The Human Resources Manager will oversee all aspects of human resources operations and help drive the institution’s long-term goals through effective people strategy. This role includes managing HR processes such as recruitment, employee relations, compliance, and benefits, while also playing a critical role in organizational planning, culture building, and workforce development. The HR Manager will collaborate with leadership to ensure the institution attracts, develops, and retains exceptional talent in alignment with its educational mission.

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Key Responsibilities
Strategic Responsibilities

• Develop and implement long-term HR strategies that align with institutional priorities such as academic excellence, and operational sustainability.
• Lead workforce planning initiatives, ensuring the staffing meets current and future institutional needs.
• Partner with leadership to drive cultural initiatives that support employee engagement, retention, a shared sense of purpose, as well as operational efficiencies and culture of care and responsibility.
• Provide data-driven insights to guide decision-making on employee trends, compensation benchmarking, and diversity metrics.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership on change management, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness.
• Collaborate in budget planning and forecasting related to human resources, including compensation and professional development investments.
• Lead the organization in ensuring compliance with Data Protection and Privacy regulations.
• Partner with leadership to develop and implement a rigorous performance evaluation and development planning across the organization.

Operational Responsibilities

• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and orientation for all staff and faculty positions. Ensure recruitment of excellence in all positions, and ensure due diligence such as credential verification, reference checks and background checks are conducted thoroughly.
• Ensure performance management, and disciplinary processes are conducted with consistency and fairness, but yet rigorously to identify and address performance challenges.
• Ensure compliance with Ugandan labor and education laws in recruitment and human resource management.
• Maintain and update HR policies and procedures, employee handbooks, and job descriptions.
• Oversee administration of employee benefits, leave programs, and wellness initiatives.
• Support audit processes with accurate HR documentation and reporting.
• Provide monthly and ad-hoc reports regarding HR Key Performance Indicators and opportunities and challenges.

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Other

• Function as the Secretary to the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors: preparing papers, minutes and action items and following up as needed.

The requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field; Master’s degree and/or HR certification strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive HR experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership or strategic HR role; experience in the education sector is highly desirable.
• Strong understanding of labor law, HR best practices, and education-specific requirements (e.g., school calendars, faculty contracts).
• Proven ability to partner with executive leadership and influence organizational direction through people strategy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with HRIS and data analysis tools; proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Preferred Attributes

• A collaborative leader who builds trust and demonstrates emotional intelligence.
• Ability to think systemically and drive institutional improvements through HR innovation.
• Passion for education and supporting teachers, staff, and administrators in their mission-driven work.