Overview
Provides advice and support to managers and staff on human resources related matters. Coordinates with client offices in identifying upcoming vacancies and prepares vacancy announcements.
Key Responsibilities
- Provides advice and support to managers and staff on human resources related matters.
- Keeps abreast of developments in various areas of human resources.
- Coordinates with client offices in identifying upcoming vacancies.
- Prepares vacancy announcements, reviews applications, and provides a short-list to clients’ offices.
- Reviews recommendation on the selection of candidate by client offices.
- Prepares and presents cases to appointment and promotion bodies.
- Serves as ex-officio in examinations boards.
- 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.
- Assists in planning, organizing, developing and administering the National Competitive Examinations, G to P Examinations, Language professionals’ examinations and other programmes and tests related to recruitment of professional, general service and other categories of staff.
- Assists in the recruitment of non-staff personnel.
- Organizes and coordinates the UNHQ Internship Programme.
- Administers and provides advice on salary and related benefits, travel, and social security entitlements.
- Provides advice on interpretation and application of policies, regulations and rules.
- Reviews and provides advice on exceptions to policies, regulations and rules.
- Reviews the applications for internship programmes; handles correspondence with applicants.
- Identifies and analyzes staff development and career support needs and designs programmes to meet identified needs.
- Provides induction orientation and briefing to new staff members.
- 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.
Required Experience
A minimum of two years of progressively responsible experience in human resources management, administration or related area is required. At least one year of experience in supporting recruitment and administration of non-staff personnel categories (consultants, individual contractors, interns, volunteers, fellows) is required. Experience in providing HR advisory support to managers or clients in both HQ and field offices is required. Experience in data analysis and reporting is desirable.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in human resources management, business or public administration, social sciences, education or related field. A first-level university degree (Bachelor's degree or equivalent), in combination with two additional years of qualifying work experience, may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree. A first-level university degree and no experience will be accepted for candidates who have passed the Young Professionals Programme Examination (YPP), the United Nations National Competitive Recruitment Examination (NCRE) or the General Service to Professional Examination (G to P).
