Overview
Senior Manager, Employee Relations and Ethics Jobs in Kenya at Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Title: Senior Manager, Employee Relations and Ethics
Company: Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Location: Kenya
Company Description
Location: Any approved country outside of the US in which HealthX Partners, PSI, or EGPAF operates (NOT open to US-based candidates)
Location Type: Remote eligible, manager approval dependent on location
Reports to: Head of People Operations
Application Close Date: July 24, 2026
Join us!
Population Services International (PSI) and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) have co-created a parent company called HealthX Partners Incorporated (HXP), under which they and other health NGOs and businesses can achieve greater impact while delivering efficiencies and greater value for consumers, clients, host governments, stakeholders, and the global health sector. This bold new initiative creates new opportunities for leadership.
Job Description
HXP seeks a Senior Manager of Employee Relations and Ethics to lead investigations across HXP and subsidiaries into complex employee relations matters and potential violations of HR and Safeguarding workplace policies, procedures, laws, and regulations. This role will advise on issue resolution and oversee the development and implementation of employee relations strategies and initiatives that mitigate HXP-wide risk and drive employee retention and engagement. This role will provide subject-matter expertise to support training and capacity-building focused on employee relations and performance management. This role will provide strategic risk management in employment actions including restructuring and reductions in force.
What You'll Do
- Responsible for HR and Safeguarding concerns reported in the whistleblower case management system across HXP and subsidiaries. Directly or indirectly investigate, resolve, and/or escalate complex workplace issues to ensure resolution, consistency, fairness and compliance with applicable policies, donor requirements and laws/regulations. Document findings and recommended corrective actions. As applicable, partner with internal or external experts on cases related to safeguarding, internal audit, ethics, compliance or fraud investigations.
- Partner with the Talent Management team, Subsidiary leadership, and Country leadership on complex employee relations matters and conflict of interest disclosures. Provide ongoing coaching, development, and training to business leaders to ensure positive employee relations and communication consistent with company values and work environment expectations. 15% of Time
- Manage the design, revision, and implementation of policies, procedures, programs, and training that outline the organization's philosophy and steps for addressing safeguarding and employee-related matters and resolving issues. This includes ensuring coaching and corrective action procedures are aligned with HXP and subsidiary policies and overall best practices.
- Serve as active participant or project leader for cross-functional initiatives or team projects that improve business results through decreasing risks (i.e., audit, performance management, equity & inclusion etc.) and increase productivity, retention, and engagement of the workforce.
- Contribute to the success of the People Operations and Security functions through mentorship, capacity-building, and surge support based on the needs of the department. 10% of Time
- Monitor trends and changes in HR legislation and ensure compliance with all state/federal laws applicable Equal Employment Opportunity laws including Title VII, ADA, ADEA and other similar federal, state and where applicable, funder regulations.
This is not an exhaustive list of all tasks that an incumbent is expected to perform but is instead a summary of the primary responsibilities and requirements of the job. The incumbent may be asked to perform duties not included above. HealthX Partners Incorporated reserves the right to revise job profiles at any time based on changes to the required job responsibilities.
Qualifications
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's Degree (or international equivalent) in Human Resources or related field
- At least 10 years of related experience leading employee relations investigations, developing employee relations training, and managing compliance programs. Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted.
- Subject matter expert in remote employee relations investigations, programs and relevant compliance regulations. Knowledge of international labor principles and relevant funder regulations highly preferred.
- Able to multi-task and meet deadlines in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments.
- Excellent customer service, relationship building/management and consensus building skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. Able to proactively identify opportunities, diagnose problems and develop client-centered and evidence-based solutions.
- Able to maintain complete confidentiality for sensitive issues and information.
- Adept at risk mitigation planning for declared conflicts of interest and large-scale staffing actions.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Advanced in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- French language skills are preferred.
- Formal certification or training in HR or safeguarding investigations highly preferred (SHRM, IQTS, or similar)
We know that a long list of requirements may be discouraging, but don’t let imposter syndrome or the confidence gap get in the way of you applying — we’d love to hear from you.
Additional Information
Why Work Here?
Our work is about enabling families to live happy and healthy lives—we think this should apply to our employees, too.
- Health & Wellness: In all of our locations, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that offers health, financial planning, family care, and flexibility for work life fit.
- Time Away: We want you to take time away when you need it. We offer a competitive leave package. On top of our leave, some offices offer a compressed work week throughout the year, giving you additional work-life flexibility.
- Learning & Development: We are committed to your career growth. Through our job architecture, there are many potential career paths you can follow depending on your skills and interests. Additionally, our learning management system, offers hundreds of courses, hosts org-wide trainings, offers Great Manager/Leader trainings, as well as a mentorship program for all staff levels.
- Innovation & Collaboration: We reimagine how to bring quality healthcare closer to those who need it most. Innovation requires stepping out of comfort zones, and our employees are encouraged to think beyond boundaries, collaborate to drive impact, challenge conventions, and pioneer new solutions. HXP's work is about enabling families to live happy and healthy lives—we think this should apply to our employees, too.
Salary Ranges
HealthX Partners Incorporated is committed to pay equity and transparency. We ensure pay meets the market within each country. This approach minimizes our impact on local talent markets and allows HXP to attract and retain employees, while staying cost-competitive. Base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, experience, internal equity, external market analysis, and other business factors permitted by law.
For applicants applying outside of the US: please note that those hired outside of the US will be employed through the local office. Pay and benefits will be commensurate with the role and practices of the local office, including payment in local currency. Details will be provided during interview process.
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We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment, regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. In addition to country law requirements, we comply with U.S. laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which we have facilities.
We do not charge fees at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process. If anyone requests payment from you in connection with your application or offer, please report it immediately via our ethics hotline — by phone at 1-888-225-1429 (toll-free, U.S.) or online at Ethics Point.
