Overview
Provides advice and support to managers and staff on human resources related matters. Identifies upcoming vacancies, prepares vacancy announcements, reviews applications, and arranges interviews to select candidates.
Tasks Summary
- Provides advice and support to managers and staff on human resources related matters.
- Prepares special reports and participates and/or leads special human resources projects.
- Keeps abreast of developments in various areas of human resources.
- Identifies upcoming vacancies in coordination with client offices.
- Prepares vacancy announcements, reviews applications, and provides a short-list to those offices.
- Arranges and conducts interviews to select candidates.
- Reviews recommendation on the selection of candidate by client offices.
- Serves as ex-officio in appointment and promotion bodies, examinations boards, and prepares and presents cases to these bodies.
- Prepares job offers for successful candidates.
- Monitors and evaluates recruitment and placement related activities of client offices, and recommends changes or corrections related to procedures to these offices.
- Supervises and monitors the work of the Human Resources Assistants in carrying out all human resources administrative transactions including preparation of personnel actions, maintenance of staffing tables, and processing of contracts.
- Provides advice on interpretation and application of policies, regulations and rules.
- Reviews and provides advice on exceptions to policies, regulation and rules.
- Administers and provides advice on salary and related benefits, travel, and social security entitlements.
- Determines and recommends benefits and entitlements for staff on the basis of contractual status.
- Reviews policies and procedures and recommends changes as required.
- Reviews and recommends level of remuneration for consultants.
- Provides advice on mobility and career development to staff, particularly young professionals and staff in the General Service and related categories.
- Designs, plans, monitors and provides induction orientation programme and briefing to new staff members.
- Provides performance management advice to staff and management.
- Assists supervisors and staff with understanding and using the performance appraisal system (PAS).
- Advises and counsels staff in respect of rights, responsibilities, code of conduct and difficulties associated with work and entitlements.
- Prepares classification analysis of jobs in Professional and General Service and related categories.
- Provides guidance to programme managers on the application of classification policies and procedures and by undertaking whole office review.
- Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
Experience Requirements
A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in human resources management is required. At least five years of human resources experience within the United Nations Common System is required. At least five years of experience using HR modules of an ERP systems, such as Umoja is required. At least five years of experience using Application Tracking Systems, such as Inspira, is required. Experience designing, developing and implementing a departmental or organization-wide human resource strategy is required. At least two years of experience working on organization-wide strategic HR projects is desirable.
Qualification Requirements
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in human resources management, business or public administration, social sciences, education or related area. A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. Human Resources Partner Certification is required.