Human Resources Manager (Leadership Development), P4, Fixed Term, DHR, Istanbul, Turkiye

Contract

This is a P-4 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 7 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 136,000 USD and 175,344 USD.

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UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

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, Hope!

How can you make a difference?

Join the dynamic Learning team at UNICEF and drive change in Leadership Development! We are seeking a talented individual to join our Talent Development Team in Istanbul, Turkiye and help us transform our learning approaches and processes in leadership development. If you're ready to make a real impact on the people we serve, apply today, and help us build a better future for children around the world!

Specific responsibilities:

• As the primary learning focal point for UNICEF's senior leadership positions, you will be responsible for developing and implementing talent development strategies for UNICEF’s leaders, that will enable talent acquisition, comprehensive development, succession management, knowledge management. As a member of the UNICEF Talent Development Team, you will lead the capacity development of UNICEF's leaders and managers, ensuring they are empowered to lead intentionally. You will work closely with counterparts in the Talent Development team, GSSC and the HR community to strengthen leadership capability and managerial capacity.
• In addition to designing and implementing strategies for senior leadership capacity development, you will lead the design of learning programs and curricula for staff in the senior leadership pipelines. You will also be responsible for coordinating and supervising the development of learning initiatives to strengthen the capabilities of senior leaders to deliver on strategic and other organizational priorities e.g. the Strategic Plan, Culture Change, Diversity and Inclusion.
• You will collaborate with other learning focal points in UNICEF to prevent gaps, overlaps, and duplication of effort. You will act as the liaison with UN Agencies to capitalize on suitable learning programs for UNICEF while building partnerships with academic institutions and other organizations.

In addition to the above specific responsibilities, you will contribute to the general team responsibilities as below.

• Work closely with HR Business Partners to provide tailored programmes or coaching to meet specific needs of leaders.
• Coordinate management reporting and work plans to ensure alignment with the UNICEF Strategic Plan and organizational frameworks.
• Support the implementation of effective budgeting practices and contracts management.
• Work closely with the Global Learning Centre, to support learning analytics, knowledge management, and evaluation to ensure our learning programs meet objectives and quality standards.

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

• An advanced university degree (master's or higher) in human resource management, strategic leadership, business administration, public administration, social sciences, or any other related field(s) is required.
• Eight years of professional work experience in Human Resources is required.
• Significant experience in developing and implementing management and leadership programmes in a professional capacity in a global/international organization is required.
• Knowledge of strategic management, organizational leadership and executive development is required.
• Demonstrable record of aligning learning strategies to organizational strategy is required.
• A demonstrated history of excellent facilitation skills is required.
• Demonstrable understanding of how adults acquire and use knowledge, skills, and capabilities; and of individual and cultural differences in learning is required.
• Professional certification in instructional design or adult education and knowledge of organizational psychology is highly desirable.
• Professional certification or additional training relevant to learning or leadership development is highly desirable.
• Prior experience in executive coaching is an asset.
• Experience in change management and in developing and sourcing learning programmes for HR is an asset.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills are required for this role.
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Nurtures, Leads and Manages People (2)
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (2)
• Works Collaboratively with others (2)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (2)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (2)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (2)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (2)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (2)

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic. We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements. 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 is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. All selected candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Remarks:

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.

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance. Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.