Human Resources Manager

Karam Evi seeks a mission-focused, experienced, strategic, and process-minded individual to join its senior management team. This person must be both a leader and a collaborator, creative and a solution and detail-focused implementor. Along with a focus on anticipating and planning, the ideal candidate will bring experience in recruitment, creating and maintaining HR systems, and staff development. Karam Evi is growing and seeks to foster a dynamic learning environment for staff. The HR Manager should be a self-starter, knowledgeable, and a positive influence. This role is crucial to the future of our organization and instrumental in seeing Karam Evi succeed in its mission to grow 10,000 Leaders by 2028.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Karam Evi Site Manager with additional oversight from the Head of Operations, the HR Manager will take the lead in the following areas:

Recruitment 

• Be actively involved in recruitment by preparing job descriptions, posting ads, networking, and managing the hiring process
• Create and implement effective onboarding
• Work closely with hiring managers to set expectations and ensure timely recruitment
• Propose improvements to the recruitment process

Human Resources Development

• Developing and administering human resources plans and procedures 
• Leading the development of HR department goals, objectives, and systems
• Recommending and developing new policies, approaches, and procedures
• Support the development and implementation of HR initiatives and systems
• Develop training and development programs
• Delivering ongoing management training to managers
• Provide advice on policies and procedures 

Administrative Management

• Planning, organizing, and controlling the activities and actions of the HR department
• Maintaining company directory and organizational charts
• Assist in performance management processes
• Support the management of employee relations counseling, disciplinary, and grievance issues
• Maintain employee records (employment documents, attendance, etc.) according to policy and legal requirements.
• Work closely with other departments, including finance, IT, and logistics, to ensure effective and efficient management of human resources.
• Review employment and working conditions to ensure legal compliance
• Oversee off-boarding and staff departure process

Work Culture

• Ability to coach all team members on work culture and policies
• Identify and propose training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Turkish Citizenship required 
• Proven experience with five years of human resources experience
• Excellent and demonstrated organizational and leadership abilities
• Outstanding communication and people skills
• Knowledge of HR functions and systems (pay & benefits, recruitment, training & development, etc.)
• Strong collaborator both in-person and with remote team members
• People-oriented and results-driven
• Ability to architect strategy along with leadership skills
• Understanding of Turkish labor laws and disciplinary procedures
• Outstanding organizational and time-management abilities
• Excellent active listening, negotiation, and presentation skills
• Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the company
• Problem-solving and decision-making aptitude
• Strong ethics and reliability
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field combined with work experience with a preference in the non-profit sector. 
• Familiarity with Google Drive and various software, including project management tools like Asana
• English & Arabic advanced proficiency is also required
• Additional Turkish language proficiency is preferred 

REPORTS TO: Karam Evi Site Manager

LOCATION: Karam House Reyhanli

HOURS: Full-time - 40 hours per week, Saturday - Wednesday 

Compensation is commensurate with experience and qualifications.