Human Resources Officer (CO)

The Opportunity – HR Officer- Recruiter

Post location: oPt Country Office – Ramallah

Contract Duration and Level of Effort: 1 year

ROLE PURPOSE:

The role holder will provide generalist HR support to CO, most importantly on recruitment and onboarding across the full range of HR processes within the candidate and employee lifecycle and induction process.

They will also be responsible for continuously improving HR processes and systems in and

supporting the HR unit if the Gaza FO.

The role holder will be expected to work outside the normal job description and be able to vary

working hours accordingly.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: HR & Admin Manager

Staff reporting to this post: None.

Budget Responsibilities: None.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Key Area 1: Recruitment and Selection

• Draft/support vacancy announcement based on SCI formats for approved recruitments.
• Participate in the national recruitment and facilitate international recruitment process.
• Collect and track Recruitment Planner forms as well as approvals.
• Organize interviews and Prescreening interviews.
• Participate/facilitate in the national staff interviews and ensure transparency in the process.
• Run background and reference checks and send regret to unsuccessful candidates.
• Ensure the recruitment files are complete and updated with every recruitment.
• Contract management of staff (including staff contracts, extension, amendments)
• Using a variety of methods, including internet data mining, cold calling, online databases, social media, internal database, employee referrals, career fairs, and other relevant sources to find candidates that meet the target profiles for open and upcoming vacancies.
• Ensuring recruitment processes are in line with SCI regulations.

Key Area 2: Personnel File Management

• Ensure that all staff have a personnel file within a week of joining, including E-filling.
• Manage the personnel files and ensure they are up to date with all the required documents at all times.
• Ensure confidentiality of the personnel file – assess of files by only the HR Manager or designated.

Key area 3: On board and Off boarding

• Ensure all new employees are well oriented to SCI policies & Procedures.
• Manage the induction and on boarding process for new staff, and ongoing workplace learning using SCI Onboarding system (Passport to Success). Coordinate for the structured induction for newcomers and any other current staff along with all different functions in the organization
• Send mandatory policies to all newcomers, with a request of completing SCI online Mandatory, with all needed details, links, and instructions needed.
• Close follow-up on the completion of mandatory training within the first 3 months for newcomers, and regular refreshers needed for current employees. Along with accurate tracking and reporting to the HR Manager and RO on a quarterly basis.
• Track and record induction attendance for new starters across induction checklists and ensure new starters complete their mandatory inductions and trainings.
• Create update on/off boarding tracker.
• Responsible for the creation and follow up of a leaver process.
• Work with Logistics to ensure SCI property is returned.
• Organize and if applicable conduct exit interview with the national staff.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

QUALIFICATIONS

• BA in Business Administrator or any related field. A certificate in HR or Personnel Management is preferable.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• At least 3+ years of professional experience in the HR field particularly in talent acquisition and learning and development.
• Good understanding of General operational HR & administration-related issues.
• Proven ability to organize priorities, work under administrative pressure with detail orientation.
• Professional experience in the NGOs sector.
• Strong acumen in establishing positive working relationships with staff.
• Strong proficiency in handling data and in Microsoft Word, excel and teams.
• Proven sense of professional discretion and ability to keep confidentiality.
• Deep understanding of local labor laws.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn new technologies and can implement.
• Systems friendly user, can work easily with new systems and implement new technologies in HR.
• Strong service skills and ability to communicate (written and verbal) with all levels of the organization, both internal and external.
• To protect children in connection.
• To be non-discriminatory and gender-sensitive.
• Excellent English and Arabic language skills, with proven capacity to write clear, concise letters, reports &correspondences).
• Excellent computer skills (MS Office, Outlook).

We offer a competitive package in the context of the sector. This role is offered on the basis of national terms and conditions. Application will be reviewed and selected on a rolling basis.

Save the Children promotes a diverse and inclusive work environment, women and people with different abilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The Organisation

Save the Children works in development and humanitarian contexts with children and partners to help families, communities, and governments identify and use innovations to ensure all children survive, learn and are protected.

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realize the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.