JOB ADVERT : People & Culture Champion (HR)

Company: Grassland Cameroon Ltd.

Reports to: Senior Management

Location: Yaounde, Cameroon

Compensation: 700K-1M FCFA

Who We Are

At Grassland Cameroon we invest in solutions that make farmers flourish. We know that with the right resources, they can improve their livelihoods and escape poverty. We also believe that our solutions can be profit making and sustainable, making certain that our farmers have uninterrupted assistance over several years. Our goal is to enable farmers to increase their productivity, access markets and ensure that their production is properly managed after harvest. 

What We Do

We are a food storage, drying, and distribution company that sources products from smallholder farmers, whom we support during the season with input loans and training, so that they can be more productive. We transform the farmers' produce into standardized, graded products that we sell across the country, to buyers who can be sure of the quality they receive.

About the Role

We are looking for a Human Resource officer to serve as our culture builder & administrative support to Senior Management. Specifically, this job will create an enabling environment for staff to stay engaged and feel as a community. They will not only seek to enforce and enhance company policy, but will be the human face of the company. In this regard, a successful candidate should be an endless optimist, who always sees the positive in everyone and every situation. Someone who is a natural leader and is unafraid to do the smallest support tasks like photocopying, to the more difficult tasks like termination. We are looking for a bubbly individual with an enthusiastic and upbeat personality, who is as comfortable in the office as in the field and always has an open door to encourage, engage and motivate all staff. 

Responsibilities and Duties, but not limited to:

• Align all business units with the company’s mission, vision and values and as such act as the liaison between all staff (including field agents, drivers, interns and senior management)
• Set the tone for communication within the company
• Organize and plan culture setting, team-building activities between staff so as to develop a strong connection between management and all staff
• Design, enhance & lead all recruitment, staff management, evaluation and termination administrative processes
• Ensure all staff related and administrative documents are e-filed as well as physically filed and stored
• Demonstrate teamwork by checking in with all business units to understand what their needs are and taking initiative to proffer solutions or help them achieve their targets

Qualification:

• At least 7 years of applicable experience;
• Demonstrated “can do” attitude;
• Experience in or demonstrated interest in agricultural value chains or agribusiness;
• Strong systems, process and best practices experience;
• Well organized and self-directed;
• High integrity and honesty;
• Articulate in English (preferred) and French;
• Excellent good writing skills in English;
• Excellent presentation preparation and delivery skills;
• Decisive with a “big picture” perspective

Skills required:

• Good communication skills;
• Fluent in English and can communicate in French;
• Legal and administrative knowledge on Cameroonian Labor Law;
• Managing priorities;
• Proactive;
• Coaching & advisory skills.

Benefits:

• Annual salary increase based on performance evaluations
• CNPS contributions
• Health insurance
• Company phone line
• At least 30 days paid time off per year
• Significant room for upward mobility
• Several opportunities for talent training and mentorship from global experts

If you think this is for you, we are excited to hear from you. Please apply using this link: https://forms.gle/YXs8isKVUjrTAULQ9 on or before 26/12/2023. Please state what excites you the most about this role, and what you think will be most challenging about it.

NB: if you are not contacted within 2 weeks from the deadline, you should consider yourself not shortlisted for the next stage.

GLC provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or any other status. Female applicants are highly encouraged.