REBECCA ABWOOLI
- | - |-| PO Box 12146 Kampala, Uganda
H UMAN RESOURCE P ROFESSIONAL
High-level understanding of HR Operations Oversight, Learning Implementation & Development
Strategic Talent Acquisition & Retention, and New Hire Orientation & On/Off-boarding
accompanied with proactive coordination, multitasking, and problem-solving skills
Accomplished HR professional with 15+ year career and driving force behind successful HR department operations within the
United Nations, International Non-Governmental Organisations and Private Enterprises. Excellent expertise in leading all HR
functions including Talent Acquisition & retention, Performance Management Processes, workforce planning & analysis, learning
and development, on/off-boarding, change management and delivering technical HR guidance while empowering leaders who
support organisations and top executives with a unique perspective and appreciation that human capital is every organisation’s
greatest asset.
Performance Highlights:
✓ Led WFP Ethiopia Country Office/Plan International Uganda learning and Development initiatives right from
design, analysis and implementation of the initiatives.
✓ Developed the onboarding/off boarding frameworks to support the employee life cycle for WFP Ethiopia Country
Office with emphasis on the 30/60/90 onboarding model.
✓ Coordinated the Corporate Critical initiatives leading to the Job Shadowing programme, the 100% female and the
PWD (Persons with Disability) Internship projects.
✓ Good expertise in Talent Acquisition and Retention strategies with focus on the hard to fill positions, gender balance
& diversity and inclusion.
✓ Led employee engagement initiatives such as all staff surveys and developed downtime employee initiatives to support
employee engagements.
✓ Led Change Management Initiatives in the respective organisations, WFP, Uganda, Ethiopia, Plan International
Uganda & PS Consulting.
✓ Highly respected builder of winning teams; able to assemble, motivate, train, and retain a quality workforce of talent,
with notable successful hiring.
✓ Attention to top-tier talent leadership/motivation; recognised for unifying vision and goals, with success leading
cross-functional teams.
✓ Relentless drive for excellence; with notable record providing training/tools to foster high performance, hiring driven
professionals, and creating work culture built on respect.
✓ Guided the performance management processes with focus to supporting the people managers in managing
performance across all performance levels-High, medium & low levels.
KEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE
▪ HR Program Implementation & Design
▪ Employee Performance Improvement
▪ HR Best Practices & Policy Development
▪ Human Resource Development
▪ Employee Retention & Engagement
▪ Workforce Planning & Development
▪ Employee Relations & Diversity
▪ Compensation & Benefits Design
▪ Staff Orientation & Induction
CORE COMPETENCIES
▪ Human Resource Administration: Possess extensive experience in expediting productivity through expert development and
management of corporate human resource operations. Offer specialised skills in building and leading top performing teams and
coordinating human resource activities to enhance employee performance and cement employee-employer relations.
▪ Candidate Recruitment: Expertise addressing and implementing strategic plans for talent acquisition, retention and succession
planning resulting in a streamlined new hire on-boarding. Bring expertise conducting extensive candidate research, performing
candidate screening, interviewing, and new hire orientation including reference checking.
▪ Staff Training & Mentorship: Proficient at quickly analysing training needs, creating training schedules/procedures, enhancing
staff skill proficiency and improving the performance of staff. Knowledgeable in a range of industries, issues and training
processes including designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating training programs.
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▪ Human Resource Advice: Proven ability to support a HR department by providing accurate and professional HR guidance
and expert advice/consultation. Expertise providing guidance to management and employees on the resolution of employee
grievances, labour relations/negotiations, arbitrations, compensation, benefits, change and organisational design.
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM); Makerere University (2010)
Bachelor of Development Studies; Makerere University (2005)
CAREER PROGRESSION AND PERFORMANCE
Human Resources–Capability Strengthening Team Lead (Full-Time) | World Food Programme (WFP), Addis AbabaEthiopia-Nov 2022 – Present
In collaboration with the Head of Human Resources and HQ/RBN HR Capability Strengthening teams, coordinated Learning
and Development, Performance Management, Workplace Culture & Employee Engagement initiatives in line with Ethiopia
Country Office Annual Performance Plan (APP) as guided by WFP HR Manual and HR strategy.
Notable Contributions:
― Team Guidance & Mentorship: Inspired/led teams of up to 2 personnel to strive relentlessly towards success and
fostered strategic collaboration, brainstorming, and mentoring.
― Developed Specialised recruitment projects such as the 100% Female & Persons with disability (PWD’s) internship
projects.
― Learning & Development: Conceptualised and implemented a comprehensive learning and development plan for
Ethiopia Country Office.
― Staff Performance Management: Guided the people managers with expertise in managing staff across all the respective
categories such as high, middle and low performers.
― Staff Training: Developed, scheduled, and delivered high quality training to staff including designing a training calendar,
budget, and the implementation timeline.
― New Hire On-Boarding/Off boarding: Developed the on/off boarding frameworks to support employee life cycle with
emphasis on the 30/60/90 model.
― Employee Engagement: Enhanced employee engagement initiatives- staff surveys, global staff surveys, respect plus
initiatives and the downtime implementation initiatives to ensure employee engagement.
― Organisational change management-Supported the WFP Ethiopia Country Office organisational alignment initiatives.
― Coordinated the International Job Shadowing programme as part of the 70/20/10 learning initiatives.
― Coordinated the Stretch Assignment project, a means to enable employee skills development.
Human Resource Business Partner (Full-Time) | World Food Programme (WFP), Kampala Oct 2019 – Oct 2022
In partnership with the Head of Area Office, Head of Human Resources and the respective people Mangers, I coordinated the
Human Resources function at the Southwest Area Office while providing technical expertise to the people managers and the staff.
Notable Contributions:
― Staff Leadership: Delivered strategic guidance and visionary leadership to a team of up to 4 staff (HR Assistant & HR
focal points)
― Led the change management process for WFP Southwest Area Office during the restructuring exercise and ensured 100%
implementation of the recommendations.
― Talent Acquisition: Provided expert selection and recruitment of new talented staff and ensured 95% staffing rate despite
recruitment freeze and the Efficiency and Restructuring Exercise (ERE).
― Talent Sourcing: Developed and implemented effective talent sourcing strategies/scouting guidelines and deployed
effective interviewing methods to recruit and manage top tier female candidates through social media platforms.
― Staff Recruitment: Recruited, trained, and retained a wide spectrum of talent through utilising diverse sourcing channels
resulting in the regional improvement of gender parity figures at 50 (female) and 50 (male).
― Staff On-boarding: Restructured and re-enforced the on-boarding process with the 30/60/90 model while ensuring new
hire surveys are conducted to enhance on-boarding process at the Southwest Area Office.
― Learning & Development: Implemented learning & development initiatives with emphasis on 70/20/10 methodologies
despite Covid-19 challenges that included success implementing ‘The leading beyond Programme for the CMT+’.
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HR Coordinator | Plan International Uganda
Aug 2015 – Sept 2019
Wholly accountable for supporting management (line managers)/department come up with new HR policies to ensure employee
engagement; provided management support to development, implementation and evaluation of recruiting practices and
procedures, including supervising/coordinating recruiting and staffing activities; accurately analysed training needs with
departmental managers; design, plan and implement regional HR programs and policies, including staffing, compensation,
benefits, employee relations and training; manage internship placements, prepare manpowered statistics and maintained
organisation database.
Notable Contributions:
― Staff Performance Measurement: Developed solid performance measurement tools and training courses to accurately
gauge performance of all employees and identify high potential talent.
― Staff Training: Designed challenging and effective training programs through implementing incentive-based programs to
consistently invoke higher performance, productivity, efficiency, and quality.
― Staff Recruitment: Ensured recruitment, induction of new employees and termination processes are consistent to Uganda
labour laws, policies, and procedures.
― HRIS: Provided technical guidance to the people managers, staff and the HR teams in the use of the Human Resources
Information systems & provision of periodical analytics to support decision making.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES:
Analyst, Human Resources; PS Consulting, Health Development and Management (Jan 2009 – Dec 2014)
Human Resources and Administration Officer; BrazAfric Uganda (Jun 2006 – Dec 2008)
Project Officer, Water & Sanitation; Lodoi Development Fund (May 2005 – May 2006)
Research Assistant; UNICEF Baseline Survey on Childcare (Aug 2003)
References: Provided upon request
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