Nigeria Human Resources Specialist

About One Acre Fund

Founded in 2006, One Acre Fund equips 5.5 million smallholder farmers to make their farms more productive. Across nine countries that together are home to two-thirds of Africa's farmers, we provide high-quality farm supplies, tree seedlings, accessible credit, modern agronomic training, and a wide range of other agricultural services. On average, this model enables any farmer to increase their income and assets on supported land by more than 35 percent, while permanently improving their resilience. This is all made possible by our team of 9,000 full-time staff, drawn from diverse backgrounds and professions. To learn more, please see our Why Work Here blog post.

The Nigeria program, established in 2018, is headquartered in Minna, Niger state. We're currently serving over 100,000 unique farmers across the state via our inputs on credit 'Core' program, inputs on cash 'Retail' program, and have a free tree seedling distribution 'Agroforestry' program. To learn more about our work, look at our Nigeria program blog.

About The Role

Seeking an HR professional to strengthen people systems, performance management, and employee relations while partnering with leaders to support workforce stability, compliance, and organizational effectiveness at scale.

Responsibilities

Co-defining Vision and Implementing Strategy: • Co-designing and implementing people strategies that proactively meet the organization’s workforce, performance, and compliance needs, including performance management, employee relations, talent management, HR operations, and policy implementation. • Translating organizational goals into practical HR frameworks, tools, and processes that strengthen workforce effectiveness, accountability, and retention. • Proactively identifying people-related risks (e.g., performance gaps, attrition trends, compliance issues) and advising leadership on mitigation actions before they impact delivery. • Driving consistent and compliant application of HR policies and procedures across departments and locations.

Learning And Development • Collaborate on creating L&D solutions to support organizational change and development as outlined in the annual L&D strategy • Manage the annual L&D Training tracker database, providing regular reports to line managers and supervisors on training administered and new training topics for review.

Performance Management • Lead the operational delivery and continuous improvement of the Annual PDR cycle, ensuring consistency, fairness, and data integrity. • Partner with managers to address performance gaps and support improvement plans.

Employee Relations • Act as a key advisor to managers on employee relations matters, HR policies, and labor regulations. • Support investigations, documentation, and resolution of employee relations cases. • Promote consistent and equitable application of HR policies across departments

Talent Management and Workforce Support • Support probation management, confirmations, promotions, internal transfers, and workforce movements. • Partner with recruitment and hiring managers to support workforce planning and staffing decisions. • Ensure accuracy and integrity of employee lifecycle data across HR systems.

HR Operations, Data and Reporting • Manage HR trackers, dashboards, and reports to provide visibility on key people metrics. • Prepare regular insights for the People Lead on headcount, attrition, performance outcomes, and compliance risks. • Support contract administration, HR system updates, and documentation management.

Career Growth and Development

We have a strong culture of constant learning and we invest in developing our people. You’ll have weekly check-ins with your manager, access to mentorship and training programs, and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months, and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You’ll have the opportunity to shape a growing organization and build a rewarding long-term career.

Qualifications

Across all roles, these are the general qualifications we look for. For this role specifically, you will have: • Seeking an experienced professional with over 7 years of experience in human resources principles, practices and legislation. Strong understanding of HR, particularly as an HRBP. • Human Resources Practice: Strong practical knowledge of core HR functions including performance management, employee relations, talent management, HR operations, and policy implementation, aligned with