HR Officer (Project)

Alistair Group is one of East and Southern Africa’s fastest-growing service companies, providing a variety of self-delivered logistics solutions across several geographies, aimed with the vision to Make Africa Work Better! With core competencies in road freight, warehousing, commodity trading and operational hire of material handling equipment, the Group strives for continuous expansion of innovative ancillary services to grow the business vertically, complimented by a healthy dose of entrepreneurial flair. The business has gone from strength to strength, growing quickly in both its geographical coverage and variety of services offered to clients. In 2024, the Group exceeded the 1000 employee mark and managed a fleet of well over 1000 trucks. With Alistair’s aggressive and exciting growth strategy, the Group is poised for significant further expansion and a greater impact in Africa.

Core Services:

• Freight Forwarding
• Clearance & Forwarding
• Energy Industry Support Services
• Equipment Rental
• Commodity Trading
• Integrated Solutions
• Warehousing
• Ocean Freight

• Mining
• Oil & Gas
• Agriculture
• Construction
• Explosives
• Renewables

Mission

To make Africa work better

Company Values

Honesty, Customer Focus, Continual Improvement, Humility, and Safety

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Overseeing all day-to-day HR aspects for the project.
   • Preparing and maintaining clean HR files for all staff including employee contracts, CVs, certificates, etc;
   • Evaluates projects for conformance to the overall goals and objectives of the Company
   • Evaluates project status and resource utilization in line with established fixed timelines
   • Recruiting and maintaining a successful and satisfied workforce
   • Liaising with head office to implement all new procedures
   • Conducting regular performance reviews for all staff and ensuring review schedule is met
   • Assignment of mentors and buddies to new staff
   • Liaising with GVT and official bodies as required
   • Ensuring staff have a relevant medical prior to entering service. 

Secondary Responsibilities:

1. Conducting new employee orientation and inductions
2. Keeping employee training records up to date
3. Attending disciplinary meetings and ensuring paper work is generated and signed / filed in employee’s files as per accountability model.
4. Drafting employee improvement plans
5. Taking best practice from other Alistair locations and implementing in Mozambique

Skill/Experience Requirements:

1. Preferable degree – field ideally relevant to our line of business 
2. Self-motivated and multi-tasker
3. Fluency in Portuguese and English
4. Experience running similar projects
5. Excellent communication skills
6. Fully proficient on Excel and Word;

Authority: 

1. Administrator
2. Drivers
3. Operators
4. Casual Laborers

Reporting To:

1. Project Manager
2. HR Area Lead
3. Financial Lead
4. HR Support Line Head
5. Operations Lead

Safety:

1. Ensuring stock levels of PPE are always kept up to date
2. Leading by example a safe and compliant management style
3. Always wearing PPE in relevant work places
4. Ensuring all staff are orientated and inducted.

The Company reserves the right to withdraw from the recruitment process at any time, at its sole discretion. The sharing of any aptitude test, assessment, or invitation to an interview does not constitute an offer of employment or guarantee any future employment with the Company. Candidates acknowledge that progression through any stage of the recruitment process does not imply or ensure an eventual offer of employment.

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