Victor Ugolo

A dedicated and passionate human resource professional with the drive to develop and manage the organizational manpower needs through well accepted human resource principles and practice as recognized by the Nigerian Labor Law and other accepted labor legislation. Highly qualified and experienced Human Resources professional. A creative problem solver with vast exposure.

Human Resource Lead at Oilserv Limited (2024-09 – Present)

Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation, and Commissioning Pipeline and Related oil Facilities

• Provide HR leadership support in managing all aspects of HR delivery
• Maintain effective levels of employee engagement
• Create best practice People management programmes
• Appropriate interventions in Recruitment, Learning, Performance Management, Career & Talent Development.
• Provide professional HR advice, coaching and counselling to both Line Managers and staff.
• Influence and drive culture and behavioral change across the project
• Support the corporate HR where applicable in developing, implementing and monitoring effective HR budgets and manpower plans
• Ensure professionalism and right behaviours, among HR staff
• Drive compliance with Occupational Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Policies, processes, procedures and applicable laws/legal requirements across Oilserv business.

Human Resource Manager at Olam Agri Nigeria (2023-11 – 2024-08)

• Industrial Relations Function
• Facilitating Trainings
• Employee relationship management
• Plan, organize, direct, and control the HR team.
• Monitoring and following up on regulatory and statutory regulation to ensure compliance.
• Disbursement of employee welfare items
• Interfacing with line managers on implementation of the performance management process and disciplinary procedures
• Supervision and monitoring of daily employee attendance
• Leave Administration
• Coordinate proper documentation of HR documents including employee records and HR manuals.

Human Resource Manager at Obosmart Business Enterprise (2021-12 – 2023-10)

ICT Training, Sales of Computer Accessories et cet tera

• Talent acquisition and Management
• Drawing and Implementation of Training Plans for internal and external customers
• Employee relationship management
• Coordinating Employee Engagement & Recognition Activities
• Designing and implementation of processes and procedures for general staff conduct and administrative processes
• Monitoring and following up on regulatory and statutory regulation to ensure compliance
• Disbursement of employee welfare items
• Monthly Payroll administration
• Interfacing with line managers on implementation of the performance management process and disciplinary procedures
• Supervision and monitoring of daily employee attendance
• Drawing up periodic human resources budgets

HR Services and Community Relations Supervisor at Beta Glass Plc (2021-08 – 2021-11)

Manufacture of Glass Products

• Interfacing with host communities and monitoring and giving progress report on company sponsored community development projects
• Processing of staff ID cards
• Facilitating processing of vouchers for third party vendors
• Supervision of activities of kitchen vendors and ensuring that they meet with service expectations
• Monitoring and following up on regulatory and statutory regulation to ensure compliance
• Disbursement of employee welfare items

HR/Admin Officer at Megastar Technical and Construction Company (2019-05 – 2021-07)

Civil Construction – Building Construction

• Recruitment function
• Coordinated and interfaced with line managers on Performance management for 2019 & 2020.
• Resource person for staff on-boarding, conduct induction presentation, filing and documentation.
• Entering employee data into Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Dynamic Navision ERP and Officelime.
• Generation of staff ID cards
• Writing of HR/Admin correspondence like memos, query letters, deployment letters, external mails et cet tera
• Facilitating staff training and interfacing with ITF
• Designing Company Organogram
• Employee relation function and interfacing unit head
• Assist in processing of staff payment vouchers.
• Filing and Documentation of attendance reports.

HR/Administrative Officer at Bridgsite Nigeria Limited (2018-07 – 2019-04)

Civil Construction – Bridge & Road Construction

• Employee relationship officer for the SPDC project.
• Managing of staff database and staff files
• Recruitment and Selection process of the organization.
• Managing and handling Workers Payroll.
• Liaising with HMO and Government agencies on health and governmental issues
• Served as custodian and executioner of company policies and procedures
• Designing and promoting the use of HR forms and procedures
• Writing and issuing of HR correspondence
• Developing and sending out monthly pension schedules
• Executioner of company disciplinary processes and procedures

Employee Relationship Officer at Estymol Oil Services Limited (2012-08 – 2016-03)

Human Resource Consultancy Firm supporting Oil & Gas and Information Technology Industry

• Office Management and Administration
• Onboarding of new intakes
• Liaised with the NIMASA on seaman certification for employees
• Liaise with the tax office on tax clearance.
• Supported with the leave administration
• Employee relations.
• Employee counseling on company policy and procedures.
• Interfaced with the HMO and pension fund administrators
• Supported in recruitment.
• Coordinated employee appraisal and performance management.

Business Development and HR Officer at Stresert Services Limited (2009-02 – 2012-07)

Human Resource Consultancy Firm supporting Fertilizer Manufacturing, Banking, Oil & Gas Industry

• Employee Relations
• Facilitating training activities
• Creation and managing of data base for workers
• Carried out the on-boarding process for new intakes
• Coordinated recruitment for new workers in Port Harcourt area
• Educating employee on company policy and procedures
• Liaise with Nigerian Immigration on Expatriate

B.A in History – University of Benin (1995-09 – 1999-11)

Microsoft Certified Professional – Tranter Resourcery (2003-01 – 2003-07)

Associate Member and Professional Diploma in Human Resource Management – Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (2009-07 – 2012-11)

Senior Professional Human Resource (SPHRi) in Human Resource Management – Human Resource Certification Institute (2023-04 – 2023-04)