Job Title: HR Assistant
Department:HR
Location: Offshore
Job Type: Full-Time
About Contango
Contango is your strategic partner for transformative growth and sustained success.
Our team excels in providing comprehensive growth solutions that combine global best practices with local market expertise. We focus on long-term value creation, empowering our clients to achieve the full scale of their aspirations.
As a trusted advisor to ADQ's portfolio companies, Contango helps CEOs drive strategic growth initiatives, navigate disruptive forces, and maximize long-term value creation.
Role Summary
We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented HR Assistant to support our dynamic HR team. This role is ideal for professionals with strong organizational skills, a structured mindset, and a passion for operational excellence. As an HR Assistant, you will play a key role in maintaining accurate employee records, supporting recruitment efforts for support staff, and driving consistency across our job documentation. You will also contribute to improving internal processes by consolidating workforce data and enhancing the efficiency of key HR workflows.
Key Responsibilities
General HR Administration
- Assist with day-to-day HR operations, including employee documentation and file management
- Maintain and update employee records in both digital and physical formats
- Ensure proper organization of all HR documents in the shared folders for ease of access and compliance
Job Description Management
- Consolidate, standardize, and update all existing job descriptions
- Create a centralized repository in a shared folder with version-controlled and properly named files
- Coordinate with department heads to ensure JD alignment with current role expectations
Support Staff Recruitment
- Proactively source CVs for open support staff roles using job portals, LinkedIn, and internal databases
- Screen and organize profiles for review by the Talent Acquisition lead
- Follow up with hiring managers for feedback and next steps
Recruitment Coordination
- Draft and send invitations to internal recruitment training sessions
- Track attendance and manage responses for scheduled trainings
- Follow up with interviewers to collect timely and structured interview feedback
- Maintain a tracking sheet for interviews and feedback completion status
Employee Background Recordkeeping
- Review employee CVs (current and new hires) to extract:
- Total years of experience in management consulting (if any)
- Name of the last employer
- Populate and maintain an internal master file for quick reference and reporting
- Ensure data accuracy through manual verification and regular updates
Core Competencies
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
- 3-5 years of relevant experience in HR support or coordination
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel and Word); familiarity with SharePoint or cloud-based storage tools is a plus
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality and professionalism
What we offer
At Contango, we offer a collaborative and fast-paced environment where you will work alongside talented professionals driving impactful change in the region. As part of our HR team, you will gain hands-on exposure to the full employee lifecycle and play a critical role in shaping internal processes.
We provide:
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- A supportive, inclusive culture with strong leadership visibility
- Learning opportunities across HR operations and talent acquisition
- Direct involvement in high-impact projects within a growing consultancy
- Access to structured feedback and professional development
Join us to grow your career in HR while contributing to one of the region’s most exciting consulting firms.
Disclaimer:
This job posting is not open to recruitment agencies. Any candidate profile submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered as being received directly from an applicant. Contango reserves the rights to contact the candidate directly, without incurring any obligations or liabilities for payment of any fees to the recruitment agency.
