Location: Ilushin, Ogun State
Reporting line: Reports to the COO, Lagos office
Work model: Full-time client-site secondment (implant role)
Role purpose
The HR Officer will serve as the on-site representative of our management consulting firm at our client's facility in Ilushin, Ogun state. The role exists solely to execute, monitor and institutionalize our firm's HR, Organizational development and performance improvement Programs within the client Organization.
The role does not replace, duplicate, or report into the client's Ilushin's internal HR function. Instead, it acts as the execution arm of our consulting engagement, ensuring that all approved people, culture, structure, and performance initiatives designed by our firm are implemented rigorously on the ground.
Key responsibilities
Consulting program execution
Drive the on-site implementation of all HR and OD interventions approved for our client.
Translate consulting designs (structures, KPIs, frameworks, workflows, scorecards, policies) into daily operational reality.
Track compliance with agreed organizational standards across departments.
Ensure leadership and employees adopt new systems, behaviours and processes.
Organization & performance governance
Monitor role clarity, reporting lines, manpower alignment and workload distribution.
Ensure that performance management systems (KPIs, targets, scorecards, reviews) are used correctly.
Identify deviations, resistance, or breakdowns in the Organization design.
Escalate risks, bottlenecks and issues of non-compliance.
Culture & behaviour change
Reinforce professional standards, ethics, attendance, documentation and decision making.
Act as the "culture mirror" of the Organization — highlighting gaps between desired and actual behaviours.
Data, diagnostics & reporting
Collect workforce, productivity, performance, and organizational data required for consulting analysis.
Produce weekly and monthly reports on:
Organizational risks
Compliance with new frameworks, etc.
Provide ground-level intelligence that informs consulting decisions.
Stakeholder engagement
Work closely with the Management onsite, department heads and HR team to facilitate change.
Ensure the client's HR team executes their own responsibilities in line with the new frameworks.
Act as a bridge between us (consultants) and on-site reality (the client).
Change management & sustainability
Support rollout of new policies, job roles, grading systems, and performance tools.
Identify resistance, sabotage, or capability gaps that could derail the transformation.
Coach Managers on how to operate within the new organization design.
Key success measures
This role is successful when:
Performance management is real, not cosmetic
HR systems are embedded, not ignored
Leadership behaviours improve
We (consultants in Lagos) receive reliable, accurate, real- time organizational intelligence about activities at the client' site
Required profile
Education
Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, Sociology, Management or related fields
Professional HR certification is an advantage
Experience
2-3 years experience in HR, OD, performance management or consulting
Experience in manufacturing or industrial environments is a strong advantage
Prior exposure to change management, audits, compliance or Organizational reviews is highly desirable
Core competencies
Strong analytical and observation skills
High emotional intelligence and political awareness
Excellent reporting and documentation skills
Ability to challenge senior managers professionally
Comfortable operating in ambiguous, high-pressure environments
Integrity, courage and discretion