Human Resource Officer

Job title : Human Resource Officer

Location: Elele, Rivers State

Reports To:  Farm Manager / HR Director

JOB SUMMARY

Reliable Farm and Agro base Ind. Ltd.is seeking an experienced, versatile, and onsite Human Resource Officer to oversee and manage comprehensive HR processes across our agricultural operations in Elele, Rivers State. The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between farm operations and workforce productivity, executing seamless HR strategies that address the distinct demands of an agribusiness. This role requires a dedicated professional who brings a minimum of 3 to 7 years of proven, end-to-end HR operational experience. Because our primary center of productivity sits right in the field, this position requires absolute willingness to permanently relocate and work out of our farm facility in Elele. A background or deep foundational knowledge in managing agricultural setups, large farm labor structures, or rural agro-processing workforces will be highly critical to success.

Note on Relocation: This position is 100% field-based at our Elele farm site. Candidates must be genuinely willing to relocate and base their daily professional operations out of this location.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Core HR Operations & Lifecycle Management

• Direct and coordinate the full employee lifecycle, spanning specialized farm labor onboarding, daily attendance, contract management, and off-boarding workflows.
• Implement structured HR policies, ensuring day-to-day personnel processes map cleanly to overarching company objectives.
• Maintain meticulously updated physical and digital employee databases, capturing accurate histories for permanent corporate specialists and seasonal field crews alike

Agricultural Labor & Workforce Management

• Design and roll out practical workforce planning mechanisms optimized for the agricultural calendar (planting, harvesting, and processing spikes).
• Direct the recruitment, selection, and orientation of both skilled technical staff (agronomists, mechanics) and daily/seasonal field laborers.
• Supervise farm labor dispatching schedules to minimize operational downtime while controlling overtime margins.

Payroll, Compensation & Benefits Administration

• Oversee regular payroll computations, cross-referencing field time-sheets, harvest piece-rates, and task-based wage metrics.
• Administer statutory requirements, worker compensation claims, health provisions, and localized field incentives.

Employee Relations & Dispute Resolution

• Act as the primary focal point for industrial harmony, proactively resolving conflicts between field staff, supervisors, and external local community elements.
• Promote a fair, non-discriminatory workplace culture that acknowledges the physically demanding realities of continuous field production.

Health, Safety & Compliance Monitoring

• Ensure farm operations comply explicitly with Nigerian labor laws, agricultural safety mandates, and localized industrial guidelines.
• Collaborate with farm safety coordinators to institutionalize personal protective equipment (PPE) compliance, field safety training, and incident logging.

JOB SPECIFICATION (REQUIREMENTS)

Education & Professional Certifications

• Minimum Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Human Resource Management, Personnel Management, Industrial Relations, Business Administration, or an agronomically adjacent social science.
• Added Advantage: Active professional certifications from recognized professional bodies (e.g., CIPM - Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria, SHRM, or CIPD).

Experience Profiles

• A strictly verified window of 2 to 5 years of post-qualification experience actively driving full-spectrum HR operations.
• Demonstrated history working within an agribusiness, commercial crop/livestock farm, FMCG, manufacturing plant, or large industrial logistics facility with substantial manual labor constraints.

Key Competencies & Core Knowledge

• Agribusiness Acumen: Deep familiarity with farm operations, seasonal labor cycles, piece-rate payroll metrics, and the practical challenges of farm workforce retention.
• HR Technical Depth: Mastery over talent sourcing, performance assessment models, conflict mediation, and modern payroll architectures.
• Legal Literacy: Crisp working knowledge of the Nigerian Labor Act, Trade Unions laws, and Occupational Health and Safety mandates.

Personal Attributes & Mobility

• Mobility: Unconditional, proactive willingness to live and work long-term at the farm location in Elele, Rivers State.
• Resilience: High adaptability to operate productively from a field office, showing comfort with the physical realities of farm-level operational oversight.
• Communication: Clear verbal and written command, with a proven ability to communicate comfortably with corporate management as well as local farm laborers.