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HR Advisor

AT Diageo
Diageo

HR Advisor

Lagos, Nigeria

Job Title: HR Advisor

Level: L5

Reports To: Human Resources Director South West & Central

Location: Lagos HQ

About us

With over 200 brands sold in nearly 180 countries, we're the world's leading premium drinks company. Bring your passion and use your curiosity as you explore, collaborate, and innovate to build brands consumers love. Together with passionate people from all over the world, you'll test new insights, learn and grow, and unlock a brighter, more exciting future.

Join us to create a career worth celebrating.

Context/Scope:

Diageo is a global organisation with over 28,000 talented people and a presence in 180 countries. Across our 21 markets, our brand portfolio represents our biggest strength and our biggest passion. Be it our global giants, local stars, or premium brands, we use our vision, creativity, and courage to drive the growth of our products worldwide. We invent strong brands for today and for the future, upholding the quality of our products and taking personal accountability for both the history and for the future of our brands.

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Africa businesses account for over 10% of Global Diageo revenue, with a workforce of more than 6,000 employees. We create wealth both directly through our operations and indirectly through our broader value chains where we support development and growth in partnership with businesses and communities.

We are committed to delivering sustainable performance, and our vision is to be the destination of choice for Diageo investment. We are building a track record of attracting, retaining, developing, and exporting best-in-class diverse talent for Diageo and fueling people to deliver great performance. We are a force for good in communities and care about the planet with focus on water, farming, and education, which are the most critical components for our communities.

Today, Africa is a predominantly beer region, and we will continue to grow beer fast. We also recognise an even greater opportunity in spirits and recently reorganised our business to focus on redefining and accelerating spirits to double its current revenue through the SWC organisation. Nigeria forms part of the SWC organisation.

Top Accountabilities

  • Liaising and partnering with HRBP's on development plans to support, impact and drive the success of our HR strategy.
  • Supervising employee movements and workplace profile statistics.
  • Ensuring reconciliation of data with various systems for accuracy.
  • Manage relationships with Department of Labour by Reporting, keeping abreast of new developments, advising, and partnering with business and implementing new requirements.
  • Point of contact for people-related queries and processes.
  • Provide support and advice on people policies, procedures, and best practices.
  • Support on the ground onboard of talent to the business.
  • Support HR business partners with talent review process, wellbeing initiatives, and global initiatives rollout.
  • Manage any First Point related queries.
  • Ensure critical controls are in place for HR compliance.


Qualifications & Experience

Degree in a relevant field HR, Labour Relations or Industrial Psychology

3+ years of functional HR experience
  • Strong coordination, organisational, reporting and analytics skills.
  • Outstanding communication skills
  • Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information.
  • Has an acute focus on performance and results, is highly accountable, problem-solvers, and determined to win.
  • Demonstrates pace and urgency, responding quickly to challenges and opportunities.
  • Personally resilient - able to maintain emotional balance under pressure and high-performance expectations.
  • Change agent-Leading change-is courageous in thinking about what is possible and has a track record of leading transformation.
  • Adept at building relationships with a broad range of stakeholders
  • Fundamental Project management experience- good with MS Excel, MS Word, and MS Power Point skills.


Flexible Working Statement:

Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you're supported from day one.

Rewards & Benefits Statement

We recognise and value performance, offering our people a highly competitive Rewards and Benefits package

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you'll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You'll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you.

Client-provided location(s): Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Job ID: Diageo-JR1111861
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
    • Adoption Leave
  • Work Flexibility

    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Leave of Absence
    • Volunteer Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • Pension
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Associate or Rotational Training Program
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Woman founded/led

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