🇸🇱 Job Vacancy @ Jhpiego – Human Resource Manager

Jhpiego is an international, non-profit health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. For 40 years and in over 155 countries, Jhpiego Corporation has been providing technical support to the Ministries of Health in partner countries across the globe for the past 40 years in a variety of technical areas including cervical cancer treatment and prevention, community health, HIV and AIDS, maternal and newborn health, health workforce capacity development in-service, malaria, and IPC/WASH.

In Sierra Leone, Jhpiego supports the Government of Sierra Leone at the national and district level in capacity building and technical assistance to contribute towards improving maternal and newborn and child health. A significant area of focus for our work is accelerating and strengthening the technical and operational capacity of local healthcare workers to reduce maternal and newborn and child deaths and provide quality services

We are currently looking for a suitable candidate to fill the advertised position:

Human Resource Manager

Locations: Freetown Country Office

Contract Duration: One (1) year (with possibility for extension)

Job Summary

The Human Resource (HR) Manager is responsible for implementing and maintaining HR systems and ensuring compliance with organizational policies, procedures, and donor regulations.

Policy and Procedures 

• Provide oversight to compliance with policies and procedures outlined in the Jhpiego HR manual
• Consult with a lawyer to ensure compliance with Labour Laws

JEMS (JHPIEGO EMTERPRISE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM)

• Establish and maintain personal records for all staff on the Jhpiego Enterprise Management System (JEMS)
• Ensure high quality administration of the JEMS system including, adding new staff members, updating holidays and supporting the addition of new modules and functions and training staff to utilize them
• Provide regular HR feedback to all staff regarding timesheets, leave balances

Medical Insurance 

• Manage relationship with Medical Insurance and Life Insurance companies including adding new members, managing claims and reimbursements

Recruitment 

• Lead the recruitment processes for all local hires including finalizing developing job descriptions, posting vacancy notices, short listing candidates, finalizing the interview process (e.g. interview guides and exercises), implementing the interview process, selection of candidate, negotiation of salary, signing of contracts and documentation of the process.
• Negotiate and issue contracts for local consultants

Performance Management 

• Lead the implementation of the performance review processes including orientation of all staff, dissemination of documentation, oversight to complete documentation and processes, compilation of results and support for the proposal of merit increases. Support the implementation of any grievance or disciplinary action that needs to be taken
• Support supervisors to implement performance improvement processes with staff that require this

Conflict Resolution

• Support in conflict resolution

Capacity Development 

• Manage capacity development and training opportunities for staff
• Consults with lawyer to ensure compliance with Labour Laws

Safety and Security

• Implement security guidelines outlined in security manual
• Revise security manual as needed
• Ensure effective safety and security committee
• Act as security focal person
• Ensure fire safety registration
• Maintain security phone tree

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management is required
• Master’ s degree in Human Resources or other related fields is preferred
• 7 to 8 years of progressively responsible and directly relevant experience required
• Supervisory experience required
• Professional and/or subject matter expert role with proven ability to understand and apply a highly technical body of knowledge and applicable laws, including supervising a major area.
• Must be able to perform difficult duties with a minimum of supervision.
• Responsible for managing very complex and high-level processes and providing input on strategic initiatives

This job description is intended as a guide and should not be viewed as an inflexible specification as it may be varied from time to time considering strategic developments following discussions with the post holder.  The post holder will be expected to work to agreed objectives, which should facilitate achievement of key responsibilities in accordance with the performance of the review process.

Note: All staff members of Jhpiego, regardless of the level of their responsibilities, are expected to:

• Model the mission and values stated above.
• Contribute to the knowledge-sharing and transfer process.
• Make responsible decisions that result in time and cost containment and clear accountability.
• Participate in multiple teams, adopt team spirit, take responsibility for assigned action items, and provide feedback as needed.
• Multitask, manage competing priorities, and prioritize to meet program and/or organizational objectives.

How to Apply:

• Qualified persons are required to send their Curriculum Vitae (CV) and application letters to this email sl-recruitment@jhpiego.org. State in the subject area the position you are applying for in the subject area; if it is not clearly stated, your application will not be considered.

• The deadline for the submission of applications is August 22, 2025. 

• Please note that due to the sheer volume of applications often received, only shortlisted candidates will receive responses and applications are screened on a rolling basis. 

                                    Jhpiego is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer