HR & Institutional People Management Consultant — Brussels, Belgium.
Diana Bomboko is a Brussels-based HR and Institutional People Management Consultant with over 18 years of progressive experience at the intersection of human resources, administration and organisational development.
Her career spans the private sector, development organisations, international institutions and the public sector — across Belgium and the Democratic Republic of Congo — giving her a rare breadth of understanding across very different organisational cultures and governance frameworks. She has worked with the OACPS Secretariat, the World Bank Group, GlaxoSmithKline, GIZ, USAID, Vodacom DRC and the EISA Electoral Institute of South Africa.
Diana holds a Master in Labour Sciences from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and is pursuing an Executive Master in HR Management at ICHEC Brussels Management School. She is fluent in French, English and Lingala, and is a recognised practitioner of HRIS platforms including BambooHR, Workday and SAP.
Founded an independent HR advisory practice in Brussels, offering specialist institutional people management, HR strategy, and organisational development services to international organisations, NGOs, and institutions — with a dedicated focus on the Republic of Congo and the broader ACP region.
Supported HR operations and payroll coordination via Securex; coordinated meetings and stakeholder exchanges within the EU Parliament ecosystem; provided administrative and logistical support to management.
Coordinated education and integration projects for new arrivals; managed training activities, language programmes and community integration initiatives; drafted funding proposals and donor reports.
Supported payroll management and HR coordination (Securex); managed administrative and financial processes for EU-funded projects; maintained databases, contact lists and project documentation.
Coordinated governance and democracy support projects including an initiative promoting women's political participation. Represented EISA in high-level meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DRC, government institutions, electoral bodies, and civil society organisations — providing direct access to state structures and multilateral governance networks.
Supported budget monitoring and financial management; coordinated project documentation and government liaison activities for donor-funded environmental programmes.
Managed operations and administrative support for the Commercial Director's office; coordinated meetings, reports, communications and multi-stakeholder relations.
Assisted in project monitoring; organised health-focused meetings, seminars and workshops; coordinated between the Project Chief, USAID partners and local government officials; drafted action memoranda for the USAID Director.
Six stages that move from deep understanding to measurable, sustainable improvement.
Structured conversations with leadership, managers and staff to understand the real state of HR — not the official version, but the lived experience.
Document review, process mapping and gap analysis to produce an honest diagnostic of where the HR function stands and what needs to change.
Design or redesign policies, contracts, job descriptions, frameworks and documentation that are fit for purpose and institutionally appropriate.
Roll out new HR practices with clear ownership, communication plans and change management support to ensure adoption.
Train managers, HR teams and staff to use, sustain and build on what has been put in place — making capability a lasting asset.
Set review cycles, track outcomes and continuously refine — because effective HR is not a project with an end date, it is an ongoing discipline.
"Diana brought both technical rigour and genuine human understanding to our HR restructuring. Her knowledge of international organisations and the ACP institutional framework was invaluable."
"Working with Diana on our Congo market entry strategy was a transformative experience. Her dual expertise in HR compliance and on-the-ground DRC institutional knowledge set our team up for success from day one."
"Diana's ability to translate complex HR policy into practical, people-centred processes is rare. She delivered a complete HR digitalisation roadmap on time and within budget — with full bilingual documentation."
Whether you need an HR diagnostic, a training programme, or ongoing institutional advisory — Diana Bomboko brings the expertise, the approach and the heritage to make a difference.