Senior Hr Officer

West African Exploration and Production company (WAEP) is a registered company with the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria, with RC No: 1173358. We have a strategic partnership/alliance with Dangote Exploration Assets Limited (80%), Dansa Energy Resources Limited (5%) and First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Limited (15%). 

In 2015, WAEP acquired a 45% working interest in OML 71 and OML 72 from the SPDC JV (Shell Petroleum and Development Company of Nigeria Limited, Total E&P Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited). The company is the operator of OML 71 and OML 72 on behalf of the WAEP-NNPC JV. These blocks are located south of the Bonny Island. There are 7 major discovered fields in OML 72 namely – Kalaekule, KD, Koronama, Kugbe, KL, KQ, Kappa, while OML 71 has 2 main fields called KI and KI south.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Senior HR Officer

Job Location: Lagos

Department: Human Resources (HAM)

Report to: Head, Human Asset Management

Role Purpose

• Provide senior-level operational and advisory HR support across the employee lifecycle, ensuring effective  recruitment, employee relations, performance management, learning HR administration and compliance with Company policies and applicable labour requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support workforce planning, recruitment, selection, onboarding and deployment activities for approved manpower requirements.
• Provide HR advisory support to employees and line managers on policies, procedures, employee relations and people- management matters.
• Coordinate performance-management cycles, appraisal documentation, development actions and related reporting
• Support compensation and benefits administration, payroll inputs and employee-data validation in collaboration with responsible stakeholders.
• Manage employee records, HR documentation, contracts, confirmations, promotions, transfers, leave and other lifecycle transactions.
• Support learning and development needs analysis, training coordination and competency-development initiatives.
• Assist with disciplinary, grievance, investigation and employee-relations processes while ensuring fairness and proper documentation.
• Prepare HR reports, dashboards, manpower data and management information for decision-making.
• Support HR policy development, implementation, audit readiness and compliance with applicable employment requirements.
• Contribute to succession planning, talent management, employee engagement and continuous improvement of HR processes.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Timeliness and quality of HR service delivery
• Recruitment and onboarding effectiveness
• Employee-record and HR-data accuracy
• Performance-management cycle completion
• Closure of employee relations cases
• Policy and audit compliance
• Quality of HR reporting and management support

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, Social Sciences or a related discipline,
• 10-15 years of progressive HR experience, with substantial exposure to the oil and gas industry, preferably upstream E&P.
• Relevant professional membership/certification such as CIPM, SHRM CIPD or equivalent is strongly preferred.

Core Competencies:

• HR operations and advisory
• Recruitment and talent management
• Employee relations
• Performance management
• Compensation and benefits awareness
• HR policy and compliance
• HR analytics and reporting
• Stakeholder management and confidentiality

Method of Application 

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@waepco.com using "Senior HR Officer Application" as the subject of the email.

Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.