About This Role
This is a generalist HR position inside a diversified family-owned business group, meaning you would likely handle everything from recruitment and employee records to payroll coordination and compliance across several affiliated companies rather than specializing in one area. The group's mix of coffee export, printing and packaging, transport, and building materials means the workforce is probably spread across different sites and skill levels, from factory staff to office personnel. It suits someone comfortable juggling competing priorities without a large HR department behind them.
What the Requirements Say About This Role
The three-to-five-year experience band signals they want someone who has already made their mistakes elsewhere and can work without close supervision — likely the first or most senior HR hire in the group's structure. Expect the profile to favor practical exposure to Ethiopian labor law, pension and tax filings, and handling staff across blue-collar and professional categories, since a diversified conglomerate cannot afford an HR officer who only knows office environments. The mid-level framing also hints that you will be executing policy rather than setting it, reporting to management while managing day-to-day people issues yourself.
How to Approach This Application
Lead with concrete examples of HR functions you have run end to end — a recruitment cycle you managed, a payroll or pension process you handled, a dispute you helped resolve — because a conglomerate will want proof you can operate independently across multiple entities. Show familiarity with Ethiopian labor regulations and government reporting systems, as compliance mistakes carry real cost for a group this size. If you have worked in manufacturing, export, or multi-site operations, say so explicitly; it separates you from candidates with only office-based HR backgrounds.
Who This Role Suits
Best suited to a self-reliant HR generalist who has worked in diversified or industrial businesses and is ready for broad responsibility over a multi-company workforce. Competition is likely moderate, with the field narrowed considerably by the experience requirement and the need for cross-functional HR knowledge.
COMPANY BACKGROUND
Tadesse Desta Business Group (TDBG) is one of the seasoned and prominent Private companies in Ethiopia. It incorporates Four legal business entities namely; Tadesse Desta Import /Export, Aztad Industrial and Trading PLC , Azeb Tadesse Coffee supplier and TADAB Building material & Trading plc. Under its umbrella. It engages in import/export, Labeling, printing & Packaging, transport and manufacturing business.
Currently, Tadesse Desta Business Group has a diversified business activity among which is in the original endeavor of the coffee processing and export, with export destination of USA, Middle East , Europe, South Korea and China; TDBG has diversified on the supply chain with Coffee roasting to Buku Highland coffee production. In addition, TDBG is in the development stage of a Labeling, printing packaging which has commissioned lately.
- BA/MA in Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Management, or a related field.
- 4/2 years of relevant work experience
How To Apply
All interested and qualified applicants who fulfill the above requirement can submit or send their application letter with CV and non- returnable copies of academic & work experience testimonial documents within seven consecutive working days from the first publication date via Email address hr@tadessedesta.com by mentioning the Job Title on the subject line of your email or apply in person, at its head office, Afework building, 9th floor.
For More Information: - Tel +251115226002
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