Job Description
Summary:
The post holder will be responsible for all administrative, office & HR support tasks for Cardinal Torch Company Limited.
Responsibilities:
Front Desk/Administration/Office Management:
- Point of contact between management and operations team.
- May be the first point of contact for suppliers and customers.
- Responsible for handling bank interactions/correspondence with respect to submission or retrieval of documents or information.
- Liaise with the operations team – agricultural scientist, field operations and logistics officers on their daily activities and provide support where necessary.
- Work closely with the operations team to ensure that all tasks are completed to schedule and in compliance with relevant legislation.
- Keeping up to date with policies, health and safety and tax laws.
- Knowledgeable on scheduled trips of the operations team to ascertain current locations/tasks at every point in time.
- Maintenance, renewal and sharing of company registration and regulatory records when required.
- May be required to use tailor-made agricultural business software.
- Maintenance and renewal of company assets such as vehicle documentation.
- Maintain information database for Cardinal Torch and clients, keeping them accurate and storing them effectively.
- Arrange and co-ordinate meetings for management team/board of directors.
- Receive and record invoices and send out to the finance department.
- General administrative duties including telephone work, writing letters and emails; and maintaining manual and computer filing systems.
- Attend to inquiries and solve the basic queries of Cardinal Torch’s customers. For this, the front desk personnel should have some basic knowledge about company’s products and services.
- Provide a helpdesk service logging customer calls / emails for complaints and resolution.
- Responsible for engaging with foreign clients on requests and appropriate follow ups for close out.
- Ad hoc: Attend to all tasks/responsibilities as directed by line manager or requested by management/board of directors.
HR Support:
HR Administration:
Engagements, Terminations, Transfers, Disciplinary Notices, Recruitment, Training etc.:
- Develop a staff database on a tracker spreadsheet for all staff detailing all current information.
- Engage with new recruits on company during onboarding and completion of the relevant documentation thereof.
- Ensure collection of all required documentation on employee checklist towards onboarding.
- Conduct exit interviews and finalize exit documentation.
- Create and maintain files for all employees and file and/or archive documents according to company policies, procedures, and processes.
- Co-ordinate induction program for all new recruits.
- Assist HR department with the Recruitment process for designated business areas – advertise positions, collate applications and CV’s when required.
- Schedule interviews and arrange meeting rooms (virtual/physical).
- Ensure criminal, credit, reference and qualification verifications have been conducted on candidates.
- Assist employees with death claims, workman’s compensation claims ensuring that all required documentation is provided.
- Co-ordinate training requests for all study assistance, facilitation of training rooms, stationary, refreshments when required and attendance registers. Keep accurate records of same.
- Responsible for updating and maintaining business unit organograms.
- Responsible for the data integrity for all employees on the HRIS system/spreadsheet.
- Create, update, and maintain employee files and all HR related filing.
- Verification of all HR documentation before submission to HR Manager for sign off.
- Generate all LOA’s and engagement packs for new recruits and ensure timeouts sign-off and completion thereof.
Process and Procedure Effectiveness:
- Improve methods of carrying out work through on-the-job concrete experience.
- Implement efficient and effective administrative performance and turn-around time.
- Co-ordinate and schedule HR departmental meetings.
- Responsible for the collation, distribution and control of sensitive information and reports to
- authorized persons only.
- Responsible for data capture integrity, process, and governance.
- Ensure Development and maintenance of all HR Database systems (HR Shared drive and manual spreadsheets)
Customer Service and Advice:
- Work with existing processes and procedures in such a way that operational efficiencies and performance are enhanced.
- Attend to and resolve all customer queries timeously or escalate to the HR Lead when necessary.
- Manage conflict within capacity.
Reporting:
- Co-ordinate, consolidate, compile, and submit all weekly/monthly reporting to the HR Manager within set timeframes e.g., Reports on exit interviews and trends.
- Prepare Requisitions and Inter Office memos for HR Operations.
- Preparation of presentations for HR Operations.
Additional:
- Undertake such other responsibilities as directed by Management of the HR Department that will drive the sustainability of HR.
- Work in a flexible way when the occasion arises so that tasks, which are not specifically covered in the job description, are undertaken.
- Assess and take responsibility for one’s own performance.
- Promote the company’s image and corporate identity through deliberate and coordinated HR activities.
Requirements:
- Minimum of two (2) years’ experience in related field.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or any related field.
- Advanced computer literacy. Proficiency with Microsoft Office – Word, Excel & Power point.
- Exceptional phone etiquette.
Skills:
- Knowledge and experience in organizational effectiveness and relationship management.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must be an excellent communicator to produce well written reports and communicating results to a wide range of shareholders.
- Thorough and pay attention to details.
- Customer /client focus as well as Professionalism.
- Records management.
- Time management skills.
- Ability to work on your own and work well with others.
Note: Only candidates within Lagos Island and its environs would be shortlisted. (Female Candidates Only)