Human Resources Specialist Full Time

Seeking a HR professional to strengthen people systems, performance management, and employee relations while partnering with leaders to support workforce stability, compliance, and organizational effectiveness at scale.

About One Acre Fund
Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa’s farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000+ full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

The Nigeria program, established in 2018, is headquartered in Minna, Niger state. We’re currently serving over 100,000 unique farmers across the state via our inputs on credit ‘Core’ program, inputs on cash ‘Retail’ program, and have a free tree seedling distribution ‘Agroforestry’ program. To learn more about our work, look at our Nigeria program blog.

About the Role
Seeking an HR professional to strengthen people systems, performance management, and employee relations while partnering with leaders to support workforce stability, compliance, and organizational effectiveness at scale.

Responsibilities

Co-defining Vision and Implementing Strategy:

• Co-designing and implementing people strategies that proactively meet the organization’s workforce, performance, and compliance needs, including performance management, employee relations, talent management, HR operations, and policy implementation.
• Translating organizational goals into practical HR frameworks, tools, and processes that strengthen workforce effectiveness, accountability, and retention.
• Proactively identifying people-related risks (e.g., performance gaps, attrition trends, compliance issues) and advising leadership on mitigation actions before they impact delivery.
• Driving consistent and compliant application of HR policies and procedures across departments and locations.

Learning and Development:

• Collaborate on creating L&D solutions to support organizational change and development as outlined in the annual L&D strategy
• Manage the annual L&D Training tracker database, providing regular reports to line managers and supervisors on training administered and new training topics for review.

Performance Management:

• Lead the operational delivery and continuous improvement of the Annual PDR cycle, ensuring consistency, fairness, and data integrity.
• Partner with managers to address performance gaps and support improvement plans.

Employee Relations:

• Act as a key advisor to managers on employee relations matters, HR policies, and labor regulations.
• Support investigations, documentation, and resolution of employee relations cases.
• Promote consistent and equitable application of HR policies across departments

Talent Management and Workforce Support

• Support probation management, confirmations, promotions, internal transfers, and workforce movements.
• Partner with recruitment and hiring managers to support workforce planning and staffing decisions.
• Ensure accuracy and integrity of employee lifecycle data across HR systems.

HR Operations, Data and Reporting

• Manage HR trackers, dashboards, and reports to provide visibility on key people metrics.
• Prepare regular insights for the People Lead on headcount, attrition, performance outcomes, and compliance risks.
• Support contract administration, HR system updates, and documentation management.

Career Growth and Development
We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications
Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have:

• Seeking an experienced professional with over 7+ years of experience in human resources principles, practices and legislation. Strong understanding of HR, particularly as an HRBP.
• Human Resources Practice: Strong practical knowledge of core HR functions including performance management, employee relations, talent management, HR operations, and policy implementation, aligned with organizational goals and compliance requirements.
• Data Analysis: Strong analytical skills for assessing training effectiveness, tracking progress, and providing data-driven insights for improvement.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, particularly for designing training content and facilitating learning sessions.
• HR Systems & Database Management: Proficiency in managing HR databases and information systems, ensuring data accuracy, and generating reports to support compliance, reporting, and workforce planning.
• Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues and other team members, contributing to a positive working environment.
• Problem Solving: Creative and critical thinking skills to identify issues, propose solutions, and continually improve learning and development processes
• Leadership and Supervision: Capable of providing leadership and support to team members, including coordinating training sessions and managing training resources.
• Project Management: Proven ability to manage projects, including planning, execution, and monitoring, often involving multiple stakeholders and resources.

Preferred Start Date
As soon as possible

Job Location
Minna, Nigeria

Benefits
Health insurance, paid time off

Eligibility
This role is only open to citizens or permanent residents of Nigeria.

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