Head, P&C Business Partner - Senegal & PANA

THE OPPORTUNITY

Reporting to the Director, People & Culture (P&C), Business Partner (Programs), the Head, People & Culture Business Partner will oversee the full People & Culture partnership agenda for Senegal and Pan-African Programs (PANA). The role will design and deliver P&C strategies and initiatives aligned with Foundation objectives and the distinct priorities of both portfolios.

The role serves as a trusted advisor to the Senegal Country Program leadership and PANA leadership, enabling delivery of their strategic plans. The incumbent provides hands-on P&C support to employees across Senegal and PANA, strengthens oneness across locations and functions, and oversees the complete employee experience, including employee relations and engagement. The role is the primary P&C contact for the two portfolios and is supported by the Enabling Functions Business Partnering team and relevant P&C Centres of Excellence.

WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE

Business partnership and strategy

Serve as the P&C Business Partner to Senegal Country Program and PANA leadership, advancing both portfolios from a People & Culture perspective.

Partner with stakeholders across Senegal and PANA to assess organizational gaps and determine the operating capacity and capability required to deliver strategy.

Develop and maintain Senegal and PANA people roadmaps, P&C strategies, and delivery plans that reflect country, regional, and pan-African priorities.

Lead implementation of P&C programs, processes, and plans across Senegal and PANA, ensuring consistent standards with appropriate contextual adaptation.

Partner with Senegal and PANA leadership to prepare people budgets aligned with portfolio strategies and support delivery within approved employment budgets.

Contribute to the P&C function strategy with the Director, People & Culture, Business Partner (Programs), and the broader P&C team, bringing insights from both country and pan-African programmatic work.

Talent acquisition, planning and succession

Partner with P&C Centres of Excellence (CoEs), Talent Acquisition, and Foundation leaders to design and implement resourcing strategies, plans, and processes for Senegal and PANA.

Lead talent management for both portfolios, including talent reviews, succession planning, scenario planning, critical-role planning, and agreed functional talent interventions.

Lead workforce planning, role insights, and talent insights across Senegal and PANA.

Own sourcing and recruitment up to Lead level for roles within scope, including job briefs, shortlist reviews, interviews, and recruitment feedback to hiring managers, in line with agreed accountabilities.

Partner with recruiters to facilitate manager Talent Acquisition training for leaders supporting Senegal and PANA.

Ensure career plans exist for employees across both portfolios, identify succession gaps, and define actions to close them.

Own critical-role succession plans for the priority roles agreed for Senegal and PANA.

Organization design, workforce and change

Partner with Foundation leaders and P&C CoEs to deliver organization design and operating models that enable the strategies of Senegal and PANA.

Facilitate organization design and redesign, including accountabilities, responsibilities, job descriptions, RACI, process reviews, and oneness initiatives.

Provide country, regional, and pan-African input on workforce supply, trends, risks, and capability needs.

Ensure adherence to approved workforce and headcount plans for Senegal and PANA.

Own and manage job evaluation requests and maintain organizational structures for both portfolios.

Partner with the business and P&C CoEs to support end-to-end transformation, assess change impacts, conduct research, and build change and communication plans.

Lead execution of change initiatives across both portfolios, ensuring stakeholder alignment and adoption.

Culture, engagement and employee experience

Develop initiatives that help leaders, manager...