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We’re looking to recruit people who want to help us expand access to quality education for young people in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Working for PEAS will give you the opportunity to help us make a positive difference in a supportive environment. No matter what the role, team, context or country, we’re all guided by PEAS values.

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We are passionate and committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at PEAS.

PEAS schools are run by Africans for Africans.

Our schools and country offices have always been fully staffed and led by Africans. 98% of our global staff are African. PEAS Board of Trustees is majority African and over 50% of our trustees are women.

We are proud of what we have achieved but are taking a deliberate approach to do more.

Over the next five years we will:

Continue to elevate women to leadership and management positions in PEAS Uganda and Zambia.

Shift capacity towards local governments through our system strengthening work.

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We work collaboratively across teams and countries, facing the challenges of balancing access, quality and sustainability together to deliver the best quality outcomes for our students.

We do this by taking accountability for our high performance, challenging ourselves and each other to continually improve and support one another.

We employ around 1,000 school staff including teachers, school leaders and school support staff across our two school networks in Uganda and Zambia. In our country offices, we employ around 60 people in roles such as education, quality assurance, safeguarding, MEL, finance, people and culture, advocacy and procurement.

In the UK, we have a small team focused on supporting the teams in Uganda and Zambia with everything from technical to fundraising support.

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People & Culture Manager

PEAS Uganda

People and Culture Manager

Job Summary: The role will aim to achieve operational excellence in People and Culture at both office and school level ensuring that we are attracting, recruiting, selecting, retaining the best people and supporting them to deliver exceptional services to the young people we serve. You will be part of a global People and Culture group that includes People and Culture lead in the UK and HR Officer in Zambia. As a group, you will work collaboratively on People and Culture initiatives that can be adopted and adapted in all offices.

Specific responsibilities include but not limited to:

Develop, deliver and iterate a People and Culture strategy that aligns to PEAS’ organizational strategy.
Working with the Country Strategic team, ensure that there is a strategic workforce plan that is designed to support the delivery of PEAS’ organizational strategy.
Be the technical expert for the Uganda office in People and Culture matters for HR issues such as performance, disciplinary and grievance processes.
Manage, deliver and monitor the People and Culture annual planning and strategy development and budget.
Develop and Implement strong People and Culture initiatives that deliver effectiveness and adaptability.
Lead on developing new and strengthening existing People and Culture systems and processes improvement to drive operational excellence at school level and office level.
Provide People and Culture expertise to support the Country Strategic team and Managers to identify and implement operational excellence initiatives.
The development and review of employment policies and procedures in line with current legislation, safeguarding, organizational values and best practice.
To advise, assist staff and managers to ensure that they are fully trained in relation to the implementation of all employment legislation.
Manage the relationship and consult with the client’s lawyer and other statutory bodies when needed for HR issues.
Work with the Head of Operations in the annual planning budget to ensure that there is annual costed learning and development plan.
Design, develop and implement a Leadership and Managers program that supports strong people management and performance culture aligned to PEAS culture.
Coordinate and monitor compliance with completion of mandatory training such as safeguarding, data protection etc.
Lead in the design, development and implementation of People and Culture DEI initiatives.

Required Qualifications and Experience

A minimum University degree in Human Resources or Organizational Development and post graduate training in Human Resource. Substantive experience (at least 6 years) in Human Resources, with at least two years of working at strategic leadership level. Detailed up to date knowledge of Uganda’s employment law. Strong level of IT literacy including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Cloud Software such as HRIS and the internet. Experience and knowledge of strategic workforce planning. Experience, knowledge and passion for People and Culture system and processes design and improvement to deliver results.

How to Apply:

Submit your application with copies of your CV by email to hr.associate@peas.org.uk.

Closing date is 22^ndOctober 2023. Once the recruitment team has completed the shortlisting process, the successful applicants will be invited for an interview for further consideration.

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