Job Title: HR Projects Manager

Reports to: Head of HR

Location: Nairobi

WATU is a focus-driven, customer-centric company that believes everyone deserves the opportunity to be an entrepreneur and achieve their ambitious goals in life. As Africa’s fastest-growing Asset Finance company, we see the continent’s bright and prosperous future and want to be part of making it a reality. Our vision is to provide asset financing for motorcycles and three-wheelers to those who understand that when provided with the right tools, they can fulfill their dreams and the needs of their families and community. We Empower Entrepreneurs by providing the means needed to move and improve lives.
We are looking for doers who are ready to roll up their sleeves and, with their hard work and dedication, create the impact needed in our communities. Do you want to become a part of our ambitious and creative team of smart individuals and make a difference and you have what it takes? Then read on and apply for this exciting opportunity!

Our business is growing rapidly with more than 150,000 customers in Kenya. In this context, we are seeking to onboard a HR Projects Manager who will be responsible for creating, managing, and executing various projects to standardize and strengthen HR practice across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Plan, coordinate and execute projects across the business including reporting on project status and/or potential risks in critical path.
2. Drive alignment across all of the pillars of the HR team (i.e strategy, L+D, Events, People Ops).
3. Own internal documentation of the HR operations team, creating a canon of process documentation that keeps the team highly organized. 
4. Build HR competence to deliver on various HR projects through learning and development initiatives.
5. Work across the HR operations team’s list of initiatives to ensure all projects are well measured, scoped, defined and tracked. 
6. Support in the implementation of changes emanating from various projects ensuring seamless alignment to the affected functions and processes.
7. Evaluate the current business state and design alternative and future state HR initiatives and approaches and facilitate implementation.
8. Update key stakeholder on project agenda and other dependencies through meetings and in documentation throughout the project life cycle.
9. In delivery of the projects, ensure congruence with the various aspects of the HR spectrum including employee relations, recruitment, and retention etc and employment laws and regulations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience required:

• • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management or a business-related field
  • 5-7 years’ experience in generalist HR with at least 4 years managing and executing HR projects
  • Excellent project management skills with in-depth knowledge of project delivery life cycle.
  • Ability to work with team members across multiple levels of the organization
  •  Demonstrable competence in comprehending, documenting. assessing and improving complex business processes.

What we offer:

• Be a part of an international, dynamic, and driven team that has set their aspirations high and work hard to achieve those
• Opportunities to learn and grow together with us
• Competitive compensation package
• Health benefits

Do you see yourself being part of the WATU team? Then please apply with your CV and a cover letter, we are looking forward to working with you!