Human Resource Business partner

HR BUSINESS PARTNER (HRBP)

Industry: Oil & Gas Experience: 7–10 Years Employment: Full-Time

Location: Lagos, Kaduna, Kano, Abuja, Delta, Bayelsa, Port Harcourt

Job Summary

We are seeking a strategic and commercially driven HR Business Partner (HRBP) with proven experience in the Oil & Gas industry and HR consulting. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in organisational restructuring, organisational design, workforce transformation, and change management, with the ability to advise business leaders on building efficient organisational structures, optimising workforce performance, and aligning people strategies with business objectives.

Key ResponsibilitiesOrganisational Design & Restructuring

• Lead and support organisational restructuring initiatives to improve operational efficiency and business performance.
• Assess existing organisational structures, identify inefficiencies, and recommend appropriate redesign solutions.
• Develop organisational charts, reporting structures, job architecture, and role definitions aligned with business objectives.
• Conduct job evaluations, role mapping, workforce assessments, and span-of-control analysis.
• Support workforce optimisation, redeployment, and restructuring exercises while ensuring compliance with labour regulations.
• Develop and implement change management strategies to support organisational transformation.

Strategic HR Business Partnering

• Partner with senior management to translate business strategies into effective people and organisational solutions.
• Provide strategic HR advisory services on workforce planning, organisational effectiveness, and talent management.
• Support business transformation projects, process improvements, and HR operational efficiency.
• Conduct HR diagnostics and recommend practical solutions to organisational challenges.

Talent & Performance Management

• Design and implement performance management frameworks, KPIs, and accountability structures.
• Support succession planning, talent reviews, leadership development, and workforce capability assessments.
• Identify skill gaps and recommend workforce development initiatives.
• Drive employee engagement, retention, and productivity improvement initiatives.

Employee Relations & HR Governance

• Manage complex employee relations issues, disciplinary processes, and grievance resolution.
• Ensure compliance with Nigerian labour laws, internal HR policies, and Oil & Gas industry requirements.
• Support HR policy development, compensation reviews, and job grading frameworks.
• Develop HR reports and analyse workforce data to support management decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, or a related discipline.
• 7–10 years of relevant HR experience, including HR business partnering or HR advisory responsibilities.
• Experience within the Oil & Gas industry is required.
• Prior HR consulting experience is essential, particularly in organisational design, restructuring, or workforce transformation projects.
• Demonstrable experience in organisational structure reviews, job evaluation, role mapping, and workforce optimisation.
• Strong understanding of change management, organisational development, and strategic workforce planning.
• Excellent stakeholder management, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• CIPM, SHRM, CIPD, or relevant HR certification is an added advantage.

Key Competencies

Organizational Design, Business Restructuring, HR Consulting, Workforce Transformation, Change Management, Strategic HR Business Partnering, Job Evaluation, Workforce Planning, Stakeholder Management

Candidate Priority

The strongest candidates should demonstrate hands-on involvement in organisational restructuring or design projects—not merely general HR operations experience. Ideally, they should be able to explain how they assessed an existing structure, recommended changes, managed implementation, and measured business impact.

Work Location: In person