Organization: Legendary Foods Ltd.

Position: Human Resource & Administration Manager

Location: Kumasi

Start Date: As soon as possible

About the organization: Legendary Foods Ltd. is a company dedicated to the sustainable practice of farming edible insects. With a farm in Kumasi, Ghana, and expansion in progress in the West African region, Legendary Foods seeks to farm locally desired insects as a way to address food insecurity. Legendary Foods farms the palm weevil larva, a local delicacy that has been traditionally harvested. Legendary Foods seeks to rapidly scale its production, co-develop packaged products, take advantage of export opportunities to other West African countries, and advance research on the palm weevil larvae while building a conscious company.

Role Description: Legendary Foods Ltd. is looking for a passionate individual to oversee all aspects of human resource practices and processes.

Qualifications and skills

• A bachelor’s degree in human resource management, business or related field with 3 or more years of work experience in a food processing and manufacturing industry – DO NOT APPLY IF YOU DO NOT HAVE HR EXPERIENCE OF AT LEAST 3 YEARS
• Must have strong leadership experience
• Must have the ability to create a culture of diversity, inclusivity, collaboration, growth, learnings and teamwork
• Must have excellent listening and negotiation skills
• Must be knowledgeable in labor law and HR best practices
• Must know how to process payroll
• Must have the ability to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the company
• Must be people oriented; have good human relationship skills
• Must have strong communication skills; both oral and written
• Must have good knowledge of Remuneration, Talent Management, Transformation, Recruitment and Selection, Training and Development, Change Management and Performance Review Management
• Must have strong problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Must be able to handle confidential matters with discretion and have a strong sense of integrity

Responsibilities

• implement HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall business strategy
• Manage the recruitment, selection process and onboarding processes
• Develop and monitor overall HR strategies, systems and tactics and procedures across the organization
• Nurture a positive working environment, implement and foster company culture that values sustainability, high-performance, high-growth, learning and a conscious approach
• Oversee and manage a performance appraisal system that drives high performance
• Organize training and development programs with support of the management
• Manage, mediate and resolve conflicts, grievances, confrontations or disagreements in a constructive manner
• Ensure update and adherence of all personnel administration policies, processes, systems, and procedures
• Provide opportunities for continuous learning in the organization
• Translate and manage the change effort into a step-by-step implementation plan for the organization
• Keep up to date with best HR practices, especially as it relates to the regional context & responsible for implementation of select HR practices
• Liaise with Heads of Department to develop job descriptions and templates for measuring performance for all staff
• Ensure legal compliance through human resource management
• Manage offboarding processes
• Recruit and manage national service personnel engagement with the company
• Oversee and manage health and safety programs as it relates to the team
• Manage administrative tasks of the company such as but not limited to filings with external agencies

Additional desired qualities

• Professional qualification in HR (PHRI or CHIRM)
• Worked in teams with strong education-level diversity
• Experience in more than one country

Start Date:  As soon as possible