Talent Associate

Background

Alaro City is a joint venture between Rendeavour, the largest new city and industrial park builder in Africa, and the Lagos State Government. It is one of the fastest growing real estate and urban development projects in Nigeria. It is conceived on 2,000 hectares of land and has areas for offices, logistics and warehousing, homes, schools, healthcare facilities, hotels, entertainment and 150 hectares of parks and open spaces.

Located in the North West Quadrant of the Lekki Free Zone, Alaro City is ideally situated on the Lekki-Epe Expressway for ease of transportation to Lagos or towards the rest of Nigeria.

Alaro City is a secure, predictable and proven environment for individuals and businesses, and already home to investments by notable global and local business such as BUA Group, CAT (Mantrac), Ariel Foods, Kenol, SANA Group and international real estate developers and investors.

It is in close proximity to the future Lagos international airport and close to the region's largest deep sea port and major Nigerian and international companies.

The people in our team are multi-skilled and experts in their respective fields. They possess a unique drive, underpinned by the desire to help improve Africa's urban development

RESPONSIBILITES

The Talent Associate will facilitate recruitment and employee performance management processes at Alaro City.

Responsibilities will include:

·       Collaborate with hiring managers to develop job descriptions by setting role requirements and qualification criteria

·       Source suitable candidates through databases, online employment forums, social media, and other employment channels

·       Screen job applications in collaboration with the hiring manager

·       Schedule interviews and oversee the preparation of interview questions and other hiring and selection materials.

·       Collaborate with the hiring manager during the offer process, identifying and recommending salary ranges, incentives, and start dates

·       Complete paperwork for new hires

·       Coordinate new hires' onboarding, orientations and update records of new staff

·       Prepare reports on recruitment activity for quarterly board meetings.

·       Project manage the automation of employee performance review process

·       Work with function heads in the setting of annual objectives and Objective Key Result Indicators (OKRs) for departments

·       Ensure that function heads communicate the approved departmental OKRs to their teams for the setting of individual employee OKRs

·       Initiate & coordinate annual company-wide KPIs setting in November of each year for the following year.

·       Coordinate mid and year-end employee performance appraisals by sending out company-wide communication on the performance appraisal period timelines and collect final individual employee appraisal forms for submission to the Talent Coordinator & filing

·       Maintain knowledge of best practices and regulatory changes in employment law and performance management

Hard skills and experience:

·       A bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management or a related field;

·       Proven 4 to 6 years as a recruiter.

Soft skills:

·       Mature, pragmatic, and flexible approach, strong commercial judgment.

·       Team player but comfortable working autonomously.

·       Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

·       Good negotiation skills.

·       Good attention to detail.

·       Rigorous and organized approach.

·       Hands-on, ready to roll up the sleeves.

Personal characteristics:

·       High energy

·       Self-driven;

·       Result-oriented;

·       Strong work ethics

·       Ability to work effectively under pressure;

·       Team player with good interpersonal skills.