Human Resource Business Partner (HRBP)
Are you looking for an employer who promotes individual excellence and mutual respect in a team-driven high performance culture?
Are you passionate about people and partnering with business to make transformational change?
Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “e Kingdom Bank” is the place for those looking to add value to their career.
Do you possess extensive experience in the HR Business Partner model in leading transformative people strategies and giving focused HR solutions to business issues?
We are looking to place a seasoned, knowledgeable, dynamic and creative HR professional looking to deepen their experience in a Human Resource Business Partner role.
This position presents you with the opportunity to grow and develop an exciting career that will allow you to provide specialized coaching, support and transformational influence in supporting the business areas of the Bank to effectively deliver on their business strategy and people agenda.
You will be joining the business at a really exciting time where the people agenda is at the centre of executing our business strategy.
The Role
Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to:
Be a strategic partner to the business by aligning HR strategies to respond to business and having an in-depth understanding of the business to provide appropriate HR interventions in partnership with the leadership.
Ensure HR programs are aligned with culture, facilitating HR activities and employee transactions, tracking trends in business and employee performance, behaviors, HR and business metrics, providing guidance on policies and procedures
Facilitation of resolution of employee engagement issues and consultatively creating sustained solutions to individual and collective employee opportunity areas
Coordinate and influence the development of a performance culture through effective implementation of the KPI focused performance management system with appropriate measures of success and consequence management
Coach line management and cultivate appropriate development solutions to raise skills and productivity
Take ownership for the talent agenda within the Business Units, ensuring that the talent needs both today and for the future are planned for and are in place. This include clarity of emerging skill requirements within the Business Units.
Working with leadership teams, you will be responsible for setting the right environment for change, ensuring that throughout this time, employee engagement is maintained
Play a pivotal role in facilitating HR solutions to meet business needs and using people metrics to focus People agenda action plans
Play an integral role in business transformation / change programs within HR division, Business Units, and the Bank at large
Monitor trends and developments in the HR/Competency development field to support the Company’s business strategy and link with learning interventions that are relevant for the Business
Skills, Competencies and Experience
The successful candidate will be required to have the following skills and competencies:
Bachelors or Master’s degree in social sciences. Post graduate qualification in HR
Good knowledge of employment legislation as it pertains to Employment Act, ILO conventions etc
Have significant HR experience at Business Partner level, ideally within a high volume, fast-paced and customer-focused environment
Excellent business acumen and strategic thinking
Possess problem solving and analytical capability
Have the ability to develop effective working relationships with employees at all levels
Possess strong change management, negotiation and influencing skills
Have intellectual curiosity bringing valuable insight into the team/business
Highly driven with ability to set stretching goals for self and team while continuously pushing for results
How to Apply:
If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career, send your detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke by 9th July 2015.
Please quote this reference on your application and on the subject line of your email as: HRPB/HRD/2015
