People Manager at WaterAid Uganda

Role: People Manager

Organization: WaterAid Uganda

Location: Kampala, Uganda

Key Requirement: 5+ years’ HR management experience, degree in HR/related field

Apply via: Online application portal

About WaterAid

WaterAid is an international non-governmental organisation, focused on water, sanitation and hygiene. WaterAid’s vision is of a world where everyone has access to safe water and sanitation. WaterAid transforms lives by improving access to safe water, hygiene and sanitation in the world’s poorest communities.

Job Summary

WaterAid Uganda is seeking a People Manager for the Country Programme to deliver its strategy and impact. This role will enable efficient internal operations with best practice in ways of working. The People Manager role will be accountable for excellent administrative support across the full spectrum of people team accountabilities including policy, processes, training and development, performance management, payroll, onboarding, recruitment, staff wellbeing, pay and benefits and employee relations.

As part of the WaterAid people team, this role will support WaterAid realise its goals, through supporting the development of people plans that align WaterAid’s people with its aims and objectives and ensure that Water Aiders have the skills and opportunities to maximise the impact they can make. The incumbent will work with people across the organisation, to deliver great people management and to create a high performing and engaging work environment.

The post holder will also spend 10% of their time working with the Global People Team to build strong WaterAid people practices.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the identification of the skills and capabilities needed to implement current and future country programme activities and goals.
• Deliver effective and timely recruitment, including drafting JDs, posting the vacancy in relevant media, coordinating with recruitment agencies, and hiring managers.
• Ensure the effective onboarding for all new staff.
• Coach managers in their roles in employee orientation and hold them accountable.
• Embed strong performance management culture and processes.
• Nurture employee engagement and wellbeing, including participation in the employee satisfaction survey, developing action plans and tracking results and outcomes.
• Complete periodic salary and benefit surveys collaborating with INGO networks and providing the necessary data to Birches.
• Prepare staff contracts, letters, and communication regarding changes in role, salary, and benefits as per policy.
• Maintain efficient and ‘audit ready’ people processes/systems for handling employee and other HR related documents.
• Maintain employee data on PeoplePlace achieving 100% accuracy through processing change requests on a timely basis.
• Conduct monthly payroll check/calculations in a timely manner. Compile payroll data for annual calculations and audits and submit payroll to Finance for review.
• Ensure people policies, employment practices and compensation packages are within the limits of established standards and policies of WaterAid and Country Laws
• Provide advice and manage any employee relations and safeguarding cases in line with local procedures and global standards. Create safe working environment and practices.
• Working in partnership with the Focal Points for security and safeguarding, ensure the streamlining of security and safeguarding throughout the CP.
• Collaborate closely with the People Hub and contract in the support and expertise needed to deliver people plan and priorities.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• University degree level qualification in Human Resources Management, Organisation Psychology or a master’s degree in business administration with a post graduate diploma in HR Management.
• Professional HR qualification highly desirable
• Significant HR operational management experience within a team environment.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience at senior management level handling responsibility for recruitment, employee relations, reward, performance management, employment legislation, change management, organisational design, capacity building, policy and processes and learning and development
• Strong knowledge of HR best practice and innovative new practices
• Highly competent in interpreting and applying statutory legislation.
• Strong IT skills particularly MS Word, Excel and Outlook, with experience of using HR databases, online recruitment tools and Intranets
• Analytical and numeracy skills, to produce and distil accurate information applying intuition and strong judgement
• Strong communication skills in written and oral English.
• Track record of empowering others and the ability to influence.
• Experience of working in a matrix management structure.

Requirements

To be successful, you’ll need:

• Ability to influence, support and challenge senior managers as a credible source of advice
• Customer, solutions and delivery focused, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
• Effective and engaging communicator who tailors communications to include and engage different audiences
• Able to promote cross team collaboration and form effective working relationships with people from across the organisation. A networker, bringing best practice ideas to the CP.
• Holds a position with courage (when appropriate) and can be flexible in make effective decisions
• A passion for and interest in the sector, the CP and WaterAid.
• Exceptional people and relationship skills; excellent ability to work with teams in an inclusive manner an create an engaging workplace.
• Experience in the development of local HR policies and employment laws, recruitment approaches and people development
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with relevant internal and external stakeholders, with sensitivity and respect for diversity.
• Ability to manage information of a confidential/sensitive nature.
• Working style that reflects WaterAid’s values of Respect, Accountability, Courage, Collaboration, Integrity, and Innovation.

How to Apply

All candidates should apply online at the link below.

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Brown Alex Tuesday, 26 August 2025 Jobs NGO