HR Manager

tendersglobal.net

Job Description

Humanitarian Emergency Preparedness and Response (HEPR) in the Division of Human Resources (DHR). The role involves providing HR support to Regional/Country Offices during and after deployment, as well as contributing to strengthening capacity within UNICEF Human Resources Community through sharing of best practices and lessons learned.
This will include:

When deployed for humanitarian preparedness or response:

Prepare HR and staffing plans based on the additional human resources needed for the immediate response (relating to short, medium and long-term needs).
Support COs with HR requirements for short-term, medium-term and long-term sustainability needs, while organizing COs meeting on HR strategy and planning to sustain the response to the emergency.
Coordinate with relevant stakeholders to ensure smooth and rapid scale up after onset emergencies.
Develop exit strategy and implement for smooth transition and scale-down.
Review existing CO staffing and facilitate immediate deployments in the affected areas.
Assess Human Resources capacity and propose additional capacity to efficiently respond to emergencies.
Identify staffing gaps and coordinate with the relevant stakeholders to address immediate needs and develop longer-term plans,
Review the staffing structure of the CO and identify most suitable sourcing modalities, as well as gaps including cluster staffing requirements to implement humanitarian response.
Provide support to COs throughout employee-life cycle, with all HR initiatives and programmes, including the preparation of PBR submissions, recruitments, all aspects of talent management.
Provide guidance on policy interpretation.
Promote organizational targets (geographic and gender diversity etc.)
Conduct workshops, HR clinics to inform senior management and staff of HR-related issues (E.g. career management and staff development, performance management, benefits and entitlements, change management;
Work with the HR and Management team to promote the value of care and ensure staff wellbeing issues are addressed.
Ensure proactive recruitments to reduce short-term deployments and ensure business continuity.
Develop guidance documents, lessons learnt/best practices and SOPs to support HR operations and the transfer of knowledge and learning.
Prepare End of mission reports, which include recommendations.
Prepare information sessions upon return to share knowledge, lessons learnt and good practices.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have:

An advanced university degree (master’s or higher) in human resource management, business management, international relations or another related field is required.
A minimum of eight years of increasingly responsible professional experience in human resources management in an international organization and/or large corporation is required.
Developing country experience is required.
Extensive experience in HR in emergency context is highly desirable.
Background/familiarity with human resources in emergencies is required.
Familiarity with the UN system is an asset.
Ability and willingness to travel to emergencies countries on short notice is required.
Facilitation skills and experience in capacity building of individuals and teams is highly desirable.
Fluency in English is required. Proficiency in French, Spanish and/or Arabic is considered a strong asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/564506

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