Executive Director Legal, Corporate Affairs, HR and Administration

TotalEnergies
Dar es Salaam Full time Jobs

Position information

Job Details

Job LocationDar es Salaam

Job CategoryAdministration Jobs

Job TypeFull time Jobs

Job PostedOctober 3, 2026

Job Description

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Country
Tanzania

City

DAR ES SALAAM

Area

Tanzania

Workplace location

DAR ES SALAAM-HAILE SELASSIE RD(TZA)

Employer company
TotalEnergies Marketing Tanzania Limited

Domain
Legal & Compliance

Type of contract
Regular position

ExperienceMinimum 10 years

Context & Environment

• Operates in a complex and evolving employment, legal and regulatory environment with multiple government, labour and petroleum sector stakeholders.

• Requires the ability to combine long-term strategic leadership with timely operational decisions and confidential case management.

• Works across diverse employee populations and functional priorities while safeguarding fairness, business continuity and Company reputation.

• Must balance local legal requirements, affiliate accountability and Group or M&S policies and standards.

• Requires strong judgement, credibility, collaboration, communication, negotiation and change-leadership capability.

• Handles sensitive personal, legal, employee relations and corporate information and must maintain strict confidentiality and appropriate access controls.

• Requires disciplined delegation, follow-up, risk escalation and evidence-based decision-making.

Activities

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE

• Serve as a member of the Executive Committee and act as strategic adviser to the Managing Director and business leaders on people, organization, legal, governance, corporate affairs and administration matters.

• Translate Company, Marketing & Services and affiliate priorities into integrated HR and Legal strategies, annual roadmaps, budgets, controls and measurable objectives.

• Lead, develop and coordinate the Human Resources, Legal, Corporate Affairs, Communication and Administration teams, ensuring clear accountabilities, appropriate segregation of duties and effective succession coverage.

• Ensure activities are performed within approved policies, procedures, internal control requirements and delegations of authority, with timely escalation of material risks.

HUMAN RESOURCES

• HR strategy, governance and workforce planning

• Define and implement the affiliate HR strategy in alignment with business priorities, Group and M&S HR policies, Tanzania labor requirements and the affiliate social context.

• Maintain an HR operating model with clear processes, responsibilities, service standards, controls, calendars and decision rights.

• Lead workforce planning, headcount forecasting, organization reviews and people-cost planning, including permanent, contracted, graduate and expatriate populations.

• Advise management on organization design, job descriptions, grading, workforce productivity, critical roles and capability requirements.

• Organization and employment management

• Ensure organization structures, positions, job descriptions, employment contracts and employee records are accurate, approved and regularly updated.

• Oversee employment administration throughout the employee lifecycle and ensure consistent application of employment terms, policies and management decisions.

• Monitor HR statutory and internal compliance, regulatory developments, audit actions and remediation plans.

• Training and Development

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• Ensure training needs analysis is completed and translated into an approved annual development plan and budget.

• Govern mandatory, technical, managerial and behavioral learning and monitor access, completion, learning transfer and business impact.

• Build management capability and ensure employees who attend significant programmes cascade relevant learning within the affiliate.

• Compensation, benefits and payroll governance

• Direct compensation and benefits strategy and ensure internal equity, market competitiveness, affordability and compliance with approved frameworks.

• Oversee salary review, incentives, benefits and related HR campaigns, ensuring accurate proposals, appropriate approvals and employee communication.

• Establish effective payroll governance, including controlled inputs, validation, segregation of duties, reconciliation, approval, payment and compliant reporting.

• Oversee pensions, social-security obligations, medical and insurance benefits and other employee schemes in collaboration with Finance and approved providers.

• Employee relations, engagement and wellbeing

• Maintain constructive individual and collective employee relations and support management in grievance, disciplinary, dispute and consultation processes.

• Lead employee listening, engagement and wellbeing programs and ensure survey results are converted into accountable, department-level and affiliate action plans.

• Promote a respectful, inclusive and safe workplace and ensure access to appropriate psychosocial and well-being support.

• Represent the Company in labor and employment matters and support the prevention and resolution of disputes.

• HR data, digital tools, reporting and records

• Ensure integrity, confidentiality and timely maintenance of HR information systems, employee master data, dashboards and statutory or management reports.

• Promote use of approved digital HR tools and reduce unmanaged manual files and duplicate reporting.