About the AIM Programme

In 2022, the Mastercard Foundation in partnership with BRAC International (BI) announced an initiative to create a positive and measurable impact for 1.2 million adolescent girls and young women and 9.5 million people across seven countries in East and West Africa, including Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda.

There is mounting urgency to support adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) living in poverty, which has been further amplified by the global pandemic. Through this partnership, scalable economic development approaches will be delivered in communities to foster the agency and voice of AGYW. They will have the opportunity to fulfill their aspirations, achieve sustainable livelihoods, and engage in advocacy issues.

BRAC International is implementing an integrated and holistic model to address the various life cycles of a young woman living in poverty, ensuring she is able to transition safely from adolescence to adulthood. She will be equipped with the appropriate skills, tools, and access to finance to effectively exercise her agency and build a fulfilling and productive livelihood.

JOB PURPOSE

Responsible for leading end-to-end recruitment efforts to attract and hire high-quality candidates across all BRAC Uganda programs. This role supports strategic workforce planning by ensuring timely, compliant, and inclusive hiring processes that align with BRAC’s values, mission, and programmatic needs. He/she is also responsible for proper contracts management for all staff.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Talent Acquisition

• Manage the full-cycle recruitment process including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding for all levels of staff.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and support the development of job descriptions and recruitment strategies.
• Advertise vacancies on appropriate platforms including internal portals, job boards, social media, and career fairs.
• Coordinate candidate assessments, reference checks, and selection processes in line with organizational policies.
• Support initiatives that promote BRAC Uganda as an employer of choice.
• Develop outreach strategies to attract a diverse talent pool.
• Represent BRAC Uganda at career fairs, university partnerships, and HR networking events.
• Ensure all recruitment practices comply with BRAC HR policies, donor regulations, and local labor laws.
• Maintain accurate recruitment records and generate monthly hiring reports.
• Develop and maintain a database of qualified candidates for critical and frequently recruited roles.
• Support in proactive talent mapping and succession planning in collaboration with HR leadership.

Contracts Management

• Responsible for drafting all employment contracts and renewals, ensure accuracy and compliance with the policies and applicable laws.
• Be the first point of contact for negotiating terms and conditions of employment with prospective new hires as per the policy provisions.
• Oversee the entire contract lifecycle from initiation to termination, proactively ensuring that contract extensions, or ending are timely done.
• Ensure timely communication with the line managers and budget holders regarding contract end dates and timely implement the agreed actions.
• Maintain an organized and updated contracts tracker and work with the filing officer to ensure that all staff contracts and/or extensions are timely filed.

SAFEGUARDING RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation.
• Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or related field.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Knowledge of the HR policies, labour laws and employment act
• Basic computer literacy
• Good organization skills
• Excellent communication skills; both written and verbal
• Report writing, facilitation and presentation skills
• Analytical skills
• Critical thinking, decision making and creativity
• Ability to work under pressure and minimum supervision
• Ability to work in a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural environment
• Proactive and detailed oriented
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to provide difficult feedback
• A growth mindset is paramount

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 4 years’ HR experience in an International NGO setting

• Manage the full-cycle recruitment process including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding for all levels of staff.
• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand staffing needs and support the development of job descriptions and recruitment strategies.
• Advertise vacancies on appropriate platforms including internal portals, job boards, social media, and career fairs.
• Coordinate candidate assessments, reference checks, and selection processes in line with organizational policies.
• Support initiatives that promote BRAC Uganda as an employer of choice.
• Develop outreach strategies to attract a diverse talent pool.
• Represent BRAC Uganda at career fairs, university partnerships, and HR networking events.
• Ensure all recruitment practices comply with BRAC HR policies, donor regulations, and local labor laws.
• Maintain accurate recruitment records and generate monthly hiring reports.
• Develop and maintain a database of qualified candidates for critical and frequently recruited roles.
• Support in proactive talent mapping and succession planning in collaboration with HR leadership.
• Responsible for drafting all employment contracts and renewals, ensure accuracy and compliance with the policies and applicable laws.
• Be the first point of contact for negotiating terms and conditions of employment with prospective new hires as per the policy provisions.
• Oversee the entire contract lifecycle from initiation to termination, proactively ensuring that contract extensions, or ending are timely done.
• Ensure timely communication with the line managers and budget holders regarding contract end dates and timely implement the agreed actions.
• Maintain an organized and updated contracts tracker and work with the filing officer to ensure that all staff contracts and/or extensions are timely filed.
• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation.
• Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

• Knowledge of the HR policies, labour laws and employment act
• Basic computer literacy
• Good organization skills
• Excellent communication skills; both written and verbal
• Report writing, facilitation and presentation skills
• Analytical skills
• Critical thinking, decision making and creativity
• Ability to work under pressure and minimum supervision
• Ability to work in a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural environment
• Proactive and detailed oriented
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to provide difficult feedback
• A growth mindset is paramount

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or related field.