Human Resources Officer - NOB - Fixed-Term - Antananarivo

Human Resources

Position open only to staff of the

United Nations in Madagascar

Position Title

Human Resources Officer

Grade

NOB

Contract Type

Fixed-Term

Duration

One year (renewable)

Unit

Human Resources

Duty Station

Antananarivo

Opening date

Le 04 juin 2024

Closing date

Le 17 juin 2024

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 without regard to race, color, national origin, ethnic or social origin, genetic information, sex, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

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

WFP'S MANDATE AND INTERVENTIONS IN MADAGASCAR

In Madagascar, WFP is supporting the government's efforts through an assistance strategy to respond to the humanitarian emergency, strengthen community resilience and support sustainable development efforts. In collaboration with government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and UN system partners, WFP, organizes cash or in-kind transfers to meet the food needs of families affected by climatic hazards, provides school meals that promote access to education for girls and boys, supports the prevention and treatment of malnutrition, and provides technical and financial support to groups of small agricultural producers to improve their production and access to the market.

WFP also provides the air transport service, ensuring safe, reliable and cost-effective transport for humanitarian and development actors to other parts of Madagascar.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT:

These jobs are found in Country Offices (COs), Regional Bureaux (RBs), and Headquarters (HQ), and typically report to a more senior HR Officer, Regional/Country Director or the designate.

Job holders operate with minimal supervision, and provide guidance to junior staff to ensure that operational and project objectives are achieved. They are heavily involved in day–to-day activities and analytical work. Job holders provide advice on low complex issues, applying HR rules, regulations and expertise in making determinations and recommendations across a range of activities.

JOB PURPOSE:

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

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):

1. Contribute towards the development of country specific plans and processes, and deliver HR operational activities or projects, following standard processes and ensuring alignment with wider WFP policies.
2. Provide advice to managers and employees, understanding their needs and ensuring policies, procedures, processes, systems and tools are available and correctly applied to support them.
3. Provide effective management of the employment relationship between WFP and its staff, by administering conditions of service, contracts and appropriate entitlements, and resolving employee relations issues.
4. Contribute to staff capability building, working with managers to understand individual skills and business requirements, and organizing/delivering development solutions which equip people with the skills and knowledge required to meet current and future challenges.
5. Deliver onboarding activities which ensure new employees have a positive experience of WFP, and are successfully integrated into their new role and the organisation.
6. Contribute to building and managing talent within WFP, working with managers to understand their needs and delivering solutions to recruit, retain, manage and develop a high caliber workforce to deliver business objectives.
7. Support 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. Guide and supervise junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.
9. Collate and analyse data for the preparation of accurate and timely reporting, supporting a WFP wide view of HR activities that enables informed decision-making and consistent information for stakeholders.
10. Contribute to continuous improvement by implementing new/updated HR policies, procedures and systems and recommending improvements to ways of working.
11. Other as required.

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS (details to be determined by Post Managers):

This section is optional to describe other duties, skills & knowledge required for the specific job.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK: COMMON STANDARDS OF BEHAVIOUR

Leads by Example with Integrity

Upholds WFP values, principles, and standards

Demonstrates and encourages others to uphold the WFP values, principles and standards

Respects others and values diversity

Values diversity using respectful and inclusive language, and encourages others to do the same

Stays focused and calm under pressure

Stays focused and calm when under pressure, encourages others to do the same, and offers guidance and support to manage

difficult situations

Demonstrates humility and a willingness to learn

Demonstrates humility and a willingness to learn and share knowledge, frequently seeking and acting on feedback, and pursuing opportunities to develop

Drives Results and Delivers on

Commitments

Delivers results for maximum impact

Identifies and aligns objectives to the required outcomes, holding self and/or others accountable for the delivery of results for maximum impact

Delegates appropriately

Delegates responsibly and provides appropriate support empowering others to deliver results

Adapts readily to change

Responds readily to change in different contexts and adapts accordingly

Fosters Inclusive and Collaborative

Is inclusive and collaborative

Promotes inclusive teamwork and psychological safety by encouraging colleagues to collaborate by sharing ideas and openly raising issues

Gives timely and constructive feedback

Supports development for others by giving timely and constructive feedback

Builds and shares new perspectives

Seeks out, trusts and listens attentively to diverse views to capture, learn, build and share new perspectives

Applies Strategic

Thinking

Communicates and

fulfils WFP’s vision

Communicates and

fulfils WFP’s vision and operational outcomes to deliver meaningful solutions

Embraces curiosity and new ways of doing things

Demonstrates

curiosity, designs and implements new ways of doing things when relevant

Analyses and evaluates data

Gathers data and

different perspectives, shares knowledge and uses evidence to inform decision making

Considers the impact of decisions

Implements decisions, considering the risks and implications of actions for teams, projects and other

initiatives

Builds and

Maintains

Sustainable

Partnerships

Builds partnerships

Initiates and builds partnerships by identifying and promoting opportunities for mutual areas of interest and benefit

Collaborates to

deliver common objectives

Collaborates with partners to deliver common objectives by sharing information and cocreating innovative solutions with beneficiaries when appropriate

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES FOR HR SERVICES:

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 to drive employee engagement. Proactively seeks information on the local employee context evolution. Manages and applies employee engagement tactics to influence employee perceptions and to achieve the best outcome for employees and WFP.

HR Expertise & Policy

Knowledge

Is able to contextualize and apply deep knowledge of WFP policies and programmes, as well as internal regulations, in order to provide insights and advice to key organizational stakeholders. Contributes to policy development and improvement.

Business Knowledge &

Partnership

Applies expert skill in building strong partnerships with senior stakeholders in order to get and in-depth understanding of WFP's organizational objectives and related operational challenges, and therefore ensure the ongoing alignment of the HR operating model. Applies this understanding to design people initiatives that support the achievement of WFP's strategic goals.

Enabling Talent Management

Solutions

Demonstrates deep knowledge of all WFP HR solutions. Creates plans for their successful implementation and execution, in order to contribute to strategic HR and organizational outcomes.

HR Operations Management

Applies in-depth understanding of WFP HR Operations to ensure their full alignment with WFP's HR strategy. Drives continuous HR operations improvement and oversees implementation of changes, by maintaining robust review processes.

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES FOR CENTRE OF EXPERTISE:

Capability Name

Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level

Employee orientation

Demonstrates a developed understanding of the various employee contexts and needs when applying and adapting HR policy and practices, to best meet employee needs. Takes initiative and identifies suitable solutions when partnering with employees and local Country Office management.

HR Expertise & Policy

Knowledge

Is able to contextualize and apply deep knowledge of WFP policies and programmes, as well as internal regulations, in order to provide insights and advice to key organizational stakeholders. Contributes to policy development and improvement.

Business Knowledge &

Partnership

Applies advanced knowledge of WFP's organizational and HR strategic objectives, as well and operational complexities, in order to ensure alignment of HR support within own area of responsibility. Establishes and maintains internal network on an ongoing basis, to develop understanding of organizational challenges and local teams context and therefore, ensure focus on local priorities and people.

Designing Talent Management

Solutions

Utilises broad understanding of leading HR practices and WFP context to contribute to the design of standards and guidelines in line with WFP People Strategy. Demonstrates sound judgement in interpreting external leading HR practices to contribute to Talent Management solution design, ensuring appropriate buy in throughout the process.

Analysing and Forecasting

Applies advanced knowledge of workforce data and analytics to provide insights and forecasts, in order to enable decision making. Utilises advanced knowledge of WFP forecasting and analysis tools and methodologies, along with leading HR insight generation and visualization practices, to identify opportunities for improving WFP's HR practices.

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE – HR SERVICES:

• Has provided direction and instruction to more junior staff members within area of expertise
• Has gained extensive experience providing administrative and systems support across multiple activities in employment life cycle including: recruitment, interviews, training support, performance management, relocation support and policy implementation within a country office environment

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE – CENTRE OF EXPERTISE:

• Has provided direction and instruction to more junior staff members within area of expertise
• Has collated and analysed data in order to support aspects of broader change initiatives and programme design

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

Education: Advanced university degree in Human Resource Management, Public or Business Administration, Industrial Psychology or other relevant field, or First University degree with 5 years of related work experience or trainings/courses.

Experience: Typically 03 or more years of postgraduate professional experience in Human Resources with an interest in international humanitarian development.

Knowledge • Broad or specialised knowledge of HR best practices, techniques and

& Skills: processes with some understanding of the basic theoretical background.

• Ability to supervise and support more junior and/or less experienced members of the team.

• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to analyze data, draw conclusions and recommend a course of action.
• Good communication skills required to give and receive information and work with a variety of individuals.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with clients and provide client-oriented service. Ability to identify client’s needs and match them to appropriate solutions.
• Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly assimilate, UN/WFP specific processes and systems.

Language: Fluency (level C) in English language and the duty station’s language, if different.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: JUNE 17, 2024

QUALIFIED FEMALE CANDIDATES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to behaviors such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of power and discrimination. All selected candidates will be required to adhere to WFP's standards of conduct and will therefore be subject to rigorous background checks either internally or by the intermediary of 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 result in disqualification or dismissal.

WFP will not seek payment at any stage of the recruitment process, including at the offer stage.

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