Overview
The Recruitment Associate supports the transparent implementation of human resources services outsourced to the GSSC, ensuring integrity, transparency, and accuracy in HR services and compliance with UNDP policies and procedures.
Key Responsibilities
- Support administration and implementation of HR strategies and policies.
- Provide guidance and information on corporate strategies, changes in rules and regulations.
- Provide recruitment services, including preparation of recruitment strategies, validation of job descriptions, screening of applicants, and handover of recruitment cases.
- Manage communication with candidates regarding application outcomes.
- Ensure accurate data management in official databases.
- Contribute to recruitment analytics reports.
- Prepare submissions to the Compliance Review Board.
- Support administration of personnel contracts, including onboarding, issuance, extension, and termination.
- Administer and certify processing of benefits and financial entitlements.
- Act as an internal advisor on HR practices.
- Maintain accurate workforce database.
- Support knowledge management by identifying process improvements and contributing to knowledge articles.
Required Experience
- Minimum of 6 years (with secondary education) or 3 years (with bachelor’s degree) of experience in provision of HR services at the national or international level, including experience in recruitments, benefits, and entitlements administration is required.
- Advance user of MS Office packages (MS Word, Excel etc.) is required.
- Proficiency in using collaboration tools, as well as familiarity with digital platforms and new technologies is required.
- Experience in handling of cloud-based management systems such as ERP is required.
- Demonstrated experience in HR processes, rules and procedures, ideally within international organizations or similar structures (e.g. UN system, international NGOs) is desired.
- Familiarity with interpretation and application of UN/UNDP policies, rules and regulations is desired.
- Demonstrated experience in integrated HR management systems is desired.
- Work experience in a shared services centre or a similar structure responsible for provision of services to internal and external clients is desired.
- Experience in preparing communication materials and reports to external clients is desired.
- Experience in developing and maintaining knowledge management products (e.g. SOPs, FAQs, training materials, etc.) is desired.
Qualifications
- Secondary Education is required.
- University Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Public Administration, or equivalent field will be given due consideration, but it is not a requirement.
- Specialized certification in HR is highly desirable.
