Human Resources Manager (Dakar, Senegal)

About Solar Panda

Solar Panda is a Canadian high-growth, clean-tech company providing home solar systems and appliances to customers in Africa without access to electricity. In Kenya, our first market, we have served over 350,000 customers, and we are profitable. Our loan-to-own model allows families to afford reliable electricity and life-changing appliances that can drastically improve their lives. Over 1 billion people in the world lack access to electricity, and we believe that access to electricity should be a right for everyone, everywhere.

Solar Panda is a Canadian company, with a small team focusing on hardware development, software development, financing, and general strategy. In Kenya, we have 56 shops across the country, 300 full-time employees and over 2000 commission-based sales agents. Find us at www.solarpanda.com. Solar Panda is now looking to replicate the Kenyan growth in Senegal.

About the Role

We are seeking a people-oriented Human Resources Manager to join our new team in Dakar. In this role, you will drive business performance through the creation and delivery of HR services. Leading a small but growing team, the HR Manager will work to attract talents and create innovative solutions to reward and retain them.

The company places a high priority on personal integrity, hard work, and respect for customers and co-workers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall business strategy.
• Bridge management and employee relations by addressing demands, grievances, or other issues.
• Manage the recruitment and selection process.
• Support current and future business needs through development, engagement, motivation, and preservation of human capital.
• Develop and monitor overall HR strategies, systems, tactics, and procedures across the organization.
• Maintain pay plan and benefits program.
• Assess training needs to apply and monitor training programs.
• Report to management and provide decision support through HR metrics.
• Ensure legal compliance throughout human resource management.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 5 years of previous HR experience, with a minimum of 2 years of management experience.
• Experience developing and implementing strategies to increase productivity and employee satisfaction.
• A data-driven approach to analyzing and solving complex HR problems, with strong Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills.
• Strong understanding of Senegalese Labor Law, and how it relates to a fast-growing business.
• Experience in talent acquisition and retention in West Africa.
• Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the company.
• Passion for working in a social enterprise involving households in off‐grid rural areas.
• Fluent in French and professional competency in English.

If this position sounds like a good fit for you, please submit your cover letter and CV to recruitmentSN@solarpanda.com. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Kindly reference the job title in your application.

Solar Panda is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, national origin, or disability.

Solar Panda does not charge any fees on recruitment.

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