Human Resources Officer

Org. Setting and Reporting

The Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) is responsible for providing leadership, operational support and oversight of the United Nations security management system (UNSMS) globally. As a global leader in security risk management principles, UNDSS enables the safe and effective delivery of United Nations programmes and activities in the most complex and challenging environments, while maximizing precious resources. To this end, the work of the Department is aligned under a clear mission, to enable United Nations system programme activities through trusted security leadership and solutions. This is a unique opportunity to join a diverse, dynamic and exciting organization gaining unique and valuable experience where security provides great value. Besides the opportunity to gain new skills and further advance security expertise, this position offers a fulfilling environment that gives you satisfaction by contributing directly or indirectly to peace and security, human rights, and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The Human Resources Officer reports to the Senior Human Resources/Administrative Officer under the overall supervision of the Executive Officer.

Responsibilities

Within delegated authority, the Human Resources Officer will be responsible for the following duties:

General

• Provides advice and support to management on human resources related matters specifically related to workforce planning and HR data analytics.
• Prepares special reports and participates and/or leads special human resources projects.
• Keeps abreast of developments in various areas of human resources with a focus on HR metrics, reporting and analytics. Recruitment and workforce planning
• Provides advice on effective succession management and workforce planning through timely and accurate projection of vacancies and staffing requirements
• Identifies workforce gaps by assessing current workforce, including current skills of the workforce through talent reviews and/or functional talent assessment.
• Prepares assessment of future demand of internal talent through data analysis, identification of potential risks from retirements, staff movements or other loss of talent and consultation with functional subject matter experts.
• Develops strategy to close workforce gaps by identifying appropriate talent solutions in coordination with relevant stakeholders.
• Arranges and conducts interviews with stakeholders on workforce planning and metrics . • Reviews, monitors and track metrics related to selection decisions by client offices .
• Prepares workforce plan including costs, timeframes and benefits.
• Evaluates recruitment and placement related activities of client offices and propose recommendations in support of Departmental initiatives.
• Supervises and monitors the work of the Human Resources Assistants in maintenance of staffing tables, dashboard management, data analyses and reporting etc.
• Plans, organizes, develops, coordinates lessons-learned exercises and facilitates mainstreaming of workforce planning practices into broader departmental planning processes. HR Reporting and Analytics
• Facilitate, monitor and various reports on DSS and Integrated Security Workforce (ISW) staffing data and preparation of monthly corporate HR statistical reports for staff and non-staff for senior management, responds to HR data requests and prepares ad-hoc reports in response to inquiries from other internal and external stakeholders.
• Provides HR data analysis, identifying trends and correlations to produce insights for management consideration
• Develop, maintain and optimize HR reporting based on analysis of workforce data Maintain and optimize HR analytical tools and dashboards to ensure accuracy and consistency of HR data to support HR analytics needs and ensuring accuracy and consistency of key data sets, reports and metrics Staff development and career support
• Identifies and analyzes staff development and career support needs and designs programmes in cooperation with relevant parties to meet identified needs. Coordinates monitoring reports on staff development and career support programmes.
• Provides advice on mobility and career development, facilitate reports on mobility data and compliance status of performance evaluation. Designs, plans, monitors and provides induction orientation programme and briefing to new staff members as needed.
• Provides performance management advice to staff and management. Assists supervisors and staff with understanding and using the performance appraisal system (PAS) as needed.
• Assesses training needs, identifies, designs and delivers training programmes to staff at all levels throughout the Organization as needed.

Other duties

• Advises and counsels staff in respect of rights, responsibilities, code of conduct and difficulties associated with work and entitlements.
• Prepares and facilitates classification analysis of jobs in Professional and General Service and related categories.
• Provides guidance to programme managers on the application of classification policies and procedures and by undertaking whole office review.
• Assists in preparing policy papers, position papers and briefing notes on issues related to examinations and tests.
• Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.

Education

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in human resources management, business or public administration, social sciences, data sciences, law or related fields is required. A first-level university degree (Bachelor’s degree or equivalent) in combination with two additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree.

Job – Specific Qualification

• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is desirable.

Work Experience

• A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in human resources management, administration or related area is required. Experience using the HR and organization management modules of Enterprise Resource Planning systems such as SAP, Umoja or similar is required. Experience in using data to inform decisions, strategies and execution is required.
• Experience with self-service analytics and data visualization applications (MS PowerBI, Qlik, Tableau or similar), and/or business intelligence tools (SAP Business Objects, etc.) is required. Experience with HR integrated data and system interfaces is desirable. Experience in developing dashboards and analytics is desirable.
• Experience in managing large global staffing tables in an international organizational setting is desirable. A minimum of two years of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Languages

• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English is required; knowledge in French is desirable. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage. NOTE: ”Fluency” equals a rating of ”fluent” in all four areas (read, write, speak, understand) and ”Knowledge of” equals a rating of ”confident” in two of the four areas.

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/244618?language=en