Human Resources Specialist, P-3, Nairobi, Kenya (ESARO), 3 months

Contract

This is a P-3 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 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be between 111,152 USD and 145,545 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, a future!

The Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) is a multi-faceted region comprising of 21 countries with a variety of contexts. The ESARO HR team provides support to personnel in the Regional Office as well as to management and HR colleagues in the region.

Under the supervision of the Regional Chief of Human Resources, within their area of responsibility, the incumbent is accountable for implementing HR services that enhance the capacity of their clients to deliver on their business goals and objectives. In doing so, the incumbent demonstrates the ability to anticipate HR-related needs and develop subsequent plans and solutions that align HR management with business objectives. The incumbent will supervise one team member and provide technical guidance to further nurture the team members’ competencies.

The purpose of this temporary appointment role is to provide additional support to the ESARO HR team and ensure continuity of quality HR client support to the country offices and designated Regional Office (RO) sections as well as to deliver on other relevant areas under the purview of the role.

How can you make a difference?

The selected candidate will provide key support to the following tasks:

Recruitment, Selection and Placement

Support, implement and administer the effective and timely recruitment processes in the hiring, developing and retaining the best talents available to support the strategic human resources needs of the office and the organization.

Support the office's human resources needs for national professional officers, general service, and temporary employees by implementing proper and expedient recruitment procedures. Ensure organizational human resources targets are met while ensuring the recruitment and retention of a diverse body of staff of the highest caliber. Promote gender equality, equity, transparency, and consistency in the selection and placement of staff.

Work to establish a targeted approach to recruit specialized talent, with particular focus on SP and RO priorities, to fill posts requiring specialized expertise, at the regional, or regional office level.

Establish and implement results-oriented action plans and sound budgets to coordinate targeted recruitment efforts with identified need at UNICEF in the short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term. Monitor and evaluate the measurable results of targeted recruiting efforts and its impact on UNICEF human resources with emphasis on all aspects required to achieve UNICEF’s objectives for gender parity, diversity, and a supportive work environment for men and women.

Based on the provisions of the Staff Selection Policy and Recruitment Guidelines, conduct quality assurance reviews for NO and IP recruitment cases in the region before final approval is granted by the Approving Authority.

Policy Implementation and HR Administration

Establish and maintain equity, transparency and consistency in the interpretation, determination, implementation, and administration of HR policy, procedures and guidelines on all HR related matters applicable to the staff.

In collaboration with GSSC and KCO Common Services, ensure timely, equitable, transparent and systematic administration of all HR benefits, entitlements, contracts renewal and termination, performance management, promotions and other HR activities.

Identify opportunities for the regional office to support UNICEF’s global HR priorities, campaigns and partnerships, and lead, advise or recommend new initiatives to adopt in the office.

Capacity Building and Career Development

Opportunities to develop and support capacity among regional HR staff, other colleagues and other relevant partners are regularly identified and addressed as appropriate.

In coordination with the relevant partners, the ESARO Staff Development Committee and management, implement timely and effective staff learning and development activities to all staff in the office in order to strengthen their capacity building and advance career development planning.

Support and utilize a database on staff development activities and training contracts and take follow-up actions for processing of external collaborator contracts and implementation of planned training activities.

Plans and arranges regional operations workshops/learning programmes for organizational competency building. Advises on staff learning/development, career development, coaching and counselling in operations area that is gender sensitive.

Strategic HR Planning and Management

Provide ongoing strategy guidance, interpretation and technical support to HR colleagues of the country offices in the area of HR management. Provides accurate and sound technical analysis and timely support to the management and planning process in the office as it relates to budget planning, staffing, organization design, change management and other HR strategy planning and development deliberations.

Liaise with the HQ Divisions to support and contribute to corporate HR strategy formulation and local implementation; advise on the applicability of new strategy and guidelines to country office HR plans and activities. Provide feedback and make recommendations from a field perspective on the establishment and improvement of systems and internal controls, planning and change management and resolution of HR issues and problems.

Staff and Management Relationship Management

Monitor staff/management issues and support/advise management and staff as appropriate to improve the relations and resolve the issues.

Provide administrative support to the staff-management bodies such as Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) in the capacity of HR focal point in the office.

Additional Support

Provide support to the Regional Chief of HR on ad-hoc activities as needed.

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

• An Advanced University Degree in human resource management, business management, international relations, psychology or another related field is required. *A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree.
• Five years of increasingly responsible professional experience in human resource management in an international organization and/or large corporation is required.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• 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…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others and (8) Nurtures, leads and manages people.

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’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable candidates from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

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.