HR Manager at Newmark Group

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Job Description

The Newmark Group Limited is a leading African Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) firm that ranks among the fastest growing with a strong presence in the Multinational Brand segment of the market.

Job Industry

Human Resource Management

Job Salary Currency

Job Salary Fixed

No

Key Deliverables

People Strategy & Organisation Design

  • Partner with the CEO and country leads to design and execute a people strategy aligned to Newmark's pan-African growth agenda.
  • Develop and maintain an organisational design framework that supports scale, agility, and cross-market collaboration.
  • Build and manage the HR compliance calendar across all five jurisdictions, ensuring timely adherence to employment law, statutory filings, and regulatory obligations.

Talent Acquisition & Pipeline

  • Own the end-to-end recruitment cycle — from role scoping and job design through to offer negotiation and onboarding.
  • Build and manage a structured recruitment assessment framework (psychometric, aptitude, and competency-based tools).
  • Develop talent pipelines for critical roles, particularly at senior and specialist levels across markets.
  • Partner with hiring managers to deploy structured interview plans and consistent candidate evaluation methodologies.

HR Operations & Compliance

  • Draft, review, and maintain employment contracts, offer letters, and HR policies compliant with local labour legislation in all five markets.
  • Manage staff records, payroll coordination, leave administration, and benefits across jurisdictions.
  • Maintain working knowledge of primary employment legislation
  • Lead HR audits, risk assessments, and corrective action processes.

Performance & Culture

  • Design and implement a performance management framework — including objective-setting, mid-year reviews, and calibration processes.
  • Champion Newmark's culture of creativity, accountability, and inclusion across all offices.
  • Lead employee engagement initiatives, recognition programmes, and internal communications that strengthen team cohesion.
  • Manage employee relations matters with sensitivity, fairness, and legal rigour.

Learning & Development

  • Identify capability gaps and design learning interventions — both formal and on-the-job — in partnership with team leads.
  • Build onboarding experiences that set new hires up for success from day one.
  • Develop leadership development pathways for high-potential staff.

Essential Qualities

Essential Qualities

Must-Haves

  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • Minimum 5 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 2 years in a standalone or senior HR role.
  • Demonstrated experience managing HR across multiple African markets.
  • Solid command of employment law in at least two of the five Newmark jurisdictions.
  • Proven track record in full-cycle recruitment, including the design of assessment tools and structured interview frameworks.
  • Strong HR operations experience: contracts, HRIS, payroll coordination, leave management.

Nice-to-Haves

  • IHRM, SHRM, CIPD, or equivalent professional HR certification.
  • Experience in a marketing, communications, media, or professional services environment.
  • Exposure to psychometric or aptitude assessment administration and interpretation.
  • Familiarity with HRIS platforms and digital HR tools.

COMPETENCIES WE ARE LOOKING FOR

  • Strategic Thinking
  • Sees the people agenda through a business lens; builds for scale.
  • Execution Excellence
  • Gets things done — accurately, on time, without hand-holding.
  • Multi-Jurisdictional Fluency
  • Navigates differing legal and cultural contexts with ease.
  • Stakeholder Partnership
  • Trusted by leaders and staff alike; influences without authority.
  • Discretion & Integrity
  • Handles sensitive information with total confidentiality.
  • Adaptability
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and fast-moving priorities.


Special Benefits for this Position

WHY JOIN NEWMARK?

  • A high-growth, pan-African platform with genuine regional scope and ambition.
  • A seat at the table — this is an HR function you will build and own, not inherit and maintain.
  • Close proximity to creative, strategic work that shapes public narratives across the continent.
  • A leadership team that believes in people-first principles and invests in the function.
  • Competitive compensation benchmarked to market, commensurate with experience.

Application Process

Close Date

17/07/2026