Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (Cidrz)
Resourcing Specialist
C6
D005 – Human Resources
Head Office – Lusaka District, Lusaka Province
23 Jun 2026 00:00
Reports to HR Manager. The Resourcing Specialist is responsible for providing a delivery, support, and advisory service to hiring Managers in order to ensure the recruitment process and candidate experience works smoothly and incorporates all the best elements of our service to deliver a rapid and quality hire.
Main duties
- Correctly implements and interprets HR policies and labour laws and provides guidance to Project Heads and Managers on handling resourcing issues.
- Develops a complete understanding of CIDRZ objectives to effectively shape and plan recruitment requirements
- Understands CIDRZ resourcing needs in order to meet business objectives and act as the resourcing subject matter expert
- Is externally focussed and curious about best practice in the external labour market and ensures the organisation is continually updated with labour market conditions
- Assists with Job analysis and job evaluation to ensure jobs are properly graded
- Assists with change management initiatives by conducting readiness assessments, job-impact analysis, and skill and capability assessments.
- Effectively and efficiently maintains and updates Job descriptions and competence profile
- Conducts and coordinates the recruitment cycle for the entire organisation and ensure interviews, selection, placement and orientation enhance acquisition of staff.
- Ensures new staff are placed at correct salaries and negotiating with prospective candidates were need arises
- Processes work permits for expatriate staff, initiating follow ups with immigration department
- Conducts yearly organisational man power planning in consultation with the Manager and maintains the organisation establishment spread sheet to ensure optimum staffing numbers
- Prepares monthly, quarterly and annual reports. Prepare periodic special reports to reflect staffing trends by project, grade and staff turnover analysis
- Ensures maintenance of confidential files for all employees for management information and record purposes.
Qualifications
- Full Grade 12 Certificate
- Degree in Human Resources Management
- 5 years’ relevant work experience
- Working knowledge of Zambian Labour Laws
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
- Analytical thinking and attention to detail
- Job analysis and evaluation training is an added advantage
- Valid practicing ZIHRM licence a must
Suitably qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. However, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
To apply for this job please visit jobs.cidrz.org.