Apply Now – Afreximbank: Associate, Human Resources (Shared Services & Subsidiaries), Human Resources – Closes 30 April 2023

About Afreximbank

The African Export-Import Bank also sometimes referenced as Afreximbank is pan-African financial institution headquartered in Cairo Egypt with regional offices in Harare, Abidjan, Abuja, Kampala and Yaounde. Established in 1993, and incorporating 50 African states, the bank aims to promote and finance intra-and-extra-African trade through credit, risk bearing as well as provision of trade information and advisory services. The organisation is looking to fill a number of positions including that of Associate, Human Resources (Shared Services & Subsidiaries), Human Resources. Details are provided below:

About the position

The position is full-time and the work location is Cairo, in Egypt. Applications close on 30 April 2023.

1. Department overview and purpose of role

The role is supposed to help the Bank to achieve its mission of “stimulating a consistent expansion of and diversification of African trade so as to rapidly increase Africa’s share of global trade, while operating as a first class, profit oriented, socially responsible financial institution and a centre of excellence in African trade matters” by carrying out all required activities to ensure that the HR services provided to Regional Offices & Bank’s Subsidiaries are delivered as required.

2. Position Summary

As a member of the Human Resources Shared Services team which is responsible for the management of the transactional HR services provided to Bank’s Regional Offices Subsidiaries and outsourced contractors. The job holder will be responsible for supporting the provision of efficient support for all the HURE shared services activities whilst complying with the principles of competency, accuracy and integrity.

The job holder is also required to provide support with the management of payroll processing for outsourced staff at HQ and Branches.

3.  Duties and responsibilities

1. Payroll: Providing high level support with payroll related requests for all outsourced staff at HQ, Branches and Subsidiaries through first level administration to ensure timely and accurate payments to outsourced partners whilst complying with the policies and procedures;
2. Talent Acquisition: Providing Support to the recruitment & selection processes for outsourced staff at HQ and Subsidiaries, including all logistical areas such as preparation of the required documentation and liaising with the recruitment agencies, communicating to candidates, planning and arranging for interviews, and preparation of   recruitment reports.
3. Wellbeing: Providing support to wellbeing processes for staff at subsidiaries/affiliates this include: (troubleshooting of all medical related matters and pre-employment and annual medical checkups, family social support, staff events at branches and subsidiaries, ASNET at the Branches, etc.) as required;
4. Performance Management: Providing support to the performance management process of subsidiaries/affiliates, including the quarterly how is it going reviews, in liaison with the learning and performance team
5. Development: Providing support to the staff development process, including the annual talent review, of subsidiaries/affiliates in liaison with the Organisational Effectiveness team
6. Organizational Behaviour: Providing support to the behaviour and culture management, change management and other organizational effectiveness processes of subsidiaries/affiliates in liaison with the organizational effectiveness team
7. Outsourced contractors Onboarding/Offboarding: Providing support to the administration of the onboarding/induction process and offboarding of all outsourced contractors at HQ, Regional Offices, and subsidiaries.
8. HR Helpdesk Support to Regional Offices, and subsidiaries/affiliates: First level support for all HR related queries for Regional Offices and subsidiaries/affiliates whenever required;
9. Internal processes: Providing administrative support on HR related requests to the Regional Offices and branches this may include, preparation of memos, letters etc. In addition, support the management of probation durations and confirmations for Subsidiary staff to ensure timely processing of confirmations
10. Management of Outsourced Contractors: Providing support to the outsourced staff contracts to ensure that all required staff documents/background checks are in order. Tracking and monitoring of contracts to ensure timely renewal and follow up with the relevant department to completion of renewal or exit processes.
11. Any other duties as may be assigned by Senior Management.

4. Qualifications, skills, knowledge and attributes

• Bachelor’s degree from a recognised University
• Relevant post graduate degree in HR/Psychology/Business Management or other related field;
• A professional qualification in HR is an added advantage;
• Minimum 3 years practical experience in Human Resources, preferably in the financial services sector;
• Impeccable computer skills including the full suite of MS Office applications with strong excel skills;
• Expert experience with using HR systems is essential with exposure to
• High levels of integrity and confidentiality;
• Resilient individual who is effective in engaging with stakeholders and staff at all levels as well as working with third party service providers;
• A team player with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to operate in a multi-cultural environment;
• Ability to function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting with good knowledge of HR best practices;
• A self-starter with demonstrable organisation and planning skills, effective prioritization using a project management approach and a customer service focus; and
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of the Bank’s other official languages will be an added advantage (French, Arabic and Portuguese).

If interested, please send your CV directly to

Maysa Zaker

maysaz@aimsegypt.net