Call for HR Officers (Payroll Section), P-2, UNICEF Global Shared Services Centre, Budapest, Hungary (Not for Hungarian Nationals)

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Contract

This is a P-2 contract. This kind of contract is known as Professional and Director staff. It is normally internationally recruited only. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 2 years of experience, depending on education.

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The salary for this job should be between 57,661 USD and 78,318 USD.

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, a calling.

We are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do. Promoting the rights of every child is not a job, it’s a calling.

UNICEF’s Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC) is based out of Budapest, Hungary and provides services to UNICEF offices across the globe in more than 150 countries, in the areas of Payroll, Human Resources, Finance, and IT Customer Care.

Our mission is to be a centre of excellence for the global delivery of efficient services within a culture of customer service, continuous business improvement, knowledge-sharing and innovation to support the effective achievement of UNICEF's programme results worldwide. ​

GSSC has won the 2019 Business Services Firm of the Year in Hungary, one of 26 regional awards announced at the Central and Eastern European Business Services Summit & Awards held in Warsaw, Poland.

Global Payroll function is responsible for administration of Salaries and benefits including Pension covering more than 15000 UNICEF staff worldwide.

How can you make a difference?

The GSSC is looking for dedicated, self-driven payroll professionals with strong technical knowledge, people management skills and ability to coordinate within a dynamic and multi-cultural team environment as we are seeking candidates for our Talent Groups to fill upcoming Payroll Officer vacancy in Payroll function at the P-2 level.

Payroll Officers are responsible towards timely and accurate processing of monthly payroll and related activities including disbursement of a myriad of entitlements, people management, operational support and guidance, while developing client-oriented culture, managing escalation and ensuring efficient service delivery.

This will involve:

1. Technical leadership, operational support and guidance

  • Review and validate monthly payroll processing for assigned countries as per the established payroll calendar.
  • Deliver timely and accurate administration of Payroll related benefits and entitlements
  • Interpret and apply UN and UNICEF staff rules, procedures and processes.
  • Deliver technical training and coaching to newly hired staff members
  • Contribute to the improvement of payroll services and ensure client satisfaction

2. Transactional service management

  • Ensure services are delivered to client groups within the expected Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with accuracy and quality
  • Monitor and manage targets, ensuring standards are maintained and workload is well coordinated
  • Promote process improvements to enhance organizational performance
  • Ensure accountability, customer service orientation and adherence to SLAs

3. People Management

  • Supervise, develop and enable team through coaching and mentoring, ensuring high morale and cross-functional collaboration
  • Monitor performance and productivity of staff in the team and ensure high level of services
  • Promote a culture of care, accountability, support and continuous/honest feedback within the team
  • Support capacity building and career development of team

4. Strategic Partnership

  • Build partnerships with key stakeholders, including clients, headquarter divisions and external counterparts
  • Consult with focal points globally to identify service needs and areas for capacity building
  • Lead process improvement and HR/Payroll initiatives based on best practices and client feedback

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will need to have…

  • University Degree (Bachelor’s Degree) in Human Resources, Business Administration, Social Sciences or a related field
  • Minimum four years (4) of relevant work experience in payroll management, including experience in HR benefits/entitlements and Finance
  • Minimum two years (2) of Supervisory experience in handling team members in a multi-national work environment
  • Demonstrates flexibility, initiative and proactivity
  • Ability to innovate and contribute within a collaborative and multi-cultural team environment
  • Strong partnership skills and ability to coordinate with the stakeholders and clients
  • Fluency in English (verbal and written) is required
  • Knowledge of an additional UN Language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish) is desirable
  • Experience of working with an ERP such as SAP to process Payroll is desirable
  • Work experience with an international organization or in a shared services centre is a strong asset

Conditions of International Professional Posts

International Professional (IP) staff are recruited internationally and serve in duty stations outside their country of nationality. They hold leadership, managerial or specialist functions.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service. This position is classified as “rotational” which means the incumbent is expected to rotate to another duty station upon completion of their tour of duty.

Talent Groups

UNICEF strongly encourages job seekers with relevant professional experience and qualifications to apply for inclusion in one or more of our Talent Groups, UNICEF’s primary sourcing method. Successful candidates will be notified and placed in a Talent Group for a three-year period. More information on UNICEF’s Talent Groups are available on https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/index_61938.html

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

View our competency framework at: http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization. UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles.

Added 3 years ago - Updated 2 years ago - Source: unicef.org