HR Senior Associate

Overview

The HR Senior Associate provides technical and administrative support for HR management service lines, ensuring smooth HR operations and reliable guidance to teams and partners.

Tasks Summary

• Collect, maintain, and update data on workforce trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Support the rollout and implementation of HR strategies and initiatives.
• Generate workforce data and statistics.
• Communicate HR policy updates and new initiatives.
• Provide guidance on HR systems and processes.
• Offer day-to-day advice on administrative processes and practices.
• Act as a liaison between HR and clients.
• Support a positive onboarding experience.
• Advise supervisors and hiring managers on recruitment, performance management, and learning initiatives.
• Support institutional gender and diversity efforts.
• Contribute to all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
• Prepare and calculate fees for Individual Contractor Agreement (ICA) personnel.
• Advise personnel on conditions of service and entitlements.
• Maintain recruitment plans, rosters and tools.
• Coordinate with the Shared Services Centre (SSC) on personnel administration matters.
• Research policy precedents and support the HR Lead in addressing talent acquisition issues.
• Submit transactional HR data in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and other HR information systems.
• Ensure completion of HR processes.
• Establish and maintain tracking systems.
• Maintain accurate personnel files and reference records.
• Support or conduct payroll verification activities.
• Support the organization, facilitation and delivery of training and learning sessions on HR topics.
• Participate in knowledge-sharing initiatives and Communities of Practice (CoPs).

Experience Requirements

• Required: Secondary school (or equivalent) with 7 years of relevant experience OR Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline with 3 years of relevant experience.
• Required: Relevant experience is work in any area of Human Resource Management (HRM).
• Required: Experience in the use of collaboration and productivity tools (e.g. MS Office, G-Suite, etc) and web-based management systems.
• Desired: Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country.
• Desired: Experience in development or humanitarian contexts.

Qualification Requirements

• Required: Secondary school (or equivalent) OR Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline.
• Desired: A globally or nationally recognized professional certificate in Human Resource Management (HRM).

Other Details

Languages Required: • English Fluent Required • Somali Native Required

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Contract Duration: Open-Ended

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