The British Council is the world’s leading cultural relations organization and creates opportunities for people in the UK and worldwide to understand each other, to work together and learn from one another. We see this as crucial to building secure, more prosperous and sustainable futures for us all.
We build trust and understanding between different countries and cultures and develop strong international links that are of benefit to people in Britain and the rest of the world.
The Head of Human Resources Nigeria & West Africa Cluster will lead a team of in country/Cluster HR professionals to provide high quality, customer-focused functional support to all teams based in the cluster of countries. Key focus will be on interpretation and tactical application of policy to suit local business needs as well as resolution of complex problems.
Main purpose:
The post holder will support the Human Resources Director by providing operational Human Resources expertise across the broad spectrum of HR activity. This role will support the Human Resource Director to develop strategies, plans, budgets, projects and timelines to deliver the people and business plan. The role will be key to ensuring that the Human Resource services provided in the West Africa Cluster are consistent with global Human Resource policies and processes, reflect local policy frameworks, and are high quality and efficient.
The Opportunity:
The post holder will report to the SSA Human Resource Director and will work closely with the other members of the regional HR team, who provide senior HR expertise to the region. S/he will also need to engage with Human Resource leaders in the global and regional Centres of Expertise and Strategic Business Units to ensure alignment of frameworks, policies, casework and core standards and ensure HR/business insights and knowledge is shared.
S/he will be working in a context with varying degrees of complexity in the external Human Resource regulatory environment, geopolitical stability, talent availability and cultural difference. Part of the complexity of the role will be to navigate these complexities to ensure the
best balance between global, regional and country requirements. See highlights of Accountabilities:
Service improvement
If you would like to see full details and understand more about this post then please see the documents below:
How are to Apply
Head of Human Resources Nigeria & West Africa Cluster.doc
BC Behaviour.pdf
BC Core Skills.pdf
Further details:
If you are interested in the post and feel that you are suitable for the role, then we would really like to hear from you.
Apply on before 10th October 2017 (23:59 UK Time)
Our Equality Commitment:
Valuing diversity is essential to the British Council’s work. We aim to abide by and promote equality legislation by following both the letter and the spirit of it to avoid unjustified discrimination, recognising discrimination as a barrier to equality of opportunity, inclusion and human rights. All staff worldwide are required to ensure their behaviour is consistent with our policies, and Human Resource as a function is absolutely committed to this.
The British Council is committed to a policy of equal opportunity and is keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within the organisation. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. In line with the British Council’s Child Protection policy, any appointment is contingent on thorough checks. In the UK, and in other countries where appropriate systems exist, these include criminal records checks.
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