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We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: HR/Recruitment Officer
Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time (Onsite)
Job Description
- We are looking for a smart, proactive, and people-driven HR/Recruitment Officer who can help us recruit fast, onboard new staff properly, support company culture, and ensure our team remains disciplined, motivated, and productive.
Role Summary
- The HR Officer will be responsible for managing recruitment, onboarding, staff records, attendance, HR documentation, staff engagement, and basic performance support.
- This role is ideal for someone who is energetic, organized, great with people, and able to work in a fast-paced e-commerce environment.
Key Responsibilities
Recruitment & Hiring:
- Create and post job vacancies on job platforms, social media, WhatsApp groups, LinkedIn, and other recruitment channels.
- Source candidates for roles across customer service, logistics, marketing, operations, warehouse, admin, and sales.
- Screen CVs and applications.
- Call and interview applicants.
- Schedule interviews with department heads and management.
- Prepare interview questions and candidate assessment forms.
- Maintain a recruitment tracker showing applicants, interview stages, selected candidates, and rejected candidates.
- Follow up with shortlisted and successful candidates.
- Prepare offer letters and employment documents.
Onboarding & Training Support:
- Welcome new staff and guide them through the onboarding process.
- Ensure new employees understand company rules, culture, values, and expectations.
- Coordinate staff documentation and file setup.
- Work with team leads to ensure new staff receive proper role-specific training.
- Track probation periods and remind management when reviews are due.
Culture & Staff Engagement:
- Support a culture of speed, ownership, discipline, accountability, teamwork, and customer obsession.
- Help organize staff recognition, birthday celebrations, team bonding, and performance shoutouts.
- Encourage positive communication across teams.
- Identify staff issues early and escalate when necessary.
- Support management in keeping the team motivated and focused.
Attendance, Discipline & HR Administration:
- Monitor daily attendance, lateness, absenteeism, and leave requests.
- Maintain updated staff records and HR files.
- Prepare basic HR documents such as offer letters, warning letters, confirmation letters, and exit forms.
- Assist with enforcing company policies and workplace standards.
- Support disciplinary processes when required.
Performance Support:
- Work with department heads to track staff performance and probation progress.
- Help ensure every staff member has clear responsibilities and expectations.
- Collect weekly updates from team leads on staff performance, attitude, and discipline.
- Identify underperforming staff and escalate to management.
Requirements
- Candidates should possess an HND/Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, Management, or a related field.
- 3 - 5 years of experience in recruitment, HR, admin, or people operations.
- Experience in e-commerce, retail, logistics, customer service, or a fast-paced startup is an added advantage.
- Strong communication and people skills.
- Ability to recruit quickly and manage multiple vacancies at the same time.
- Very organized and detail-oriented.
- Good knowledge of Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel, Google Docs, and basic HR tools.
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Must be proactive, disciplined, confidential, and trustworthy.
Important Skills:
- Recruitment and candidate screening
- Interview coordination
- Staff onboarding
- HR documentation
- Attendance tracking
- Communication and conflict resolution
- Team motivation
- Reporting and organization