Minimum Requirements:

• 5 - 7 years working experience within/across functions, with at least 3 years in a senior management role
  
• Degree in HR /Public Administration level qualification or equivalent, MBA preferred
  
• Experience in managing managers (ideally), with demonstrated skills in building anchoring and developing great talent.
  
• Knowledge of local labour legislation and experience in labour relations is required
  
• Demonstrated experience in managing the People processes related to the end to-end employee life cycle
  
• Track record of building excellent relationships and credibility with senior business leaders based on solid commercial acumen and ability to identify customer needs and delivering defined solutions.
  

• Provide strategic guidance to Uganda leadership on people matters and ensure alignment of people strategy with business strategy
  
• Manage the people function in the business unit, focusing on talent attraction, Induction & onboarding, people cycle , internal communications, learning & development needs, employee engagement, employee relations and performance package management. This is delivered by providing context and requirements from the organization to the respective NoEs to ensure these can be translated in People strategies and programs
  
• Contribute to Uganda's 1 year plan and 3 year plan by delivering on the requirements as detailed in the plans
  
• Embed the VPO/DPO Programme at the Sites
  
• Build People capability and credibility through robust development and coaching
  
• Embed the People Cycle across all functions
  
• Manage the talent processes to support the current and future development and deployment needs of Uganda
  
• Ensure that all relevant legislative diversity requirements are met, and support is provided to functional leaders around the diversity agenda
  
• Support the annual target setting processes, ensuring an aligned collective effort focused on strategic priorities
  
• Work with the leadership teams to assess learning needs in Uganda required to deliver the business strategy
  
• Regular interaction with union leadership team in country
  
• Together with the local talent and learning & development teams , develop and implement a strategy to (a) build strong recruitment programs to attract talent and (b) grow and develop talent (c) drive high employee engagement in Uganda
  
• Manage reward and compensation in Uganda in line with reward strategy guidelines