Human Resources

Senior Hr Officer

West African Exploration and Production (WAEP)·Lagos, nigeria·Full Time·Contract
Human ResourcesFull TimeContract
-Closes Oct 20, 2026

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.

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

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

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.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, Social Sciences or a related discipline.
  • Minimum 10-15 years' 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.

Key skills

BA/BSc/HND
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At a glance

Company

West African Exploration and Production (WAEP)

Location

Lagos, nigeria

Employment

Full Time

Work style

Contract

Experience

Valid until

October 20, 2026

Created

October 16, 2026