Human Resources Manager - Pre Opening (French speaking)

Human Resources Manager - Pre Opening (French speaking)

Department: Human Resources & Training

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time

Location: Congo - Brazzaville

Reporting To: Director of Human Resources

Description

Supports the Director of Human Resources as a Business Partner ensuring the delivery of the ambitious business objectives of the hotel by locally delivering the strategicHR agenda focused on attracting, developing, engaging, and retaining talent, ensuring effective performance management, supporting organizational design and workforce planning, and ensuring efficient and compliant HR operations.

Key Responsibilities

The Human Resources Manager will assist the Director of Human Resources in the following areas:

• Support and coach the leadership team in any organizational and people topics, to help them achieve their guest service and business objectives.
• Maintain and develop a strong employer brand in the local market and beyond, implement effective and innovative search and selection for senior as well as volume recruitment through a variety of sources, as well as an effective onboarding process.
• Drive strong colleague engagement through employee communication and creative activities and events, and ensure proactive follow up on engagement survey results and ongoing feedback, handle staff grievance issues proactively
• Understand the competitive positioning of the hotel as an employer in the market and create appropriate compensation & benefits structures based on market and internal benchmarking
• Plan and implement an annual budget and manning guide, following up closely on personnel costs, and preparing local management reporting as well as corporate reports

Ensures that corporate and local policies & procedures are communicated and implemented.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• University Degree in HR, Economics, Administration or Law.
• Fluent in French and English.
• 6 years prior work experience in HR Management in the hospitality, preferably luxury, industry with at least 2 of those years in a leading position.
• Significant understanding of work culture in Congo.