Tanzania Women’s Bank Recruitment For Senior Human Resources Officer

Tanzania Women’s Bank Recruitment For Senior Human Resources Officer

Tanzania Women’s Bank (TWB) is a limited liability company, the first of its kind in Africa, formed in 2007 in order to support women’s economic activities.

At TWB we aim to serve all, including low-income earners, but most importantly to empower the plight of women entrepreneurs. This endeavor is reflected in our motto "The Only Bank for All."
Vision
Our service delivery is motivated by our desire to be Tanzania’s leading bank for women; we seek to provide our clients with dynamic and flexible banking solutions that will drive them to success.
Mission
We believe in our pledge to secure the nation’s future; promoting economic and social well being of all Tanzanians through efficient, reliable banking products and services by being the pillar that responds to their life challenges, especially those of women. Senior Human Resources Officer (1Post) at Tanzania Women’s Bank Ltd (TWB)
Tanzania Women’s Bank Ltd (TWB) is a bank established under the Company Act No. 212 of 2002 for the purpose of providing access to a full range of financial services for its customers, targeting mainly customers with low income comprising of small businesses, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with special focus and emphasis on women entrepreneurs. We seek to recruit dynamic, honest, result oriented and committed persons to fill the following vacant positions.
Interested and suitably qualified individuals should visit our Website: www.womensbank.co.tz for more details and forward their applications enclosing a detailed CV and copies of professional certificates, name and address of two referees and submit/post hard copied to the below address by 19th May, 2011. Applications should be addressed to:

Managing Director;
Tanzania Women’s bank Limited;
Old Post Office, Mkwepu Street;
P.O.Box 72604;
Dar es Salaam.

Vacant Position at Head Office

Job Summary: Reporting to the Head of Finance and Administration, the Job holder is the Head of Human Resource Unit responsible for facilitating the alignment of TWB’s organization, people and culture to its strategic business plan, through the provision of services in all aspects of human resources management.

Key Roles and Responsibilities
Ensure that letters of application for employment are promptly acknowledged and well secured.
• Advice and co-ordinate recruitment, interviews, selection, placement and transfer processes.
• Assist in reviewing and updating job descriptions.
• Identify and list sources of labour in the labour market, such as Training Institutions, leading financial institutions and others.
• Prepare job advertisements for new and vacant positions in liaison with respective user departments and branches and ensure that they are advertised in the right papers and websites.
• Prepare shortlist of most qualified job applicants for approval by the Manager Human Resources.
• Request for applicants references from relevant sources.
• Prepare and dispatch interview invitation letters to the approved candidates.
• Co-ordinate and organise interview sessions.
• Participate in the interview panels as Secretary.
• Liaise with Manager Training on orientation of new recruits.
• Process transport allowances for first appointees as per Personnel Manual.
• Prepare letters of introduction of new recruits to Department heads and Branch managers.
• To provide employees with updated identity cards.
• Prepare periodic staff recruitment and turnover reports for management use.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned by the Manager Human Resources.

As Staff Welfare Officer:
• Receive and process staff loan applications.
• Advise payroll on new loans and changes to loans.
• Issue loan notification letters.
• Maintain loan data base.
• Monitor loan repayment and loan recovery cases.
• Prepare loan interest differential tax deductions schedule for submission to payroll and TRA.
• Handle hire purchase scheme
• Liaise with Higher Education Students Loan Board for remittance of education loan repayment.

Required Knowledge and skills: Excellent knowledge of human resources management policies and performance management systems; very conversant with current labor laws; good negotiation skills; training skills; conversant with compensation and benefits issues; conversant with standard computer applications.

Qualifications: University degree in Human Resource, Social Sciences or equivalent qualification and relevant working experience of at least 5 years in a financial institution.