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67 people are interested
Chief People Officer (Remote)
ORGANIZATION: African Development Choices
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67 people are interested

About ADC:
African Development Choices (ADC) is a UK-based Social Enterprise on a mission to reduce poverty by empowering communities to make informed development choices in the management of public finances and resources.
ADC’s purpose is to enable communities to independently meet their needs for essential services, such as clean water and safe sanitation and improve lives in Africa.
At ADC we encourage a working culture of seeking and giving input, showing and taking initiative, and commitment to the organisation and its purpose.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a volunteer Chief People Officer (Remote) to join ADC.
Main Purpose of Job: This role is for a HR leader who can lead and manage a comprehensive HR service through a range of projects and activities in areas such as, but not limited to: Workforce Planning and Recruitment; On-boarding/Off-boarding; Performance Management; Organisational Culture; Learning and Career Development; HR Compliance and Staff Relations; Diversity and Inclusion; Policy and Procedure Development; and Staff Records Management. Reporting to the Founder, you will manage our recruitment team and be responsible for improving staff engagement, participation and retention.
Division: People and Culture
Department: N/A
Position reports to (line manager): Founder and CEO
Who reports to this position (direct reports): HR Coordinator
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement an HR strategy
- Contribute to the development of a collaborative high performing organisational culture by building staff and organisational capability
- Develop an effective performance management system ensuring that organisational values are translated into measurable competencies, behaviours and objectives and that job descriptions, performance standards, and performance evaluation instruments are aligned
- Develop and implement learning and career development initiatives for all staff and recommend staff training that will enhance growth and development
- Prepare and analyse HR metrics and provide reports that support decision making
- Implement new, and enhance existing staff recognition and reward programs
- Champion the ADC culture and ensure all staff are aware of the expectations
- Develop and implement strategies to increase Diversity & Inclusion within the organization
- Develop and implement an annual People Survey, communicate results and own activity plan to drive improved staff engagement
- Review and approve HR policies and procedures and recommend improvements
- Contribute to development of a customised HR management system
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:
Essential
· Excellent knowledge of HR General, Learning and Career Development, and Recruitment
· Senior HR leadership experience within a small to medium sized organisation
· Experience of setting up new HR functions and processes would be desirable
· Significant experience of initiating, delivering, leading and embedding change initiatives
· Commitment of minimum 7-10 hours per week
Desirable
- Experience working in an early stage start-up and gone through a scaling phase
- Passion for the start-up life and comfortable in a role with a little ambiguity
What ADC Offers You:
This is a volunteer, remote and unpaid position with the following benefits:
- Professional learning and career development opportunities
- An opportunity to build on your work experience within your profession
- An opportunity to be part of a diverse team representing different parts of the world that is helping to deliver systemic social change in Africa
- An opportunity to help shape a start-up social enterprise
- We provide work reference
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About African Development Choices
Location:
Kemp House, 160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, GB
Mission Statement
Our mission is to reduce poverty by empowering communities to make more informed choices in the management of public resources.
Description
African Development Choices (ADC) is a UK-based Social Enterprise on a mission to reduce poverty in Africa by empowering local communities and their leaders to make more informed choices in the management of public resources so that they can independently meet their own needs for essential services. Improving public resources management is key to establishing a sustainable society. And increasing access to essential services, such as clean water and sanitation, is key to fighting poverty because lack of access to essential services is a root cause of poverty.
We achieve this using our unique approach to reduce poverty as follows:
- Set better precedent
- Raise expectations
- Increase public participation
- Improve management of public resources
- Increase access to essential services
By delivering access to essential services through our donor-funded community projects, we set better precedents in the management of public resources and the delivery of essential services. Then we raise expectations through education and support and mobilise communities to play an active and informed role in the management of public resources so that they can enact change for themselves. We achieve this by sharing information from our projects that provides a new perspective. It’s not the information that empowers communities to participate; it’s raised expectations from a new perspective.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
January 20, 2025
SKILLS
- Human Resources Strategy
- Organization Design
- Human Resources Diversity
- Performance Management
- Strategic Planning
- Business Analysis
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 7-10 hours per week