About this role
HR Intern
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Recruitment & Onboarding:
- Receive written recruitment requisition from the clients' heads of department.
- Receive applications from and Longlist candidates who have the basic qualifications.
- Prescreen the longlisted candidates and identify suitable candidates for the final interviews with the client.
- Conduct interviews with the client and select the most qualified candidates.
- Conduct a background check on the shortlisted candidate.
Onboarding process
- Collect staff statutory and academic documentation for filling.
- Share the staff bio data with the payroll manager for his input into the system.
- Process the staff medical cover benefits.
Payroll processing
- Share the active staff list with the heads of departments for approval for payroll processing.
- Receive and prepare the final approved staff list for payroll processing.
- Submit the draft ''Gross'' payroll with the payroll team for processing.
- Receive payroll feedback and or amendments for approval of the payroll.
- Share the approved Gross payroll with the finance team for invoicing and final payroll processing.
- Ensure that all the staff gets their salaries on time and in full.
- Share the staff payslips by the 5th day of the following month.
- Follow up with the finance manager/bank on incorrect salaries.
- Follow up and sort out any issues related to salary. (Under/over payments, withholding salaries, late salary payments etc.
- Weekly visits to the clients' sites.
- Leave administration and reporting.
- Monitoring of the staff performance.
- Drafting and issuance of transfer, warning, show cause, termination letters.
- Submit Ad hoc reports to the HQ representatives.
- Liaise with the HODs and organize disciplinary committees.
- Drafting and issuance of transfer, warning, show cause, termination letters.
- Advising the HOD, s about the legal minimums and process of staff separation.
Administration
- Weekly visits to the clients' sites.
- Leave administration and reporting.
- Monitoring of the staff performance.
- Drafting and issuance of transfer, warning, show cause, termination letters.
- Submit Ad hoc reports to the HQ representatives.
- Ensuring that the client issues are handled on time and to final conclusion.
- Client retention.
- Identifying and pitching for new business.
Separation and Exits
- Liaise with the HODs and organize disciplinary committees.
- Drafting and issuance of transfer, warning, show cause, termination letters.
- Advising the HOD, s about the legal minimums and process of staff separation.
Business Development
- Ensuring that the client issues are handled on time and to final conclusion.
- Client retention.
- Identifying and pitching for new business
REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS.
- Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration (HR option), or a related field.
- Basic understanding of Human Resource practices, particularly recruitment, employee relations, and HR administration.
- Knowledge of Kenyan labor laws and statutory employment requirements will be an added advantage.
- Good data management, record-keeping, and report-writing skills.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage and coordinate a diverse workforce across multiple operational sites.
- Strong attention to detail, integrity, and ability to handle confidential employee information.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, field-based operational environment.
- Willingness and flexibility to travel to different sites as required.
- Ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and handle multiple tasks.
- A proactive attitude, willingness to learn, and ability to work collaboratively with operations teams.
- Willingness to work in Muranga County.
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