HR Senior Officer

Overview

The HR Senior Officer serves as the Office’s HR Lead, ensuring the consistent application of UNOPS HR policies, rules, and procedures across assigned countries/ geographic areas of operation. The role supports the effective management, implementation, and oversight of key HR service lines.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to HR policy development and corporate initiatives by providing data-driven insights on workforce trends, risks and opportunities, and by sharing country-specific best practices.
• Design and lead HR projects and initiatives that align with corporate HR strategy and support the achievement of organizational goals.
• Provide strategic guidance on the application of HR policies in people management, proactively assessing and anticipating HR needs.
• Oversee the implementation of talent acquisition and management policies and processes, including job classification, recruitment, onboarding, performance management, learning and development, fee/ salary and benefits administration, and contract administration.
• Oversee the HR team to ensure the effective delivery of high-quality HR services and results across the assigned countries/ geographic areas of operation.
• Support the organization, facilitation and delivery of training and learning sessions on HR topics.

Required Experience

Relevant experience is work in recruitment, HR contract administration, employee relations, organization design and development, or related areas. Experience in the use of collaboration and productivity tools (e.g. MS Office, G-Suite, etc) and web-based management systems is required. Experience in Haiti or in the Latin America and the Caribbean region will be considered an asset. Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country is desired. Experience in development or humanitarian contexts is desired.

Qualifications

Required Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline with 4 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline with 2 years of relevant experience is required. Desired A globally or nationally recognized professional certificate in Human Resource Management (HRM) is desired.

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