Deadline: Sep 26, 2022
Job Description
Company Overview
The Pharo Foundation (the ‘’Foundation”) is a privately funded entrepreneurial organization that runs philanthropic programs as well as a for-profit arm, Pharo Ventures. The Vision of the Foundation is an economically vibrant and inclusive Africa. The Mission is to achieve the Vision by investing in the human and physical capital of Africa, with a strong focus on job creation.
Established in 2011, The Foundation has been implementing numerous programs in Ethiopia and Somaliland and is in the process of expanding into Rwanda and Kenya. The strategic pillars of the Foundation are education, health, water, and agriculture. One such example is the ongoing implementation of a large scale water project in Somaliland with the aim of bringing water to 6,000 households and their livestock. In 2020, the Foundation also established Pharo Ventures, its wholly owned social enterprise arm, with the objectives of economic value and job creation in East Africa
The Foundation has a program office in Assosa, the regional capital of Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz Regional State (BGRS), with plans to expand operations in the country. Since its establishment in 2016, the Foundation’s program office has been working on an integrated livelihood development program that covers agriculture, water, health, and education.
Headquartered in London, the Foundation has an operational head office in Nairobi, Kenya with country offices in Ethiopia (Addis Ababa and Assosa), Somaliland (Hargeisa), and Rwanda (Kigali) with further expansion plans in Africa.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Organize, label, maintain and arrange properly and safely active and Inactive personal files.
- Organize inactive files by their respective year and base.
- Update the active personal file tracking/follow-up sheet up and regularly check.
- Using the personal file checklist neatly arrange and sequentially organize the current active personal file documents.
- Arrange and order the personal files based on location and naming sequence.
- Maintain a central organizational file both in soft and hard copies of active personal files.
- Scanning all personal file and save on computer.
- Meet Plan International quality standards for all files.
- Performs additional duties as per the request of the line manager.
Reporting to: Senior Human Resource Officer
Contract Type: 3-months
Gender: Female
Job Requirements
Qualification Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Management, Business Administration or related fields of study.
- 0 year of experience( Fresh Graduate)
Personal Attributes
- Great attention to detail and a flexible approach to work.
- High professional and ethical standards.
- Structured and process-oriented.
- Excellent time and project management skills with the ability to balance multiple priorities.
- Motivated to learn and perform and not afraid to ask questions.
- Willing to challenge the status quo and add value by introducing positive change.
- Excellent communicator and comfortable to work in a team environment.
- Positive outlook and outgoing personality with solid leadership, interpersonal and diplomatic skills.
How to Apply
Review of complete applications will be on a rolling basis. In the event that we identify an outstanding candidate early in the search process, we reserve the right to appoint before the deadline. For this reason, we encourage interested candidates to apply at the earliest possible time. Due to the high volume of applications, we regret that we will only be able to contact shortlisted candidates.
Please send the information listed below, as a single PDF file, to the following email address: recruiting.et@pharofoundation.org. Please indicate “HR Intern, Addis Ababa” in the email subject line.
A CV and Covering Letter. In your cover letter, please state where you heard about this position or saw it advertised e.g. through our website, jobs board, etc.