Human Resources Officer
How you'll help us achieve it
As Human Resources Officer, you will be the first point of contact for Wave Cameroon Employees' onboarding, compliance and other human resources requests. You will also collaborate with the entire People team (consisting of HR, Payroll, Talent, IT, HR Business Partners, Office management, Events) and other departments, to ensure overall great employee experience and business continuity.
In this role, you'll;
Support day-to-day operations of all human resources functions.
Manage end-to-end onboarding process for new hires across new markets, from offer acceptance through first-day integration
Collect, verify, and file all pre-employment documentation in line with local legal requirements (work certificates, ID, contracts, tax forms)
Set up and update employee records in HRIS at the point of hire, ensuring data accuracy after every onboarding batch
Coordinate onboarding schedules with Talent, hiring managers, payroll, IT and any relevant stakeholders to ensure equipment, access, and needful are ready on day one
Conduct or facilitate induction sessions covering Culture & Values, the Internal Regulation, Code of Conduct, and company policies, processes for all new hires
Proactively Track probation period end dates and collaborate with payroll team for relevant actions
Create and maintain onboarding checklists tailored to each country's regulatory requirements
Help improve employees experience
Provide both strategic and administrative support to the Human Resources Manager.Maintain and regularly update employee files to ensure completeness and audit-readiness at all times
Support periodic HR audits by organising and providing required documentation within agreed deadlines
Compile and update employee records (hard, soft copies, and HRIS).
Process documentation and prepare reports related to staff activities.
Ensure human resources compliance with internal and country legislation.
Assist in payroll preparation by providing relevant supporting data to the Payroll team.
Ensure compliance in the relationship with interim firms
Coordinate human resources projects & assist the broader People team as required.
Assist in managing employee exits: exit interview coordination, offboarding checklist completion, and timely HRIS updates
Key details
You will work from our office in Douala.
Work authorization in Cameroon is required.
This is a permanent position.
Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula. We run performance reviews twice a year and award bonuses to strong performers who have been with the company for more than 6 months.
We offer generous health insurance for yourself and your dependents.
We support working parents - we offer 26 weeks of parental leave for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers, in addition to subsidized child care when they return to work.
Airtime allocation.
Free food, gym and a beautiful office space.
Requirements
Strong proficiency in English and French.
Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years relevant experience in human resource management Bachelor's degree in business administration, social studies, or equivalent; further HR training will be a plus.
Good knowledge of HR functions (employees integration, employees experience, payroll & benefits, recruitment, compliance, training & development etc.).
Great understanding of labor laws and disciplinary procedures..
You might be a good fit if you
Are a people person, passionated by HR
Have solid ethics and reliability.
Have outstanding organizational and time-management skills
Take initiative in your work.
Adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions, and cope effectively with complexity and change.
Are analytical in your approach to problems.
Are excessively detail-oriented and seek to achieve excellence in everything you do.
Are intellectually curious and creative in the way you go about tackling problems.
Demonstrate tenacity and a willingness to go the distance to get something done.
Are comfortable defaulting to over-communication and overreaching when it comes to coordination