Group Head, People & Culture (HR)

Group Head, People & Culture (HR)

Reports to: Group CEO or Designated Group Executive Key Stakeholders: DNX CEO and Functional Heads

Minimum Experience

Minimum of 16 years of progressive Human Resources/People & Culture experience, including senior HR leadership and organisational development responsibilities.

Role Purpose

To build and lead a high-performance People & Culture function that supports DNX’s growth. The role will oversee workforce strategy, executive recruitment, performance management, leadership development, employee relations, and the systems required to attract, retain, and develop talent.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop the group people strategy, annual HR plan, workforce plan, organisational design, and HR budgets aligned with business priorities.

• Lead executive and specialist recruitment, including role design, competency frameworks, executive search, structured interviews, reference checks, and onboarding.

• Establish effective performance management systems with measurable objectives, quarterly reviews, accountability, coaching, and performance improvement measures.

• Develop and embed the organisation’s culture principles, leadership expectations, employee value proposition, and programmes that promote integrity, ownership, customer focus, efficiency, and high standards.

• Advise the CEO and functional heads on organisational structure, succession planning, talent reviews, retention, leadership capability, and change management.

• Oversee compensation and benefits frameworks, job evaluation, reward governance, and market benchmarking in collaboration with Finance.

• Manage employee relations, grievances, disciplinary procedures, investigations, and conflict resolution fairly and consistently.

• Ensure HR policies, employment contracts, personnel records, leave administration, and people practices comply with applicable Nigerian employment laws and regulations.

• Develop learning and development plans for managers, technical teams, commercial teams, and emerging leaders.

• Use HR metrics to monitor recruitment effectiveness, time-to-hire, retention, absenteeism, employee engagement, performance, and workforce costs.

• Support organisational change and expansion, ensuring communications, staffing, and people processes align with business needs.

• Promote a respectful, inclusive, and professional workplace with clear standards for conduct, confidentiality, safeguarding, and workplace safety.

• Oversee HR systems and employee records, ensuring appropriate confidentiality, access controls, and data protection.

• Qualifications, Experience & Competencies

• Minimum of 16 years of progressive HR/People & Culture experience, including senior leadership of an HR function.

• Strong experience in executive recruitment, organisational design, performance management, employee relations, compensation and benefits, talent development, and culture transformation.

• Demonstrated ability to partner with CEOs and senior leadership teams in a scaling or transformation environment.

• Sound knowledge of Nigerian employment practices and applicable labour laws.

• A degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related discipline.

• Professional certification such as CIPM, CIPD, SHRM, or an equivalent qualification is an advantage.

• Strong judgement, confidentiality, communication, coaching, negotiation, and change management skills.

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• Hiring Process

• 1. Application Review

• We review your profile and application.

• 2. Initial Interview

• A quick call to discuss the role & your goals.

• 3. Technical Assessment

• Deep dive into your skills & experience.

• 4. Final Decision

• Offer extended to successful candidates.

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