Human Resources Officer - Fixed Term NOA - Antananarivo

TITLE: HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER NOA

DUTY STATION: ANTANANARIVO

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WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

ABOUT WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

The position is based in the Country Office in Antananarivo. The job holder will report directly to the Head of Human Resources and will have to manage a team.

JOB PURPOSE

To support the delivery of a professional, client-focused HR services, partnering with managers to implement HR solutions in line with WFP corporate priorities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Support HR operational activities or projects that are aligned to business needs, following standard processes and ensuring alignment with wider WFP policies. 2. Respond to queries from managers and staff, understanding their issues and ensuring policies, procedures, processes, systems and tools are available and correctly applied to support them. 3. Contribute to the effective management of the employment relationship between WFP and its staff, by administering conditions of service, contracts and appropriate entitlements. 4. Support staff capability building, working with managers to understand individual skills and business requirements, and organizing development solutions which equip people with the skills and knowledge required to meet current and future challenges. 5. Support and deliver onboarding activities to ensure new employees have a positive experience of WFP, and are successfully integrated into their new role and the organization. 6. Provide support in building talent within WFP, working with managers to understand their needs and organizing solutions to recruit, retain and develop a high caliber workforce to deliver the business strategy. 7. Support for organizational design activities that enable senior management to define and organize structures and jobs, and allocate people to the right places in order to improve efficiency. 8. Collate data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reporting, supporting a WFP wide view of HR activities that enables informed decision-making and consistent information for stakeholders. 9. Conduct straight forward data analysis under close guidance of a senior HR Officer, in order to support others on projects or contribute to process efficiencies and improvements. 10. Other as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced university degree in Human Resource Management, Public or Business Administration, Industrial Psychology or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience or trainings/courses. Experience: Typically one or more years of postgraduate professional experience in Human Resources with an interest in international humanitarian development.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Knowledge of HR best practices, techniques and processes with some understanding of the basic theoretical background. • Ability to support more junior and/or less experienced members of the team. • Basic analytical ability to compile, maintain and analyse data, prepare reports and draw initial conclusions in support of work carried out by another officer; skills in developing sources for data collection. • Good communication skills required to give and receive information and work with a variety of individuals. • Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly assimilate, UN/WFP specific processes and systems.

• Language: Fluency (level C) in French and English languages

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Proven work experience in Talent Acquisition
• Familiarity with social media and resume databases
• Hands-on experience with full-cycle recruiting using various interview techniques and evaluation methods
• Knowledge of talent attracting strategy
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

• Employee orientation : Shows expert knowledge of Country Office / Division challenges and applies this to provide tailored HR guidance, advice and support that enhances employee engagement. Proactively keeps abreast of the evolving local employee context, manages and applies employee engagement tactics to influence employee perceptions and to achieve the best outcome for the employee and WFP.
• HR Expertise & Policy Knowledge : Shows ability to interpret and apply detailed knowledge of HR policies, operational processes, best practice and regulations within a complex organisational context to provide guidance to others and implement operational solutions within area of responsibility.
• Business Knowledge & Partnership : Applies detailed knowledge of WFP’s organisational and HR strategic objectives and operating complexities, ensuring ongoing alignment of support and HR programs within own area of responsibility. Builds effective relationships to support ongoing understanding of organisational challenges, local workforce context and focus.
• Enabling Talent Management Solutions : Demonstrates a deep knowledge of WFP HR and Talent solutions within area of responsibility. Applies this in combination with an in depth understanding of the end user context to plan for, coordinate and manage the implementation and ongoing effective operation of Talent solutions within area of responsibility.
• HR Operations Management : Shows ability to apply understanding to ensure full alignment of HR operations to WFP’s HR strategy. Applies knowledge to ensure robust review procedures are in place to drive continuous improvement and drives implementation of changes.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK: COMMON STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR

Leads by Example with Integrity :

• Upholds WFP values, principles, and standards
• Respects others and values diversity
• Stays focused and calm under pressure
• Demonstrates humility and a willingness to learn

Drives Results and Delivers on Commitments :

• Delivers results for maximum impact
• Delegates appropriately
• Adapts readily to change

Fosters Inclusive and Collaborative :

• Is inclusive and collaborative
• Gives timely and constructive feedback
• Builds and shares new perspectives

Applies Strategic Thinking :

• Communicates and fulfils WFP’s vision
• Embraces curiosity and new ways of doing things
• Analyses and evaluates data
• Considers the impact of decisions

Builds and Maintains Sustainable Partnerships :

• Builds partnerships
• Collaborates to deliver common objectives

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

03 January 2023

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WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.