Senior People Partner Job M-KOPA Solar

At M-KOPA, you’ll be a strategic advisor and hands-on executor in equal measure. You’ll partner with Kenya’s leadership team to address organisational challenges while designing the people systems that will define how we scale. Our People Partners own their solutions end-to-end, from strategic workforce planning to hands-on change management. Join us in combining cutting-edge people practices with purpose-driven work that makes digital and financial inclusion possible across Africa.

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Strategic Partner to Kenya Leadership

• Serve as trusted advisor to members of Kenya’s leadership team, aligning people strategies with business priorities and market growth objectives
• Partner with leadership to tackle organisational challenges and deliver innovative people solutions that drive business performance
• Use people analytics to track key metrics, identify trends, and provide actionable insights that inform strategic decision-making

Drive Talent Excellence & Organisational Development

• Design and implement talent strategies for attraction, development, and retention across all Kenya functions
• Lead organisational design initiatives, workforce planning, and succession strategies to support business scaling
• Facilitate talent reviews and performance calibrations with leaders, ensuring fair and effective talent management processes
• Connect employees and managers with impactful learning and development opportunities, including mentorship and coaching

Build High-Performance Culture

• Cultivate a growth-oriented, high-performance culture through effective performance management and employee engagement initiatives
• Address employee relations issues with professionalism, ensuring consistent policy application and compliance with local labour practices
• Coach managers and employees on best practices, conflict resolution, and professional development
• Lead employee engagement initiatives, including surveys and follow-up actions to enhance overall engagement

Lead Change & Strategic Initiatives

• Manage complex organisational change initiatives, from planning through execution and measurement
• Support business transformations, restructuring, and strategic project implementations
• Collaborate with global People team and local stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of people strategies

Your Environment

• Market context: Kenya is home to our smartphone assembly facility (2 million phones assembled)
• Organisational complexity: Support diverse operations spanning manufacturing, field sales, customer service, and technical teams.
• Scale of impact: Partner with leaders managing rapid expansion while maintaining quality – we’ve grown our agent network from 30,000 to 35,000 in the past year

Our Approach to People Partnership

• Business partnership: Deep collaboration with business leaders to translate organisational priorities into people strategies that drive measurable results
• Data-driven insights: People analytics inform talent reviews, organisational design, engagement initiatives, and diversity progress
• Change leadership: Proven change management capabilities support continuous transformation as we scale toward 10 million customers
• Global-local expertise: Balance global people practices with deep understanding of Kenyan labour regulations and local market context
• Strategic autonomy: Significant ownership of key people initiatives with direct access to senior leadership and real decision-making authority

What You Bring

• 8+ years of progressive HR experience with 3-4 years partnering with senior leaders in fast-growth, complex organisations.
• Proven track record designing and implementing people strategies that drive measurable business results across local and global contexts.
• Strategic and operational range – equally comfortable with long-term planning and hands-on execution, with strong business acumen to translate people priorities into business outcomes.
• Expert coaching and advisory skills for leaders at all levels, with strong change management capabilities and ability to influence without authority.
• Data-driven approach to decision-making with experience using people analytics to inform strategy and track performance.
• Deep understanding of Kenyan labour practices and regulatory environments, with experience navigating complex employee relations.
• Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments with proven success in matrixed organisations and multi-stakeholder management.

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