Human Resource Manager

Role overview

Department

Human Resource & Administration

Reports To

Managing Director / CEO

Supervises

HR Officer, HR Assistant, Chef

Job Purpose

To safeguard the company’s most critical asset, its people, by recruiting the right calibre of guards, paying on time, maintaining discipline and ensuring full statutory compliance.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Recruitment & Selection: Enforce the guard recruitment standards, manage recruitment agents and conduct final interviews with the Operations Manager. Verify all candidate documents, keep the guard database up to date, and ensure no recruitment fee is charged to candidates. Plan monthly recruitment drives to keep a buffer of trained guards ready for deployment.
• Payroll, Benefits & Welfare: Prepare the monthly payroll accurately for payment by the 28th, and remit NSSF, PAYE and Local Service Tax on time. Register new guards with NSSF and manage guard welfare, insurance cover and uniform issuance.
• Discipline, Grievance & Industrial Relations: Enforce the Code of Conduct and chair disciplinary hearings with the Operations Manager in line with labour laws. Resolve guard complaints within 48 hours, manage abscondment cases, and represent the company at the Labour Office and Industrial Court.
• Compliance, Training & Records: Ensure compliance with the Employment Act, PSO Regulations, Firearms Act, NSSF Act and OSHA. Organise induction and refresher training, keep confidential HR files, and lead HR audits for Police/MoIA inspections.
• Reporting: Submit a weekly report and a monthly HR report to the Managing Director covering headcount, turnover, abscondment, payroll cost and NSSF compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management or Business Administration; must be a member of HRMAU
• 5–8 years as an HR Manager in a private security company with 200+ guards, or in a cleaning, construction or factory company with 300+ casual workers
• Advanced Excel, HRMIS, QuickBooks payroll, NSSF Portal and URA PAYE filing skills
• Knowledge of the Employment Act 2006, Labour Disputes Act, NSSF Act and PSO Regulations 2013
• High integrity, a clean criminal record, a valid National ID and two traceable referees

Applications and enquiries

Contact recruitment@devinesecurity.ug about this role.

+256 774 058 780 / +256 775 053 427