HR Analyst- Talent Management & Outreach

We are recruiting an enthusiastic and innovative  Human Resources Analyst to join the team and contribute to our global offerings. This is a unique opportunity to excel and development a career in both talent management and recruitment practises.  As part of the People workstream, this role will ensure UNOPS HR is aligned with strategic initiatives, with a special attention on diversity and inclusion. The latter is currently focusing on improving the gender and national diversity within our workforce.

The position reports primarily to the Head of Talent Management with a secondary reporting line to the Talent Outreach Advisor. The incumbent will develop, implement and coordinate a large scope of global human resources initiatives. The HR Analyst will contribute to foster a positive work environment, respectful of both men and women, and ensure that the highest standards of conduct are observed.

The Human Resources Analyst is expected to support us in re-thinking our HR/Recruitment practices and further refine our work. A sound understanding of international best practices, together with an open mind for innovation, while being focused on delivering practical solutions is critical.

Talent Management

This role will require an understanding of business needs and an ability to collaborate with stakeholders across the organization.

Functional responsibilities in Talent Management might include:

• Under the guidance of the HR Specialist, support recruitments and selections for business critical positions, including roster/talent bench management. Playing an active role in identifying suitable candidates for succession planning; providing input to HR policies and related processes as required.

• Under the guidance of the HR Specialist, contributing to individual performance management, such as developing and rolling out related tools and processes.

• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders to further strengthen the Talent Management function in UNOPS, as such delivering on related activities.

• Provide Career Development support for internal colleagues, and actively contribute to that function.

Talent Recruitment Outreach

The HR Analyst will work on strengthening UNOPS capacity to source and attract the best talent from very diverse countries such as Central African Republic, Denmark, Jordan, Mexico, Myanmar, Ukraine and beyond. In this role, the incumbent will actively contribute to improve the diversity in our recruitment pipeline. The role will require a highly relationship-driven approach to build and sustain global, regional and local networks that will expand UNOPS diverse talent network.

Functional responsibilities in Talent Recruitment Outreach might include:

• Identify and implement sourcing systems, tools, and approaches to help us identify and attract qualified candidates.

• Identify and handle direct candidates searches for specific recruitment processes (headhunting) such as for technical positions in hardship location.

• Contribute to develop innovative recruitment campaigns including media, print, web/online content and event promotion for brand awareness.

• Promote and communicate UNOPS as an employer of choice, through relevant job fairs, social media platforms and other appropriate channels.

• Collaborate with UN agencies on joint outreach activities, as required.

• Stay ahead of recruitment and outreach trends and be proactive to engage new ideas to widen recruitment sources and candidates.

* The ideal candidate will have an international outlook, experience working in a global or international organization, ideally with a range of experience from both public and private sector.

• Masters degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline is required. Applicants with a Bachelors degree with additional two years of relevant working experience may also be considered

• Minimum 2 years of experience working in human resources management in at least one of the following areas is required: Talent Management, senior recruitment and/or talent acquisition, succession planning, individual performance management, career development support, and/or policies and related processes.

• Experience in an international environment or international organisations is required.

• Experience in a recruitment agency in a role of candidates identifications is required.

• Experience in working on Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, such as gender parity, diversity and inclusion in policy development, learning and development initiatives or similar areas, ideally within an international HR context, is desirable.

• Experience in developing HR communication initiatives is desirable.

Contract type: International Individual Contract Agreement (IICA)
Contract level: I-ICA 1Contract
Contract duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory performance

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen 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.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• 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.

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.