De-Podium Professional Services is a Lagos professional services firm that helps Nigerian businesses manage tax, regulatory compliance and related advisory needs. The firm is in the first year of a three-year growth strategy and is building the people, systems and processes to support it.
Sola Dada & Co. is a Lagos law firm based in Ikeja and a sister firm to De-Podium. The two firms run a shared services function covering operations, finance, business development support and human resources, while keeping their books, client files and client confidentiality separate.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Human Resources Officer, Shared Services
Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time (on site)
Reports to: Managing Partner, De-Podium Professional Services, with a direct line to the Principal of Sola Dada & Co. on matters specific to that firm
Works closely with: The Practice Manager
Firms: De-Podium Professional Services and Sola Dada & Co.
Function: Shared Services: Human Resources
About The Role
- You will run human resources for both firms from one shared function.
- Your job is to make sure each firm hires the right people, brings them in properly, pays them correctly, reviews their performance fairly and keeps them.
- Both firms are growing and their HR foundations are still being put in place.
- You will write policies, set up records and run the people calendar, not just administer what already exists.
What you will do
Recruitment and onboarding:
- Manage recruitment for both firms from role brief to offer: job adverts, screening, interview scheduling, reference checks and offer letters.
- Prepare employment contracts and keep signed copies on file for every staff member.
- Run onboarding so that every new joiner has access, tools, a named supervisor and a structured first week before they arrive.
- Manage confirmation at the end of probation, transfers and exits, including a recorded exit conversation for every leaver.
Policy and records:
- Develop and maintain an HR policy and staff handbook for each firm, compliant with Nigerian labour law, covering leave, conduct, grievance, discipline and exit.
- Keep complete and confidential staff files, leave records and disciplinary records for both firms.
- Maintain job descriptions for every role and support the partners in building a progression ladder for professional and support staff.
Payroll and statutory obligations:
- Prepare monthly payroll inputs for each firm and coordinate with finance on processing.
- Make sure PAYE, pension, NSITF and ITF obligations are computed, remitted and filed on time for each entity.
- Keep the register of professional memberships and practising licences, including ICAN, ANAN and annual NBA practising fees, and report gaps to the partners each quarter.
Performance, learning and employee relations:
- Run the appraisal calendar for both firms: objective setting, mid-year and annual reviews, with documented outcomes.
- Plan and track training and continuing professional development against each firm’s budget.
- Handle grievances and disciplinary processes fairly and in line with policy, escalating to the partners where required.
- Report monthly on headcount, vacancies, leave, attrition and appraisal completion for each firm.
What we are looking for
- A First Degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, the Social Sciences or a related discipline.
- At least three years of hands-on HR experience, ideally in a professional services, legal or accounting firm.
- Experience running the full employee cycle: recruitment, onboarding, appraisal, discipline and exit.
- Working knowledge of Nigerian labour law and employer obligations, including PAYE, pension, NSITF and ITF.
- Strong organisation and record keeping, and good Excel skills.
- Clear written and spoken communication, and the confidence to advise partners on people matters.
- Strict discretion with salary, disciplinary and personal information.
It would be an advantage if you have:
- CIPM membership, completed or in progress.
- Experience supporting more than one entity or business unit.
- Experience with an HR or payroll system.
What we offer
- A monthly salary of N250,000 to N300,000 per month, depending on experience.
- The chance to set up the HR function of two growing firms and shape how they manage their people.
- Direct access to the leadership of both firms.
- A six month probationary period.