Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons to fill the above post which has arisen within the Zimbabwe Gender Commission.

The position exists to coordinate, implement and continually research on all human resources developmental systems, statutory regulations, conditions of service and industrial relations matter effectively as to ensure a conducive working environment and reports to Human Resources Manager.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the HR Manager in Recruitment and Selection process to ensure that the organization is manned by highly capable people so as to achieve organizational goals. This will be achieved through the following:
• Avail required CVs for the recruitment process and arranging interviews and participate in interviews for lower grades
• Conduct Reference Checks, as and when required to ensure vacancies are filled on time and correctly.
• Prepare HR and training budgets for the whole organisation to ensure that all training costs are within the allocated funds
• Assist in the bereavement of staff to provide support to ensure that employees have a sense of belonging.
• Promote a family environmentthat cares about all staff and conduct counselling of staff.
• Recommend training of workers committee to equip them with the skills to handle employee grievances.
• Assist with Labour Relations issue‘ such as disciplinary and grievance procedures by ensuring that all correspondence is sent out timeously to all relevant stakeholders for planning purposes and communication
• Take minutes during hearings when these arise to ensure fairness and discipline is observed and for record keeping in adherence to set statutory regulations
• Monitor changes in job content and nature and scope of new jobs and ensure that re grading and job evaluation is conducted to promote a fair and transparent system.
• Ensure that job descriptions are updated and revised when nature and scope of jobs change.
• Develop -an annual training program by sifting through the performance appraisal forms and identifying skills gaps that need to be addressed through training.
• Assist the Manager in summarizing staff performance into departmental performance schedules so as to ascertain how the departments are performing as a whole and identify gaps.
• Conduct follow ups on performance tracking to ensure all employees' performance is tracked at all times.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Human Resource Management/ Social Sciences or equivalent.
• 3-5 years' relevant experience.
• Results Focus.
• Organizational Awareness.
• Initiative.
• Interpersonal Understanding.
• Organizational Commitment.
• Conceptual Thinking.

Skills