HR & Executive Assistant

About the role

The HR & Executive Assistant supports the Human Resources department while providing high‑level administrative assistance to senior managers at CANAL+ Group in Ghana. This dual role ensures smooth HR service delivery and efficient executive operations across recruitment, onboarding, payroll, and day‑to‑day office coordination.

Key responsibilities

• Manage end‑to‑end recruitment activities: job posting, candidate screening, interview scheduling, and preparation of employment contracts.
• Coordinate new‑employee onboarding, maintain employee records, and process status changes such as promotions, transfers, and terminations.
• Collect payroll data, liaise with payroll providers or finance, and support benefits administration and leave management.
• Maintain senior managers’ calendars, arrange meetings, prepare agendas, minutes, and follow‑up action trackers.
• Organise business travel, accommodation, and visitor logistics, and handle confidential correspondence and documentation.
• Serve as first point of contact for routine HR inquiries, support employee engagement initiatives, and assist in resolving employee concerns.
• Coordinate training logistics, track attendance, and support performance‑management documentation.
• Ensure HR records comply with company policies and legal requirements, and generate reports as needed.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology or a related field.
• 1–3 years of experience in an HR administrative or assistant role, preferably in a multinational, telecom or media environment.
• Strong organizational, communication and interpersonal abilities with high attention to detail.
• Ability to handle confidential information with professionalism and discretion.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Experience with HR Information Systems (HRIS) is an advantage.