Human Resources Manager (HRM)

KFOKAM Research Center

JOB OFFER

Human Resources Manager (HRM) – M/F
KFOKAM Research Center is recruiting

• Location: Yaoundé, Cameroon
• Contract: Permanent (CDI)
• Start: Immediate
• Experience: 5 years minimum

 

Who are we?
KFOKAM Research Center is an applied research centre in information technology, attached to a university of excellence in Yaoundé. Our ambition is to turn our research into published software, meaning versioned, licensed, maintained and renewed products, rather than custom developments.

Our field is banks, microfinance institutions, financial institutions and payment institutions across Africa, which must modernise at the pace of tightening regulation (requirements, new payment services regulation, interconnection of payment systems). We build regulatory compliance, connectivity and payment, and banking management solutions for them, deployed in a few weeks rather than several months.

Our way of working: written decisions, indicators shared by all, frequent deliveries, and reliable software before spectacular software. More than 70 staff, researchers, engineers and consultants, contribute today.

The position
We are growing, and our HR function must grow with us. Reporting to the General Management, you will build and run a modern HR function, serving a clear goal: to attract, develop and retain the best tech talent in the region, in strict compliance with Cameroonian labour law.

Your mission

1. Attract and recruit the best talent

• Lead recruitment from end to end (permanent staff, interns, contractors) through a structured process: role sheet, evaluation grid, structured interviews, practical case
• Build our employer brand among engineers, including against international employers recruiting remotely
• Develop a talent pool with the university (internships, first jobs)
• Ensure each recruit’s successful integration through a 30-, 60- and 90-day programme

 

2. Structure roles, levels and pay

• Prepare a role sheet for each position: mission, expected results, skills, responsibilities
• Build and keep up to date the level and salary grids, in line with the market
• Contribute to the design of retention and profit-sharing schemes
• Support organisational changes and internal appointments

 

3. Performance and skills development

• Run the performance cycle: objectives, regular manager–employee check-ins, evaluations, alignment between managers
• Design and manage training and skills development plans
• Support managers in difficult situations (underperformance, conflicts) with clear and quick action plans

 

4. Personnel administration, payroll and compliance

• Manage contracts, leave, absences, personnel files and CNPS formalities
• Produce payroll and social declarations, in compliance with the Cameroonian Labour Code
• Secure the HR side of the centre’s legal and organisational changes
• Automate what can be automated: HRIS, electronic signature, arrivals and departures (including removing access on the same day)

 

5. HR management and social climate

• Track and share key HR indicators: time to hire, offer acceptance rate, regretted departures, time to productivity
• Regularly measure the social climate through short, anonymous surveys, and propose actions
• Be a trusted point of contact, for employees and for management alike

 

Your success at 12 months

• Every position has a role sheet and a level grid
• Recruitments are completed in under 45 days, with no departure we would have wanted to avoid
• Payroll and social declarations are correct and on time, every month
• Managers have simple tools to evaluate, develop and correct

 

Your profile

• Bac+4/5 degree in human resources, labour law, management or equivalent
• At least 5 years of HR experience, including a successful experience of structuring or transforming an HR function
• Experience recruiting technical profiles (engineers, developers, data)
• Excellent command of the Cameroonian Labour Code, payroll and CNPS declarations
• Good professional English: part of our teams work in English
• Comfort with digital tools (Excel, HRIS, collaborative tools) and a taste for automation
• Confidentiality, listening, rigour, diplomacy, and the courage to speak plainly

 

An advantage

• Experience in a technology company, startup or software publisher
• Experience with an HRIS or payroll software, ideally its deployment
• Knowledge of the university or research environment
• Experience setting up pay grids or profit-sharing schemes

 

What we offer

• A strategic role: building the HR function of an organisation in full transformation
• A committed, multidisciplinary team: researchers, engineers, consultants
• Broad responsibilities, real autonomy and direct access to General Management
• Attractive pay according to profile and experience
• Continuing training opportunities

 

Our recruitment process
A structured process, identical for all candidates and assessed on criteria defined in advance: a pre-selection interview, an in-depth interview on the job, an interview on how you work and your values, then an HR case exercise.

How to apply

• Send your CV and cover letter to: candidature@pkf-researchcenter.com
• Email subject: “Application – Human Resources Manager”
• Application deadline: 30/11/2026
• Telephone: 694 836 072
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

Note: The employer is KFOKAM Research Center, but the application email uses the domain “pkf-researchcenter.com”. Please confirm this address with the employer before sending personal documents.