Purpose and Scope of Assignment
The Human
Resource Officer reports to the...
Purpose and Scope of Assignment
The Human
Resource Officer reports to the HOSS and is responsible for the following:
- Support to policy development and implementation
- Advisory Services
- Talent Acquisition and Administration
- Team Management
1. Support to policy
development and implementation
- Contribute to HR policy
development and corporate HR initiatives by compiling and maintaining data
on trends, risks and opportunities and sharing local HR best practices.
- Provide technical or
administrative services in support of HR initiatives for attainment of
business objectives in line with the corporate HR strategy.
- Generate strategic and operational
workforce data for planning, including related statistical summaries and
movements of UNOPS personnel within the relevant business unit/s.
- Communicate HR policy changes and
new HR initiatives to management and personnel, providing guidance as
needed.
2. Advisory Services
- Provide
guidance on HR related systems and processes including but not limited to
Recruitment, Contracts, Benefits and
Entitlements consistent
with UNOPS rules and procedures.
- Provide advice and answers to personnel on
routine cases for HR services such as the performance appraisal
process, learning & development activities, contracts, benefits,
entitlements and remuneration and career development.
- Assist to provide
guidance as needed on sensitive matters including grievances, potential
violations in code of conduct, harassment, abuse, workplace disputes,
performance improvement plans, complex employee relations matters, etc.
- Encourage
line management responsibility for implementation of HR policies and effective
team management, encouraging dialogue and
two-way constructive feedback.
Collaborate with leadership to support
institutional gender and diversity initiatives, providing education and advice
on issues related to equity, compliance, inclusion, and diversity.
3.
Talent
Acquisition and Administration
- Implement
talent acquisition activities in line with UNOPS policies and processes
covering Recruitment, Onboarding,
Performance Management, Learning
and Development, Change
Management, Salary and Benefit administration, Contract Administration,
Succession Planning and Out-processing.
- Administer
contracts, entitlements, loans,
exchanges, and secondments. Inform and advise UNOPS personnel,
consultants, partners and project personnel on their conditions of service
and entitlements according to their contract modality, expediting actions to facilitate their efficient,
timely, and client-focused onboarding.
- Support
recruitment processes ensuring best practices are used for effective and
efficient talent acquisition in line with UNOPS policy. Utilize
and maintain recruitment plans, tools and policy guidance to efficiently and
effectively recruit and retain a diverse
workforce to meet the needs of the business objectives. Maintain
personnel rosters.
- Provide
technical inputs into, and organize straightforward components of,
regional and national personnel realignment exercises, including job
fairs, to ensure timely competency elaboration, sourcing, selection,
placement of required talent and transitions as well as due process.
- Identify key talent areas and provide
elements of coherent, well-developed plans for obtaining, developing, and
managing critical talent. Utilize
recruitment plans, tools and policy guidance to efficiently and
effectively recruit and retain a diverse
workforce to meet the needs of the business objectives.
- Liaise
with UNOPS’ HR related groups on personnel administration matters.
- Guide business units
in engagement and work enrichment initiatives and development of annual
training plans.
4.
Team Management
- Support
efficient planning and management of the
HR unit,
including drafting annual recruitment
plans, implementing designated projects in line with the corporate HR
strategy, overseeing personnel file systems
as well as provision of related statistical summaries and tracking
movements of UNOPS personnel within relevant business unit/s.
- May supervise other personnel members in
the provision of HR client services by assigning work, facilitating work planning, managing
performance, motivating, developing and coaching team members to deliver high
quality results and services.
- Organize, facilitate and/or deliver training and learning
initiatives for personnel and other personnel on HR-related
topics.
- Provide sound contributions to
knowledge networks and communities of practice by synthesizing of lessons
learnt and dissemination of best practices in human resources.
- Substantively contribute to the
planning and development of the HR components of the office annual report.
- Collect feedback, ideas, and
internal knowledge about processes and best practices and put to use
productively.
Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisor
Impact of results:
The
effective and successful achievement of results by the Human Resources Officer
directly impact on the efficient performance of key elements of HR systems and
services of the relevant business unit.
These affect aspects of client satisfaction as well as of the readiness
and capabilities of the human capital of
the unit, to effectively develop and implement the programmes
and projects of UNOPS. This contributes
to the credibility of the organization as an effective service provider in project services and
management.
4. Final Product
Completion of
all HR-related support, activities and reporting. To have been an integral part
of the successful delivery of projects on time, budget and above the
expectations of all stakeholders. To
have displayed a professional, dependable attitude that has operated toward
making and keeping clients and a cooperative and positive spirit in working
with other team members.