Group HR Manager (French Speaking) required in the Central African Republic

Skills Provision is seeking an experienced Group HR Manager to lead the development and implementation of a comprehensive HR function across a multi-entity industrial group operating in the Central African Republic.

The Group HR Manager will assume overall responsibility for the HR function, leading the existing HR officers, strengthening administrative controls and developing a group-wide HR strategy aligned with the organisation's commercial and operational objectives.

Compensation

• US$ 6000 per month tax-free.
• Work permit provided.
• Additional benefits to be discussed.

Key Responsibilities

• Group HR Strategy: Develop and implement a group-wide HR strategy aligned with business objectives, including workforce planning, headcount budgets and seasonal staffing requirements.
• Organisation and Job Structure: Establish organisation charts, reporting lines, job descriptions, grading structures and clear role responsibilities across all entities.
• Performance Management: Introduce KPIs, performance appraisals and accountability frameworks for office, field and factory employees, ensuring managers apply them consistently.
• Skills and Career Development: Develop competency frameworks, training programmes, career pathways, promotion criteria and succession plans to strengthen local talent and leadership capability.
• Remuneration and Benefits: Establish fair and sustainable pay structures, performance-related incentives and consistent policies for employee benefits, loans and advances.
• Expatriate Management: Standardise expatriate contracts, remuneration packages, rotations, onboarding and knowledge-transfer arrangements.
• Recruitment and Onboarding: Implement consistent recruitment, selection, probation and onboarding processes for local and expatriate employees, working with operational managers and recruitment partners.
• HR Administration and Controls: Lead the existing HR team, oversee payroll, leave, contracts and employee records, and strengthen internal controls, reconciliations and HR audits without taking over routine administration.
• Employee Relations and Compliance: Establish consistent HR policies and procedures covering disciplinary matters, grievances, staff engagement and compliance with applicable labour legislation.
• Local Employment and Community Relations: Promote local recruitment, apprenticeships and skills development, building relationships with training institutions and surrounding communities, particularly around Ngakobo.
• Management Development: Coach site managers and supervisors in objective setting, performance evaluation, employee development and people management.
• Policies, Data and Reporting: Establish group-wide HR policies, a central employee register and management dashboards covering headcount, turnover, absenteeism, payroll costs and training.
• Health, Safety and Welfare: Work with HSE and operational teams to improve safety awareness and employee welfare standards, particularly at remote sites.

Candidate profile

Education

Master's degree (Bac+5) in Human Resources, Management, Law or a related discipline.

Professional experience

• At least 10 years of professional HR experience.
• A minimum of three years in an HR Manager, Group HR Manager or HR Director position.
• Demonstrable experience establishing or implementing performance management, competency frameworks and career development systems.
• Experience working across multiple entities, sites or operational locations.
• Experience in industrial, agro-industrial, logistics, construction, mining or energy environments with large, diverse workforces.
• Proven experience managing HR officers and overseeing payroll administration and controls.
• A track record of developing HR policies, organisational structures and management systems from an existing administrative foundation.
• Candidates must be able to quantify the size of workforces previously managed, including employee headcount, number of sites and the size of the HR team.

Technical competencies

• Performance management, KPI development and appraisal systems suitable for office-based, operational and industrial workforces.
• Competency frameworks, job architecture, grading structures and remuneration policies.
• Training needs analysis, talent management, career development and succession planning.
• Workforce planning, including seasonal recruitment requirements.
• African labour legislation and social security requirements, ideally within Francophone Central or West Africa and the OHADA business environment. Experience in the Central African Republic (CAR) would be a significant advantage.
• Employee relations, disciplinary procedures, grievance management and engagement with staff representatives.
• Payroll oversight, financial reconciliation and HR audit procedures, rather than routine payroll processing.
• Expatriate employment, rotation, onboarding and knowledge transfer.
• HR reporting, workforce analytics, dashboards and practical HR information systems.
• Recruitment, selection, onboarding and probation management.

Languages

• French: Fluent; essential.
• English: Professional working proficiency.

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