Roselyn Mugavana

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HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER at Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB)

since September, 2009

ro***na@gmail.com

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Education
Human Resources
Management
Project Management
Recruiting

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Experience

Roselyn Mugavana

Work experience

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER at Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB)

September, 2009 - Present
Fulltime

1. HR Strategy: Developed and implemented Human Resources Strategies that contributed to increased organization profits
2. HR Policy: • Provided leadership and technical input in development of Human Resources Instruments including Organization Structure, Career Guidelines, Staff Establishment and Grading Structures.
Regularly reviewed Human Resources policies in alignment with Kenya Labour Laws
3. HR Business Partner: Provided leadership and technical input in the review and development of Human Resources Strategic Plan aligned to the corporate five-year strategic plan and Performance Contract in alignment with other departmental staffing needs.
4. Recruitment: Analyzed staffing levels in relation to KLB’s core mandate for recruitment purposes.
Generated Human Resources Labour cost analysis for decision making in recruiting and retaining appropriate staffing to drive business.
Ensured Diversity in Staffing Through Recruitment Of Minorities and ensured Gender Balance via competitive process. Ensured fair selection, interview process, appointment and induction/on boarding of staff (including evaluation)
5. Talent Management: Developed and presented succession plans to Board of Management, developed Coaching and Mentoring policies and Programmes.
6. Training and Development: Provided leadership in development and implementation of Training Needs Assessment, Training Programmes, Facilitation And Coordination Of Training Programmes,
Leadership role in conducting Employee staff Skills Survey, maintained Skills Audit
7. Performance Management: Developed and implemented Annual Performance Evaluation Systems and Rewards Systems
Provided leadership in championing adoption of Public Service Productivity Measurement Index as a piloted organization.
8. Compensation and Benefits: Provided leadership and technical input for Job Evaluation process for salary review by Salaries Remuneration Commission (SRC).
Developed and implemented attractive, affordable and competitive employees Salary Structures
9. Management of Staff costs: • Developed, implemented and monitored annual Departmental Budgets, workplans and procurement plans.
10. Employee Relations • Established staff disciplinary and grievance handling policies to achieve good employee relations;
Provided leadership in negotiations and review of Unionisable Staff Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and ensured harmonious employee and industrial relations.
Provided leadership in development and implementation of employee’s satisfaction surveys
11. Staff welfare • Developed and implemented Employee Benefits/ staff welfare programmes eg Car Loans, Medical Benefits, Mortgage Schemes, Pension Schemes, Voluntary Early Retirement Schemes as per government guidelines
Provided leadership in development and coordination of mainstreaming Welfare Programmes Including HIV/Aids, Alcohol And Drug Abuse, Disability, Occupational Health And Safety.
12. Records Management • Oversaw maintenance, storage and security of records to ensure integrity of data information related to human resources programs as well as administrative support services;
13. Administration: • Developed fleet management system.
Prepared workplans and budgets in relation to Administration
Managed service providers, staff medical insurance, terminal benefits, pension schemes and other allowances.
Managed office assets
Coordinated internal and external Audits (KENAO) departmental and ISO audits.
14. Other Key achievements:
Participated and provided technical input in Federation of Kenya Employers led process as a member of National Joint FKE-COTU Consultative Technical Review Committee on Industrial Relations Charter and Labour Laws 2019 that culminated in review of current labour laws.
Initiated and implemented a Partnership Agreement for Attachment Program with College of Human Resources Management (CHRM) for attachment of students.
Developed COVID 19 Workplace Policy and Remote Work Policy in response to COVID 19 pandemic.
Developed and implemented Gender Policy and Gender Based Violence Policy.
Provided leadership in identification, installation and implementation of Human Resources Information System
Provided leadership in Organization Change Management and Organization Development while adopting new Career Guidelines and
SRC Job Evaluation results.
Determined key departmental risks and mitigation plans
Employee pension scheme
Board Trustee (Member KLB Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme, Board of Trustees) to represent management on the KLB staff Pensions Fund Scheme;

Roselyn Mugavana

Work experience

Senior Human Resources Officer at Capital Markets Authority (CMA)

March, 2003 - August, 2009
Fulltime

1. HR Policy: Provided technical input in development and implementation of Human Resource Management policies and procedures for incorporation in the Human Resources Manual.
2. HR Business Partner: Instrumental in the set-up of Human Resources Department at the Authority and coordinated HR activity related programmes with HODs including training, coaching and mentoring, performance management, succession planning, grievance and disciplinary management, talent management.
3. Recruitment: Ensured Diversity in Staffing Through Recruitment of Minorities and ensured Gender Balance via competitive process. Ensured fair selection, interview process, appointment and induction/on boarding of staff (including evaluation)
4. Training and Development and Talent Management :Conducted staff training needs assessments, developed training programmes and implemented overall training for performance improvement including evaluation for effectiveness.
5. Performance Management: Provided technical input for implementation of performance evaluation systems policy
6. Compensation And Benefits: Successfully conducted survey on employee benefits in comparison to similar parastatals which led to review of employees benefits for purposes of staff retention and motivation.
7. Management of Staff costs: Served as member in the Authority’s Tender Evaluation Committee on HR matters to provide Technical advise.
8. Employee Relations: Designed and implemented successful Performance Enhancement and Team Building Programme on communication, teamwork, stress management, motivation for CMA Staff as a consequence of the CMA Employee Satisfaction Survey.
9. Staff welfare: Instrumental in the improvement of staff benefits including medical insurance
10. Records Maintained and updated staff records
Administration • Developed and enforced administrative polices including procurement procedures for the Authority.
11. Other Key achievements: • Focal point as Coordinator of ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems Certification P rogramme
Organized a series of international, regional and local workshops and conferences
Served as member of FiRe (Financial Reporting) Technical Evaluation Committee composed of three institutions ICPAK, NSE, CMA)
Instrumental in preparing various technical papers to the Capital Markets Authority Board of Directors on Human Resources.

Roselyn Mugavana

Work experience

Administrator at African Centre for Technology Studies

January, 1995 - February, 2003
Fulltime

1. Conferences: Organized a series of international, regional and local workshops and conferences
2. HR Policies: Participated in Development and Implementation of Human Resource Management policies
3. Records: Designed and implemented Personnel Records filing systems and Filing
4. Programme and Projects Management: Maintained programme grants and administered programme operations including monitoring, evaluation and Donor agencies reports
5. Procurement: Developed Procurement Policies and Procedures Manual/ Hand Book currently used by ACTS
6. Partnerships: Successfully coordinated students cultural exchange programme between Kenya, Ghana and Japan for the Africa Global Link Project (AGLP) which emphasized on culture, vocational and technical experiences among the three countries.