Human Resources Officer

The HR Officer (Emergency) will support the HR in Emergency portfolio in coordinating the  development of regional emergency and consultant rosters, and in providing HR support to country offices affected by emergencies.

Under the guidance and supervision of the Human Resource Officer, P2, ESARO, the Human Resources Officer (Emergency) will finalize the current development of the external roster, pursue the update of the internal rosters, and launch the update of the consultant rosters.

The incumbent will provide active support to the HR in emergency (HRiE) portfolio through the identification of surge, staffing and consultant needs across the region. S/He will also develop related rosters in collaboration with different stakeholders.

The selected candidate for this assignment may be assigned the contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of major duties:
Coordination of rostering process in collaboration with key stakeholders:

• Coordinate communication campaigns to update staff members and different stakeholders across the region and the organization on the rostering process.
• Launch vacancy announcements related to consultant rosters.
• Coordinate the skills assessment process for selected candidates, in collaboration with involved RO sections.
• Agree on lists of recommended candidates.
• Identify Agora courses for recommended candidates for the external roster,
• In collaboration with RO sections identify the Agora learning path and other capacity reinforcement activities to be delivered to selected candidates for the internal roster
• Develop and monitor the implementation of a learning plan for recommended candidates for the internal and external emergency rosters.
• Development of rosters/talent pools in TMS
• Assign successful candidates to respective rosters/talent groups.
• Send appropriate communications on process outcomes and next steps to candidates who participated in the process (successful and unsuccessful candidates).

Capacity reinforcement of roster users:

• Coordinate with TMS colleagues to grant access rights to identified users for the respective rosters.
• Organize training sessions for roster users at the RO and CO levels.

Surge and staffing needs identification:  

• In collaboration with key stakeholders and counterparts at the CO, RO and HQ level, identify emergency personnel and consultant related needs.
• Provide guidance to regional office sections to develop terms of references for identified personnel (surge, staffing and consultants).
• Review and finalize terms of references and create an emergency terms of reference data base for ESAR.
• Provide support to the RO HR team as needed.

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

• University degree in social sciences, data management or other relevant disciplines (human resources, business administration, international relations, psychology, etc). Additional professional training or certification in Human Resources is an advantage.
• A minimum of two years of relevant professional experience in Human Resources management, HR Data management or similar field in an international organization is required, and experience in a humanitarian setting is advantageous.
• Experience in data analysis and database development for a wide variety of audiences is desirable.
• Planning and organization skills.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/570118