M-KOPA’s mission is to make high quality energy affordable to everyone. OUR GROWTH SO FAR M-KOPA has connected more than 400,000 homes in Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda to solar power with over 550 new homes being added every day. Head of People Partnering – Kenya What You’ll Do Lead and develop the Kenya senior people partners who hold substantial books across Kenya sales, retail, manufacturing and logistics Partner the Kenya MD and leadership team as their primary people counterpart, on structure, talent, culture and the hard conversations about leadership fit as the business scales Own org design, talent review and succession for the market, and act as the escalation point for employee relations Hold a focused client group of your own in business management, and customer care and collections Translate group strategy into what actually happens in Kenya real decisions, structure and delivery, not a cascade deck Shape how we’re rebuilding job architecture, competencies and performance across the company we’re open to doing this differently from the usual HR playbook We want someone who thinks like a commercial and operational partner first someone who can look past the standard HR approach when the business genuinely needs something else, and make that call with confidence. What You Need Essential Requirements: Currently a Deputy Head of People or similar holding your own client group, with a small team reporting to you, reporting into an HR Director or Head of People rather than running the function solo (but with a passion for taking the next step up) Comfortable close to senior leadership you’ve built real trust with directors and country leads Real org design experience whether built in-house or through consulting, you’ve designed structure and workforce plans, not just executed someone else’s Working knowledge of Kenyan labor law, with direct experience owning employee relations matters A business-first instinct you reach for cost, risk, or growth before you reach for policy, and you can point to a time you made a call that wasn’t the textbook HR answer because the business needed something else Don't Keep Share!: WhatsApp Tweet