Overview
HR & Admin Manager Jobs in Yangon, Myanmar at Network International School
Title: HR & Admin Manager
Company: Network International School
Location: Yangon, Myanmar
Key Responsibilities and Duties
Strategic HR Leadership
- Provide leadership and direction to the HR department, ensuring alignment with the school’s strategic vision and objectives.
- Support the School Business Manager and Executive Leadership Team (ELT) in implementing HR elements of the School Development Plan to support continuous school improvement.
- Promote a positive, inclusive, and supportive workplace culture, consistent with the school’s ethos.
Recruitment, Onboarding and Induction
- Lead and manage recruitment processes, ensuring high-quality appointments that comply with safer recruitment standards.
- Prepare effective recruitment materials, including job descriptions, person specifications, advertisements, and candidate information packs.
- Manage the interview process to ensure a professional, welcoming, and legally compliant experience for candidates.
- Oversee the induction process for all new staff to ensure they are fully integrated into the school community.
Compliance and Safeguarding
- Maintain and regularly audit the Single Central Record (SCR), ensuring full compliance with safer recruitment and safeguarding regulations.
- Ensure the school’s HR policies and practices comply with Myanmar Labour Laws and international best practices.
- Monitor and update HR policies, including recruitment, pay, absence, and safeguarding policies, in line with statutory requirements.
- Actively lead safeguarding practices within the HR function, ensuring all procedures maintain a safe environment for students and staff.
Performance Management and Staff Development
- Manage the performance appraisal process for administration staff, supporting managers and maintaining up-to-date performance records.
- Track absences and lateness, conduct return-to-work interviews, and manage astaff bsence control procedures in line with school policy.
- Manage and monitor Continuing Professional Development (CPD) records and support staff training needs within allocated budgets.
Employee Relations and Staff Wellbeing
- Act as a key point of contact for HR-related queries, ensuring the Myanmar staff and International staff are clearly accessible and supportive.
- Develop and implement initiatives to promote staff wellbeing, mental health, and work-life balance.
- Support conflict resolution and manage personnel issues with professionalism, confidentiality, and fairness.
Administration
- Support and liaise with agencies for international staff visa process and housing arrangements.
- Staff insurance benefits.
- Supervision of the Administration Team
Reporting and HR Administration
- Prepare regular HR reports for the School Business Manager and ELT, highlighting key staffing metrics and issues.
- Conduct staff surveys to gather feedback on HR practices and inform improvements.
- Maintain comprehensive and confidential HR records and databases to ensure accuracy and compliance.
Other Duties
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with all students, staff, parents, and external professionals.
- Attend school events, emergencies, training sessions, and meetings as required by the School Business Manager.
- Carry out additional duties as reasonably assigned by the School Business Manager to support the overall effectiveness of the school.
The Person
The successful candidate will be an organised, proactive, and empathetic HR professional who can drive high standards, staff wellbeing, and operational excellence across the school.
Skills and Experience:
- Relevant degree or professional HR qualification.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development in HR or leadership.
- Strong knowledge of HR systems, employment law, and compliance requirements.
- Experience managing HR processes, including recruitment, performance management, and safeguarding.
- Proficient in Google and HR information systems.
- Working knowledge of health and safety, child protection, and safeguarding regulations.
Attributes:
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Myanmar.
- High standards of professionalism, confidentiality, and discretion.
- Excellent oral, written communication, active listening, and negotiation skills.
- Emotional intelligence, resilience, and strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to lead, manage teams, and support diverse staff groups.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to meet deadlines and prioritise effectively.
- Commitment to continuous improvement, inclusion, safeguarding, and equal opportunities.
