Lead People Partner

M-KOPA’s mission is to make high quality energy affordable to everyone. OUR GROWTH SO FAR… M-KOPA has connected more than 400,000 homes in Kenya,Tanzania and Uganda to solar power with over 550 new homes being added every day. What You’ll Do

At M-KOPA, you’ll be the strategic advisor to Kenya’s leadership team on org design, workforce planning, and business-aligned people strategy. You’ll own talent review, performance calibration, and succession planning for the Kenya client group – not just running frameworks, but building them. You’ll lead employee relations resolution and act as the escalation point for the market, ensuring consistent compliance with Kenyan labor law. And you’ll drive organizational change initiatives – restructuring, transformations, and cross-functional project delivery as Kenya’s people function matures alongside the business.

What You Need

Essential Requirements:

8+ years of progressive HR/People Partner experience, including 3–6+ years advising director-level or above executives inside fast-growth, matrixed organizations
Working knowledge of Kenyan labor law and the regulatory environment, with direct experience handling employee relations escalations end to end
Demonstrated experience designing and executing org design, workforce planning, or succession strategy, with evidence of having built a framework

Location & Benefits