Head, Total Rewards & Employee Experience at Wema Bank Plc

Job Summary

• Ensure that an equitable, robust, and competitive reward systems that can attract the best talents into the Bank is put in place hence supporting performance and improvement through the workforce
• Manage the unit that is responsible to provide employee engagement, communication and involvement and provide Employee Reps Relations management to ensure industrial harmony and a positive culture

Job Description
Total Rewards Management

• Design, review and implement of total rewards policies/strategy for the bank
• Ensure that the so designed policy/strategy is motivating enough to propel staff to higher performance
• Conduct of total rewards survey of bench marked banks periodically to ensure that ours does not fall below the industry average
• Process of all staff welfare loan schemes and ensure that the department never exceeds the approved limit
• Supervise the Pension and Exit Processing sub-unit and processing of severance benefits
• Prompt processing of Pensioners’ payroll every month

Employee Experience Management

• Ensure a Bank wide industrial harmony i.e., Zero industrial strikes by maintaining good relations between employees and management
• Provide management to all employee relations representatives and change agents bank wide to ensure congruence with goals and objectives of the Bank
• Manage the unit that is responsible to provide employee engagement, communication and involvement and provide Employee Reps Relations management to ensure industrial harmony and a positive culture.

HR Strategy:

• Lead for implementing and overseeing an efficient, quality driven total rewards and employee experience strategies with a consistent, transparent, and cost-effective processes.
• Manage the bank’s overall total rewards & employee experience strategy and contribute to long term financial and work force objectives.
• Develops innovative total rewards & employee experience strategies and procedures and ensures that there is a consistent and positive employee experience, which increases the prospects of acquisition and retention of talent for the business.
• Delivers analytical reports on the results, impacts, and cost-effectiveness of the current total rewards & employee experience strategies and uses this information to identify trends and adjust the reward and employee experience strategies to optimize the impact of the team.

People management:

• Monitor, coach and guide the Total Rewards & Employee Experience team.
• Effectively delegates authority and responsibility, in line with business objectives, to ensure the empowerment, motivation and effectiveness of all direct and indirect reports.
• Promotes a culture where the values of the Bank are seen to be ‘alive’

Requirements

• Qualification: BSc / MSc in Human Resources or relevant field
• Professional Qualification: CIPM or SPHR is a plus
• Work Experience: 8-12 years in core HR experience or in a similar role
• Ability to lead continuous organisational change and development.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to present clear, well-structured reports and briefs.
• The ability to build good relationships and partnerships with key influencers across the organisation.
• The ability to make logical, well-balanced and reasoned decisions.
• Able to proactively develop team dynamics and performance, ensuring quality standards are consistently achieved.
• A commitment to people development and the organisational values and behaviours that underpins the culture and value of the Bank.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to deliver projects to plan, and cost and quality.
• Emotional resilience.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.