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Strategic partnership and People Support (20%)

• Collaborate with the People Director to design, implement, and monitor comprehensive HR strategies and systems aligned with project objectives and Heifer’s regional and global people strategy.

• Drive the achievement of SAYE project-specific people and country-level objectives by ensuring HR strategies are responsive to project needs.

• Act as a business partner to all cluster coordinators and specialists to build trusted relationships, serve as a guide on all People and Culture related matters.

• Drive initiatives to promote a positive organizational culture, fostering employee engagement with the aim of improving project staff retention and enhancing employee experience.

Compliance and Risk Management (10%)

• Ensure compliance with national labor laws and internal policies throughout all employee lifecycle processes.

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records in local and global HRIS systems.

• Prepare timely reports on employee movements, departmental performance, and project HR KPIs, while safeguarding confidentiality.

• Support internal HR audits and employee relations efforts, including grievances, mediation, and resolution.

• Provide coaching and guidance to project line managers on people management best practices in line with policy.

• Stay abreast of changing legislation and regulations across our geographies.

• Support in identifying, assessing and reporting all threats and risks in People business processes for management and mitigation.

Performance Management and Reward Systems (20%)

• Monitor and evaluate progress against established project performance indicators, providing timely, data-driven reports and performance insights to Cluster teams. Highlight achievements, performance gaps, and actionable recommendations.

• Contribute to performance management by regularly reviewing individual and team plans to support a culture of continuous reflection, learning and improvement.

• Consolidate individual probational, bi-annual and annual, quarterly, and performance reports that drive project-level accountability.

• Contribute to periodic compensation benchmarking and reviews in collaboration with the People Director.

• Support the Project Director in ensuring internal pay equity, external competitiveness and budget oversight on rewards and benefits while maintaining alignment with overall country reward framework.

Employee Wellness, Wellbeing and Engagement (20%)

• Lead on the development and implementation of the SAYE Project employee engagement strategy, ensuring that strategy is informed by the Country people strategy, best practices and relevant regional and global people initiatives.

• Implement employee wellness and wellbeing initiatives to enhance employee wellness in line with the approved budgets and workplans as well as Heifer’s wellness and wellbeing framework.

• Oversee, review and advise on employee grievance handling and disciplinary processes in a manner that supports continuous growth and improvement.

• Coach and advise employees on solving problems and implementing resolutions for performance management challenges; provide guidance on corrective actions, policy interpretation and other workplace human resources challenges.

Learning & Development (20%)

• Support the identification of project-specific learning needs, plan capacity-building interventions, and ensure delivery of mandatory and strategic training programs.

• Coach line managers to identify employee learning and career aspirations and agree effective development plans.

• Collaborate with the SAYE leadership team to design and deliver capacity-building initiatives, including training and knowledge-sharing on a wide span of work-related areas of learning and not limited to agribusiness, market systems, gender equity, and youth engagement.

• Strengthen the organizational and technical capacity of implementing partners to ensure consistent, quality delivery across all project components.

• Stay abreast of emerging trends within the People function, integrating new approaches to strengthen and improve the organization’s people systems.

• Continuous learning for individual growth and career progression

Operational Support (10%)

• Support the People Director to develop, maintain and review People policies and procedures that ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, best practice and Heifer internal guidelines.

• Implement efficient HR systems and processes to streamline HR operations, ensuring timely and accurate processing of employee information.

• Provide regular training to project staff on relevant policies, procedures, and best practices.

• Develop and implement a system for monitoring and reporting on HR metrics and KPIs, ensuring compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements.

• Proactively identify and address potential HR risks and compliance issues; implement corrective measures to mitigate risks and ensure adherence to regulations.

• Partner with the SAYE Project Director, People Director, and other stakeholders to forecast and assess workforce needs for the SAYE Project.

• Support the People Director in the recruitment efforts of project staff, maintaining accurate recruitment documentation, metrics, and reporting systems.

• Work closely with the People Director in managing Talent and monitor implementation of Heifer Uganda’s Succession Plan.