Part Time HR Officer – Mid–Senior Level
Delta40 Studio
part-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Nairobi • 🇰🇪 Kenya
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Senior
About the role
- Oversee hiring for critical roles: role scoping, sourcing strategy, screening, and advising hiring managers.
- Streamline and professionalise the recruitment process and tools.
- Safeguard and strengthen Farm to Feed’s culture through intentional rituals, communication practices, and light-touch engagement initiatives.
- Conduct periodic check-ins and pulse assessments to identify emerging people issues early.
- Guide managers on performance standards, documentation, improvement plans, and development pathways.
- Set up lightweight but effective performance cycles and templates.
- Review, update, and embed HR policies in alignment with Kenyan labour law.
- Ensure compliant and organised HR records, contracts, and onboarding documentation.
- Advise leadership on employment risk, policy interpretation and compliance obligations.
- Work with Finance to verify payroll inputs, leave management, benefits, and statutory submissions.
- Support operational HR tasks that require senior oversight, without taking on day-to-day admin.
- Serve as a neutral and trusted advisor in conflict resolution, workplace concerns, and coaching for managers.
- Provide the CEO with senior-level guidance on sensitive or strategic people matters.
Requirements
- 5+ years of HR experience, with demonstrated senior judgement in dynamic environments (startup, social enterprise, or growth-stage company).
- Deep knowledge of Kenyan labour law and HR best practice.
- Strong communication, confidentiality, and organisational judgement.
- Comfortable working independently with limited supervision.
- Experience setting up HR systems , processes, and performance frameworks.
- Passion for purpose-driven work and environments that balance creativity with operational rigour.
Benefits
- Competitive, aligned with experience
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
HR systemsperformance frameworksrecruitment processHR policiescompliance obligationspayroll managementleave managementbenefits administrationconflict resolutiondocumentation
Soft skills
communicationconfidentialityorganisational judgementindependent workadvisory skillscoachingstrategic guidanceengagement initiativesperformance standardslight-touch engagement