Human Resources Officer

Job Description

Job Description: HR Officer

Location: Kampala, Uganda ( With frequent travel to rural areas)

Start Date: Immediately

Company Overview Latitude Trade Company (LTC) is a rapidly growing social enterprise in Uganda sourcing specialty cacao for export and producing bean to bar chocolate at origin. Working with over 5,000 certified organic smallholder farmers, our mission is to sustainably increase incomes and reduce risk for our suppliers while positively impacting the community and environment surrounding our operations. We aim to provide chocolate makers and consumers in East Africa and around the world with the highest quality, transparently sourced and fully traceable Ugandan cocoa products.

Job Description The HR Officer is a full-time, in-country position based at Latitude offices in Kampala and reporting to the Managing Director.

The core responsibilities include:

● Manage the recruitment process and hired recruitment firms for new candidates

. ● Preparing payroll data and ensuring timely submission to payroll services.

● Maintain accurate employee records both electronic and physical

● Track and report on staff leave and attendance across all offices

● Track and report on company assets including staff uniform, laptops, mobile phones.

● Manage staff benefits program, monthly submission of staff communication allowance

● Manage company nominated hospitals and hotels across all the regions, hotel reservations, tracking medical cover, authorizing treatment and general employee welfare.

● Support in resolving employee grievances and conflicts in a fair and timely manner In addition to these responsibilities, all employees are encouraged to propose programs, strategies or experiments which they feel offer a promising avenue for improvements to the company or livelihoods of the farmers.

Qualifications:

● Bachelor’s degree from reputable university in related field

● Prior experience in administrative, human resources, office management or secretarial skills

● High degree of organization and communication skills

● Fluent spoken and written English

● Ability and willingness to learn on the job

● Positive attitude and sense of humor

● Familiarity with employment laws and HR best practices.

• Discretion and the ability to maintain confidentiality

2 Benefits & Compensation:

● Competitive monthly salary

● Reimbursement of health-related expenses

● 21 days of annual leave plus public holidays

● Coverage of all work-related travel

Interested candidates please submit CV, cover letter, and references to jobs@latitudetrade.co.