Human Resources Specialist

 The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners' peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. 

UNOPS supports partners to build a better future by providing services that increase the efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of peace building, humanitarian and development projects.  Mandated as a central resource of the United Nations, UNOPS provides sustainable project management, procurement and infrastructure services to a wide range of governments, donors and United Nations organizations.  

With over 8,000 personnel spread across 80 countries, UNOPS offers its partners the logistical, technical and management knowledge they need, where they need it.  By implementing around 1,000 projects for our partners at any given time, UNOPS makes significant contributions to results on the ground, often in the most challenging environments.

Within the framework of the delegated authority, the incumbent is assigned all or part of the following duties which are performed according to organizational needs and structure:

As of January 1, 2018, in Latin America and the Caribbean, UNOPS has been reorganized into four "Multi-country Networks that provide operational services" (OH by its acronym in English), in order to provide an agile operation in practices such as Human Resources, Procurement and Finance services, while increasing the level of resilience and maintaining the necessary segregation of functions.

Under the direct supervision of the Head of Support Services, and technical guidance of IPAS HR, the Human Resources Specialist delivers high-quality and consistent delivery of effective HR services (recruitment, personneling, contract and performance management of talent) to the client office, ensuring full compliance with UN rules and regulations, UNOPS policies and procedures and internal Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in HR management.  Under the guidance, the HR Officer, s/he provides solutions to a wide spectrum of complex HR issues in a collaborative, client-oriented manner.

Education

• Advanced University degree (equivalent to Masters) in Human Resources management, Business Administration, social or behavioral sciences or other relevant fields.
• Or a First University degree (equivalent to Bachelors) combined with 2 additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the Advanced University degree (equivalent to Masters)

• A minimum of one year of experience (or more depending on academic credentials) in professional-level  recruitment and/or HR generalist services in an international, public or corporate organization.
• Some experience in UN system organizations or international development organizations preferably in a developing country is desirable.
• Proficiency in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Office) and experience in the use of.

Language Requirements

• Fluency in Spanish and English, is required. 
• Working knowledge of another, official UN language is desirable

Contract type: Local Individual Contractor Agreement (LICA) - Regular / Monthly Contract: This contract is established in the regular monthly Contract modality, that is, a continuous service provision is required during the contract period, making the payments associated with the contract at the end of each calendar month.
Contract level: LICA 8
Contract duration: One year including an initial trial period. Extensions are subject to performance and budget.

For more details about the ICA contractual modality, please follow this link:
https://www.unops.org/english/Opportunities/job-opportunities/what-we-offer/Pages/Individual-Contractor-Agreements.aspx 

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time, 4:00pm Guatemala time.
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns.
Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.