JOB SUMMARY
Location : Kampala uganda

The Human Resources Manager will oversee all HR functions within the hotel, ensuring compliance with Ugandan labor laws, immigration regulations, tax obligations, and cultural practices. This role requires a strategic leader who can manage recruitment, payroll, performance management, training, and employee engagement while maintaining operational excellence and legal compliance. The HR Manager will act as a key liaison between management and associates, fostering a positive work environment aligned with both global hospitality standards and local cultural norms.

CANDIDATE PROFILE 

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of HR experience in hospitality or service industry.
• Strong knowledge of Ugandan labor laws, immigration processes, tax compliance, and cultural practices.
• Proficiency in HR systems (Oasys) and payroll management.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and interpersonal skills.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES

Managing Recruitment and Hiring Process

• Assists in the interviewing and hiring of Human Resource employee team members with the appropriate skills, as needed.

• Establishes and maintains contact with external recruitment sources.

• Attends job fairs and ensures documentation of outreach efforts in accordance with Human Resource Standard Operating Procedures.

• Networks with local organizations (e.g., Hotel Association and peers) to source candidates for current or future openings.

• Oversees/monitors candidate identification and selection process.

• Provides subject matter expertise to property managers regarding selection procedures.

• Partners with vendor partners to ensure effective advertisement efforts are being utilized for open positions in appropriate venues to attract a diverse candidate pool.

• Performs quality control on candidate identification/selection.

Managing Employee Development

• Supports a departmental orientation program for employees to receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their job.

• Ensures employees are cross-trained to support successful daily operations.

• Uses all available on the job training tools for employees; supervise on-going training initiatives and conducts training, when appropriate.

• Ensures coordination and facilitation of new hire orientation program to generate a positive first impression for employees and emphasize the importance of guest service in company culture.

• Ensures attendance by all new hires and participation of the leadership team in training programs

• Collaborates with management team to ensure departmental orientation processes are in place and employees receive the appropriate new hire training to successfully perform their job.

• Partners with Loss Prevention to conduct employee accident investigations, as necessary.

• Communicates performance expectations in accordance with job descriptions for each position.

Managing Legal and Compliance Practices

• Ensures employee files contain required employment paperwork, proper performance management and compensation documentation, are properly maintained and secured for the required length of time.

• Ensures compliance with procedure for accessing, reviewing, and auditing employee files and ensure compliance with the Privacy Act.

• Ensures medical records are maintained in a separate, secure and confidential medical file.

• Facilitates random, reasonable belief and post accident drug testing process (in properties where applicable).

• Communicates property rules and regulations via the employee handbook.

• Ensures all safety and security policies (e.g., property removal, lost and found items, blood borne pathogens, accident reporting, and hygiene) are communicated to employees on a regular basis through orientation, property meetings, bulletin boards, etc.

• Conducts periodic claims reviews with Regional Claims office to ensure claims are closed in a timely manner and reserve levels are appropriate for open claims.

• Represents Human Resources at the property Safety Committee; helps to identify ways to create awareness of the importance of safety in the workplace and decrease accident frequency and severity.