Associate HRBP NGO Job Food For Education

Job Title: Associate Human Resource Business Partner

Date Posted: 13/07/2026

Job Type: Full Time

Employer: Food For Education

Industry: HR

Salary: Open

Location: Nairobi

Country: Kenya

Deadline: 27/07/2026

Summary:

HR Jobs. Food For Education Jobs. Looking for an HR job in Kenya? Food for Education is hiring an Associate Human Resource Business Partner to support HR strategy and provide HR solutions aligned with organizational goals. The role is based in Nairobi and membership of IHRM is required.

About the Role

• The Associate Human Resource Business Partner (HRBP) is a role that focuses on aligning HR initiatives with the overall business strategy within the assigned cluster. The job holder shall act as a consultant and advisor to operational leaders on all people-related matters within their allocated cluster/region. Additionally, the job holder shall be responsible for cascading HR initiatives across the business including talent management, performance management, and employee engagement.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition

• Participate in sourcing candidates, interview scheduling and running interviews with hiring managers.
• Prepare interview guides to be shared with the panels in good time before the interviews
• Maintain detailed and accurate records of candidate progress throughout the recruitment process to support transparency and compliance.
• Liaise with the Talent Acquisition Manager in managing relationships with the counties in an effort to identify suitable candidates.
• Conduct pre-employment checks, such as reference verification and background screening
• Ensure recruitment activities adhere to company policies and relevant employment laws.

Contracting

• Draft and issue offers and employment contracts after approval by the Manager, HRBP
• Confirm all statutory information (ID, NSSF, SHA, KRA PIN, BIO-Data) is submitted at the point of onboarding and ensure 100% compliance.
• Maintain up-to-date records of contracts and ensure timely renewals or terminations.

Onboarding

• Participate in creating onboarding schedules in liaison with the onboarding team
• Conduct onboarding training on company policies and regulations
• Lead onboarding sessions across the kitchens ensuring critical information is shared on time
• Conduct regular check-ins with the new team members in an effort to continue improving team engagement and experience.

Offboarding

• Follow established procedures for contract completion and staff termination to maintain compliance and ensure proper offboarding.
• Plan and facilitate staff offboarding coordinating with People and Culture, Finance & IT

Payroll Management

• Prepare timely payroll inputs using the assigned format ensuring 100% accuracy.
• Handle of payroll queries emanating from the staff and escalate in case of challenges
• Conduct sensitization of payslip statutory to all new staff – SHIF, NSSF, AHL, PAYE etc.

Time and attendance.

• Share attendance reports on a daily basis and escalate issues in a timely manner when needed.

Health and safety

• Coordinate annual OSH audits in liaison with the Health and Safety Manager and close all findings gaps identified within the region
• Identify OSH needs through regular safety inspections and support follow-up actions and ensure completion of corrective measures.
• Coordinate training and sensitization exercises to ensure compliance (e.g., fire safety, first aid, PPE usage).
• Document and track all workplace incidents, near misses, and hazards and coordinate root cause analysis with the health and safety team

Employee relations

• Handle end to end disciplinary process from issuance of showcause, hearing process and verdict process
• Handle all employee grievances emanating from the staff in accordance with grievance management process

Employee Engagement and Communication

• Lead employee engagement initiatives to align staff interests with business objectives, leveraging insights from employee engagement discussions to enhance engagement strategies.
• Ensure clear and effective HR communication, managing employee engagement campaigns
• Coordinate townhalls discussions, one on one sessions etc to identify engagement levels, gather feedback and action points

Leave utilization

• Keep track of leave utilization and advise operations and HR leadership on leave liability while taking relevant action
• Create bi annual leave schedules with team leads and escalate concerns to HRBP in a timely manner
• Generate monthly leave utilization reports and highlight utilization trends across the leave types utilization.

Performance management

• Liaise with line managers to set up team key performance indicators in a timely manner,
• Conduct regular trainings on performance management to the field staff
• Track the appraisal process timeliness and communicate team 360 degree feedback expectations
• Guide conversations on the PIP process with oversight from the HRPB and ensuring proper record keeping.

Learning and development

• Liaise with supervisors to identify team training needs
• Facilitate training sessions for allocated region in liaison with Learning and Development Manager
• Participate in the training needs assessment across the assigned regions and co-create learning plans & schedules with the Learning and Development Manager

Reporting

• Submit timely weekly field visit people and culture reports in the prescribed format.
• Prepare and deliver ad hoc HR reports as required.
• Generate and share route planning reports to support operational efficiency.
• Compile and present comprehensive monthly HR reports to inform decision-making

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business or any other related field
• Member of IHRM or a relevant professional body
• Knowledge, Experience and Competences
• At least 3-5 years practical experience as a human resource generalist
• Vast experience in HR operations & employe