With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
Come join our 33,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!
Key Responsibilities:
Application Deadline: 29th April 2025
Application Language: Please submit your CV in English.
Overview
VisionFund World Vision’s microfinance arm, VisionFund International, owns Tanzania. The way that VisionFund International collaborates with World Vision’s community-based development initiatives to combat rural poverty sets it apart. Right now, VisionFund Tanzania (VFT) is Tanzania’s fourth-largest and fastest-growing microfinance institution (MFI). It is also firmly self-sustainable, has the best quality portfolio, and operates with some of the most efficiency (second lowest cost per borrower).
All facets of the VisionFund Tanzania Office’s human resources department are under the purview of the Head of People, Culture, and Administration. P&C Strategy, staffing, recruiting, retention, performance management, employee relations, remuneration, compliance, individual development, and succession planning are the main responsibilities of the role, which reports to the CEO. The incumbent makes ensuring that HR initiatives support the changing HR demands of the company and are in line with VFT’s vision, values, and long-term business plan. Supporting the growth and retention of a high-performance workforce and a learning culture is the position’s main goal.
Key Responsibilities
People & Culture strategy
- Ensures that good insurance covers for staff are in place that will be of benefit to the organization
- All Policies are updated as required quarterly present to board P & C matter
- Provides strategic People support and advice on Human Resources issues
- Updates the employee handbook on a per need basis, and ensures that all revision and addition to the policies are written in the employee handbook; Informs all concerned staff the changes entered into the employee handbook;
- Recommend employees recognition activities to honour individual milestones and achievements
Manpower planning & Budgets
- Prepares and submits annual budget and plan for the approval of the senior management team (SMT)
- Aligns with SMT on manpower planning
- Contributes and advises in senior management strategic planning, with particular responsibility for HR needs, policies and procedures.
Recruitment and Onboarding Job searching tools
- Develops letters of appointment, transfer, promotion, and the like; and sends to the concerned staff after approval.
- Conducts “due diligence” or the “fit and proper” test to assess the job applicant’s background and character.
- Ensures that VF Tanzania maintains a standardized and systematic hiring and recruitment process; develops or updates hiring policies and procedures most appropriate to individual positions.
- Coordinates all recruitment for VF Tanzania: reviews staff requisitions, supervises the hiring and contractual process, and arranges for the new employee’s orientation with the immediate supervisor.
Compensation & Rewards
- Reviews the benefits scheme (compensation, incentives, and other benefits) on an annual basis; ensures that it is properly administered in accordance with the employee handbook, and if necessary, recommends to the CEO the renewal of the scheme;
- Conducts consultations with department heads to determine performance indicators and benchmarks per position;
- Periodically carries out salaries and benefits surveys for the review process in order to develop and maintain a competitive compensation package and incentive schemes for staff.
Performance management & Engagement
- Implement and monitor staff performance appraisals is done on a regular basis in Workday
- Reviews the performance appraisal & calibration effectiveness in workday
- Investigates all disciplinary and grievance cases with the respective staff, provides guidance, and corrective action through counseling, training, or instituting disciplinary procedures;
- In consultation with the senior management, develops performance indicators and standards for incentives
- Branch efficiency & Effectiveness
- Annual safeguarding assessment & Reporting
Capability & competency management
- Conducts periodic staff training needs and plans for capacity building- training and staff development.
- Coordinates and develops the staff development strategy to make sure that the staff continues to achieve professional growth within VF Tanzania
- Ensures 100% completion of mandatory annual training
- Monthly & quarterly reporting
Employee relations & Change agent
- Staff engagement through annual Voice survey
- Support leave management
- Advisor P&C whistle-blower Committee on policies & regulations governing staff disciplinary
- Coordinates grievance hearing between the staff and the committees
- Staff orientation on MIP / annual BPS
- Ethics Points IIM investigations
Procurement and Office Administration
- Procurement to be in line with the procurement policy
- Analyse the purchase request from the user departments and determine the appropriate method of procurement
- Provide oversight and guidance to the procurement committee;
Security management
- Property management
- Handle all security alerts to both staff members and visitors
- Facilitate training on security to the staff members
- Fleet management
- Stores management
Required Knowledge and Qualifications
- Both strategic and tactical: able to lead in a ‘role up your sleeves’ manner that is perceived to be people-centric and effective.
- Master/Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources Management or related field. Bachelors’ Degree in HR, Social Science, Psychology or related field
- Experience in using various human resource information systems
- Expertise in national labor law, employment legislation & employment practices.
- Excellent interpersonal, communications, customer service, consulting, coaching and organizational skills, with a track record of driving change and innovation.
- Strong problem solver with strong business skills and strategic acumen, analytical skills, and excellent team-building skills.
- Culturally astute, respectful and tolerant, able to promote and support diversity in the workplace, and able to gain the trust and respect of peers.
Language Requirements, Work Environment, and Travel
The job needs the ability and willingness to travel up to 25% of the time both domestically and abroad.
Proficiency in both written and oral English
Accepted Applicant Types: Only Local Candidates
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