Senior HR Officer
📍 Various Kenya
💼 Full-Time & Onsite
🏷 N/A
Open
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Industries
FMCG
Location
Various, Kenya
Application Deadline
September 24, 2026
Posted On
September 22, 2026
Job Description
Our client is seeking an experienced, dynamic Senior Human Resources Officer to provide strategic and operational HR support across designated markets.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive HR support to regional offices and business units.
- Partner with regional and head office leadership on workforce planning, organisational development, and employee relations.
- Manage recruitment, onboarding, staff movements, and workforce planning across the markets.
- Support performance management processes and ensure effective implementation of performance objectives and reviews.
- Drive employee engagement, retention, learning, and development initiatives.
- Advise management on employee relations, disciplinary matters, grievances, and HR policies.
- Ensure compliance with applicable employment legislation and internal HR policies across the region.
- Maintain accurate and confidential employee records and HR information.
- Prepare and analyse HR reports, workforce metrics, and management dashboards.
- Support compensation and benefits administration and provide relevant market insights.
- Coordinate HR audits and ensure compliance with statutory and organisational requirements.
- Work closely with HR teams across different locations to standardise HR processes and promote best practices.
- Support change management, organisational restructuring, and other strategic people initiatives.
- Provide guidance and mentorship to junior HR team members.
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree or Diploma in Human Resources Management
- 4–6 years of progressive experience in HR generalist roles with exposure to managing HR operations across multiple sites
- Sound knowledge of employment legislation, HR policies, employee relations, and contemporary HR best practices.
- Demonstrated experience across key HR functions, including talent management, performance management, recruitment, learning and development, and workforce planning.
- Strong understanding of employee engagement and the ability to build positive and productive workplace relationships.
- Proficiency in HR analytics, reporting, data interpretation, and HR-related problem-solving.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, influencing, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to work effectively across diverse teams and locations, with strong organisational and coordination skills.