People and Performance Manager

About this role

Restless Development is recruiting a People and Performance Manager to lead day-to-day People operations across the Agency, working with the Director of People and Operations to support staff and ensure consistent practice across Hubs and globally distributed teams. The manager will lead the People team workplan, line manage the Assistant People Coordinator, and guide the global People Community of Practice. Responsibilities include embedding performance management through Bamboo HR, coaching managers on probation and capability, coordinating learning and development, advising on grievances, disciplinaries, and absence, and overseeing wellbeing, staff surveys, people data, HRIS reporting, policy, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and power shifting priorities. Essential requirements include significant generalist HR experience, at least five years at officer or coordinator level or above, line management experience, proven work embedding performance management, and practical employee relations casework.

Candidates should have led wellbeing and engagement initiatives, be confident with an HRIS, ideally Bamboo HR, and produce people data reports. Excellent English, strong interpersonal skills, and cross-cultural remote teamwork are required. Desirable qualifications include an HR or business psychology degree or equivalent, HR experience in international development or multiple countries, familiarity with DEI or power shifting frameworks, and learning and development experience. Restless Development is a globally connected, locally led network supporting youth-led change and a Youth Collective of more than 4,000 local youth organisations in 185 countries.

The post is a two-year fixed contract based in one of the organisation's hubs in India, Sierra Leone, Zambia, or Tanzania, reporting to the Director of People and Operations, with occasional weekend or public holiday work compensated by time off in lieu. Salary is TBC on the global salary scale by location, with pension and local benefits, 24 days annual leave plus public holidays, birthday leave, flexible working, study and parental leave, and travel and medical insurance. Applications close on 2 November 2026 via the organisation's recruitment portal.