Vestates was born on the 19th March 2013 as a private Limited Liability company, to launch out into the real estate and property management services space. Our aim over the years has been to provide complete real estate services. These include the sale and lease of residential and commercial properties, and long-term property management within Nigeria and Internationally.
From our early days of operation, we have focused on using technology to compete and create a niche for ourselves in the Nigerian real estate industry. Unfortunately, we had to step down to a more analogue approach if we were to work with other stakeholders in the real estate space in Nigeria. We dare say that, Vestates was ahead of its time in that regard.
Over time we have grown to possess a large network of clients, nationally and internationally, including work methods with a stable structure, enforced by a highly skilled and upright team. The corona virus pandemic (COVID-19) has indirectly exposed how dependent the world is on technology, to transmit information among other things; same importance is applicable to our business and cannot be overstated. Technology has now been brought back to our focus, thereby sponsoring seamless growth in our operations scale.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Position: Senior HR Manager
Job Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports to:Managing Director
Role purpose
- Lead Vestates’ people strategy and the HR function across the Group. You will combine strategic HR leadership with hands-on delivery: designing talent and organisational solutions, ensuring legal compliance, strengthening culture and employee experience, and managing the HR team and operations across subsidiaries.
Responsibilities
Strategic HR & Leadership:
- Lead annual and rolling workforce planning cycles, mapping and recommending hiring, redeployment or automation solutions.
- Define a multi-year people strategy that aligns with Group growth plans and subsidiary priorities, with measurable milestones and budget implications.
- Design organisational structures and role families that support scalability, clarity of decision rights, and efficient reporting lines.
- Lead major change initiatives such as restructures, mergers, new business launches, preparing impact assessments, communication plans and transition support.
- Use people analytics to surface trends such as turnover, employee engagement and translate them into targeted interventions.
- Coach the executive team on people risks and opportunities.
Talent Acquisition & Mobility:
- Own end-to-end recruitment strategy for senior and mission-critical roles, including talent mapping, headhunting and panel selection processes.
- Build and maintain talent pools to reduce time-to-hire for specialist roles.
- Define employer-brand propositions to attract passive talent.
- Implement mobility frameworks and job rotation programmes to increase internal mobility and fill skill gaps across subsidiaries.
- Continuously set and review selection standards, competency frameworks, assessment tools, and scoring matrices and train hiring panels to ensure consistency and fairness.
Performance, Rewards & Development:
- Design and oversee a merit-based performance management cycle linked to clear KPIs, and behavioural competencies.
- Develop compensation and benefits frameworks that balance market competitiveness, internal equity and cost control.
- Create leadership development pathways and high-potential programmes to build succession pipelines and reduce external hiring for senior roles.
- Oversee annual compensation reviews and align rewards with business performance and employee retention goals.
- Work closely with Snr. Management to monitor ROI for L&D spend and iterate programmes based on skills gaps and business metrics.
Employee Relations (ER), Compliance and Risk Management:
- Maintain up-to-date compliance with Nigerian labour law and statutory obligations, advising management on contract terms, tax/WHT and regulatory filings.
- Design and own formal ER processes investigations, disciplinary, grievance, appeals, ensuring procedural fairness and robust recordkeeping.
- Lead or oversee complex investigations and provide independent recommendations to leadership with legal counsel as needed.
- Conduct periodic HR audits to identify risk, contracts, payroll, benefits, file management, and implement remediation plans.
- Draft and review HR policies, ensuring clarity, legal compliance and alignment with company culture.
- Provide proactive advice on industrial relations strategy and employee engagement to reduce litigation and reputational risk.
People Operations and HR Technology:
- Oversee HRIS strategy, ensuring accurate data flows between HR, payroll and finance systems and driving automation of manual HR processes.
- Define and deliver key HR reports and dashboards: vacancy pipeline, turnover, headcount, diversity, engagement for leadership review.
- Ensure timely and accurate payroll inputs, statutory contributions and benefits administration through a strong governance process.
- Implement process improvements for employee onboarding and offboarding to improve employee experience.
- Safeguard employee data privacy and compliance with data protection requirements.
Team and Stakeholder Management:
- Line-manage and coach the HR team, setting clear objectives, development plans and performance expectations.
- Build HR capability across the business through manager trainings, toolkits and advisory clinics.
- Serve as the HR representative in the senior management team, influencing strategy and acting as the escalation point for people issues.
- Partner with external legal, tax and HR consultancies to access specialist advice when required.
- Promote a collaborative HR culture focused on service, continuous improvement and data-driven decisions.
- Represent Vestates in external HR forums and networks to benchmark practices and source talent.
Experience & qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field; Master’s degree preferred.
- Minimum 8 years of progressive HR experience with at least 3 years in senior HR leadership roles.
- Proven track record in multi-site or multi-subsidiary HR operations, ideally with exposure to the real estate, hospitality or services sectors.
- Strong working knowledge of Nigerian labour law, statutory obligations, and HR compliance requirements.
- Practical experience with HRIS, payroll systems and people analytics; comfortable working with data to inform decisions.
- Professional HR certification desirable (CIPD, SHRM-SCP, SPHR) and excellent stakeholder management, communication and coaching skills
Behavioural Competencies:
- Anticipates organisational needs and proactively aligns people strategies with business goals.
- Maintains discretion and trust, particularly in sensitive HR matters.
- Demonstrates sensitivity and fairness in managing employee concerns.
- Inspires confidence across all levels; mentors and empowers the HR team.
- Balances analytical rigour with sound judgment under pressure.
- Adapts effectively in changing business and cultural contexts.
Technical Competencies;
- Advanced knowledge of Nigerian labour law and global HR best practices.
- Proficiency in HRIS, payroll, data analytics, and Microsoft Office Suite.
- Expertise in strategic workforce planning and succession management.
- Proven ability to design and execute total rewards and performance frameworks.
- Strong grounding in organisational design and change management.
Working Environment:
- Full-time, onsite role based in Abuja
- Fast-paced and evolving business environment with multiple portfolios
- Requires balancing strategic oversight with hands-on involvement.
- Collaborative, transparent culture emphasising open communication and accountability.
Salary
N700,000 – N800,000 per month.
Note
- CVs will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, please.