Human Resources Senior Officer - Policy and Compliance

The People and Change Group (PCG) is a strategic HR unit, helping UNOPS empower people, drive organizational excellence and manage change across the organization in order to help UNOPS deliver on its strategic intent.

We are a hard-working, dynamic, and committed team, bringing together experienced professionals with strategic HR management, including talent management and recruitment, learning and development, HR policy, organizational design and change management expertise – all of us having a passion for achieving results and building innovation into our way of doing business. We welcome agility, autonomy, results-orientation and self-drive. 

PCG offers a unique work environment in UNOPS headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, located in the UN City building, one of Copenhagen’s landmarks. UNOPS HQ offers a safe, family-friendly environment with multiple opportunities for networking and an active lifestyle in a city known for its excellent urban design and planning.

The PCG team is a diverse team in terms of age, nationalities and family situations. This notwithstanding, we are keen on increasing our diversity with every new hire. We fully embrace  the UNOPS approach to work-life balance, including flexible working hours and remote working arrangements.

The Policy stream main responsibility is ensuring that UNOPS contractual modalities and HR policies, practices, systems, and tools remain fit for purpose. This includes constantly benchmarking against international best practices especially within the UN system. At the same time, the Policy stream supports HR operations by providing policy advice to HR advisors, HR practitioners, managers.  Finally, the Policy stream provides inputs to different projects and initiatives, from the coordination of UNOPS protection against sexual exploitation and abuse efforts, and to internal or external stakeholders requiring information on HR policies, practices, systems or tools.

Summary of Functions

1. Provide HR policy advice and improve HR policies, practices, systems and tools.

2. Conduct HR compliance review.

3. Support the Senior HR Manager - Policy and Compliance with coordinating UNOPS activities regarding Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

4. Reporting, strategic input and action plan development.

5. HR project management and HR technical support to PCG.
   
   

Experience

2 years of relevant experience at the national or international level in providing HR advisory services and/or managing HR processes or operations; 

Of which, 1 year of experience drafting complex HR documents such as policies, audit reports on HR matters, technical correspondence, speeches, communication briefs, etc.

Experience working within the UN system, international organizations or similar institutions is a distinct asset.

Familiarity with interpretation and application of UN, UNOPS, or UN Funds and Programmed HR regulations, rules and policies, is highly desirable. 

Field experience is highly desirable.

Excellent communication skills, ability to influence and inspire.

Strong demonstrated experience conveying complex messages orally and in writing to a broad range of audiences.

Analytical, innovative and proactive, with advanced interviewing/information elicitation skills.

Solution and client oriented.

Language

Full working knowledge of English is required

Knowledge of French or Spanish is an asset

• 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.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• 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
• For retainer contracts, you must complete a few Mandatory Courses (around 4 hours) in your own time, before providing services to UNOPS.
• 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.