Human Resources Officer NOA job req 167701, closing on 17 July 2022

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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

These jobs are found in Country Offices (COs), Regional Bureaux (RBs), and Headquarters (HQ) and report to a more senior HR Officer. Job holders are likely to be working under the supervision of Head of Human Resources Unit and under the General Supervision aof the Country Director, receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed. They support the collation, maintenance, analysis and reporting of information to maximise the effectiveness of HR services.

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. Ensure Effective use of Human Capital Management Tool. 4. Contribute to the effective management of the employment relationship between WFP and its staff, by administering conditions of service, contracts and appropriate entitlements. 5. 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.

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 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. 8. 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.

9. Coordinate and Lead recruitment process Through E-Recruitment Tool 10.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. 11. 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. 12.Other related tasks as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced university degree ( Master) in Human Resource Management, Public or Business Administration, Industrial Psychology or other relevant field, or First University degree in the same domain 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: National Professional: Fluency (level C) in English and French languages.

4Ps CORE ORGANISATIONAL CAPABILITIES

Purpose

  • Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Understands WFP’s Strategic Objectives and the link to own work objectives.
  • Be a force for positive change: Flexibly adapts individual contributions to accommodate changes in direction from supervisors and internal/external changes (such as evolving needs of beneficiaries, new requirements of partners).
  • Make the mission inspiring to our team: Recognizes and shares with team members the ways in which individual contributions relate to WFP’s mission.
  • Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Sets own goals in alignment with WFP’s overall operations, and is able to communicate this link to others.

People

  • Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Assesses own strengths and weaknesses to increase self-awareness, and includes these in conversations on own developmental needs.
  • Create an inclusive culture: Participates in open dialogue, and values the diverse opinion of others, regardless of background, culture, experience, or country assignment.
  • Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Proactively seeks feedback and coaching to build confidence, and develop and improve individual skills.
  • Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Participates in accomplishing team activities and goals in the face of challenging circumstances.

Performance

  • Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Shows willingness to explore and experiment with new ideas and approaches in own work.
  • Focus on getting results: Consistently delivers results within individual scope of work on time, on budget and without errors.
  • Make commitments and make good on commitments: Commits to upholding individual accountabilities and responsibilities in the face of ever-changing country or functional priorities.
  • Be Decisive: Makes rational decisions about individual activities when faced with uncertain circumstances, including in times of ambiguity regarding information or manager direction.

Partnership

  • Connect and share across WFP units: Seeks to understand and adapt to internal or cross-unit teams’ priorities and preferred working styles.
  • Build strong external partnerships: Demonstrates ability to understand and appropriately respond to and/or escalate needs of external partners.
  • Be politically agile & adaptable: Portrays an informed and professional demeanor toward internal and external partners and stakeholders.
  • Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Provides operational support on analyses and assessments that quantifies and demonstrates WFP’s unique value as a partner.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES:

Capability Name Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level

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.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

This section is optional to describe additional responsibilities & knowledge required for the specific job.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE

    • Has responded to standard, ad-hoc HR enquiries
    • Has provided coaching or training to new staff members within area of expertise

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  • contract duration : 1 year renewable
  • Duty station : Bujumbura
  • Contract type: Fixed-Term
  • Grade NOA, one year probation.
  • Applications will be sent on line. scanned copies of University Degree are mandatory and should be attached to the personal profile
  • Application without University degree will not be considered
  • Only Burundian national are allowed to Apply.
  • The recruitment process will be fair and rigorous to make sure that the most qualified candidates are selected through a fair competition process
  • Please provide in your CV 3 professional references and indicate their telephone numbers and E.mail addresses

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Applications will be closed on July 17, 2022

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All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

Added 1 year ago - Updated 1 year ago - Source: wfp.org