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Contract

This is a G-6 contract. This kind of contract is known as General Service and related categories. It is normally only for nationals. It usually requires 6 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be more than 1,962 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, Commitment

These days we, in UNICEF Thailand, advocate for laws and policies that better deliver on children’s rights while making sure that the human and financial resources needed to carry them out are available. We have around 50 staff members working with our partners to find new and innovative ways to protect the rights of all children in the country and to ensure that the benefits of Thailand’s rapid and impressive development reach the most disadvantaged children.

By bringing together all types of individuals concerned with child rights, we move closer to the day when every child in Thailand, regardless of gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic background or legal status, has a fair chance to grow up in a safe, healthy and protective environment and reach their full potential.

Our key focused areas during 2022-2026 include:

• Addressing disparities

• Promoting holistic early childhood development

• Promoting access to quality education

• Protecting children from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation

• Protecting children and adolescents from HIV and sexually transmitted infections

• Promoting age-appropriate participation of children and adolescents in decisions that affect them.

• Strengthening social protection for children

• Providing humanitarian assistance during emergencies.

How can you make a difference?

Join our team in HR/CSU to support colleagues under both EAP RO and TCO in human resources area which includes administrative /liaison tasks relevant to collaboration with Ministry of Foreign Affair as well as officials, pertaining change in work force of UNICEF offices in Thailand. The person will work under general guidance of Human Resources Officer, the Human Resources Assistant provides administrative, procedural, and operational support and assistance to the efficient implementation of a broad range of Human Resources functions for all categories of staff in his/her office, ensuring accurate and timely delivery, whilst promoting a client-based, quality and results orientated approach to the unit and ensuring compliance with UNICEF HR rules and regulations.

Key Accountabilites:

1. Support in processing of entitlement and benefits

• In consultation with supervisor, analyze, research, verify, and compile data and information on cases that do not conform to UN or UNICEF’s Hercules & Regulations, to support consistent and equitable application of decisions and implementation of agreed upon action.

• In consultation with supervisor, analyze, research and verify information for the purpose of responding to staff queries on areas related to benefits and entitlements.

• Processes entitlements and benefits for local staff in accordance with UNICEF rules and regulations, by ensuring all relevant forms are completed by staff and data is entered into VISION.

• Maintains and prepares all personnel-related records and files, ensuring all information on each staff member is up-to-date and accurate.

2. Support in recruitment and placement

• Drafts vacancy announcements for positions within his/her office for review by supervisor to help attract ideal candidates.

• Ensures timely and efficient screening of applications for minimum eligibility, taking into account qualifications, competencies, and post requirements.

• Analyze, research, verify, and compile data which facilitates preparation of workforce planning reports for supervisor to review against benchmarks. Gender and geographical balance and other recruitment related key performance indicators.

• Liaises with candidates in the various stages of the recruitment process.

• Prepares formal acknowledgement, offer and regret letters.

• Records and maintains recruitment files, ensuring all necessary documentation has been prepared.

• Monitors life-cycle of recruitment process to update supervisor as necessary.

3. Support in learning and development

• In consultation with supervisor, researches and analyses data and information to help identify training needs within his/her country office for the development of learning plans and other targeted training interventions

• In consultation with supervisor, researches, analyzes, verifies, and compiles information on external training courses available and educational institutions to help supervisor decide on learning programmes that address learning gaps in his/her country office.

• Assists team in organizing and conducting courses, workshops and events by participating in exercises which aim to build capacity of stakeholders.

• Develops and processes contracts for institutions providing training and courses, ensuring compliance with UNICEF rules and regulations.

• Assists team in organizing and conducting courses, workshops and events by preparing and organizing distribution of materials for participants, ensuring availability of training venues and required equipment and supplies, while providing logistical and secretarial support at workshops and events as necessary.

4. Support in organization design and job classification

• Participates in the review of GS positions specific JDs, ensuring effective application of ICSC methodology.

• Drafts and edits job descriptions to be submitted for classification for review by supervisor.

• Follows up and liaises with HQ and RO over status of requests to ensure timely completion.

• Compiles and analyses information and statistics related to posts and staff for reports on staffing trends.

• Prepares documents to be submitted for classification to RO and NYHQ, ensuring completeness of documentation

• Monitors life-cycle of all job classification requests to facilitate recruitment and organization planning.

5. Time Attendance

• Maintains and updates a system which monitors the absence of staff.

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

• Completion of Secondary Education - with courses in Human Resources Management preferred. A university degree in relevant area of work or in Social Science, an asset.

• A minimum 6 years progressively responsible human resources and administrative work experience is required

• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.

• Experience in working with UN agencies and government agencies, preferred.

• Proven a good track record in handling confidential information.

• Service-oriented, attention to detail, tactful and discreet.

• Thai Nationals

• Fluency in English and Thai is required both written and verbal. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust, Accountability, and Sustainability (CRITAS) and core competencies as follows:

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

The UNICEF competencies required for this post are...

• Analyzing (II)
• Applying technical expertise (II)
• Planning and organizing (II)
• Following Instructions and Procedures (II)

To view our competency framework, please visit here.

Please send application and Performance Evaluation Reports (PERs) of the last two years no later than 5 January 2023.

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.

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 also adheres to strict child safeguarding principles. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles and will therefore undergo rigorous reference and background checks. 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.

UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children.

Remarks:

For gender balance in the workforce, Thai National male qualified candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

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

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

Previous applicants should not reapply.