HR Manager

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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.

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