Human Resource Officer at Mercy Corps 202 views5 applications


Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action – helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within now, and for the future.

Mercy Corps has worked in Nigeria since 2012, focusing its programming on adolescent girls’ empowerment, economic development, conflict mitigation, and humanitarian response.

Program / Department Summary

  • Mercy Corps is an international relief and development organization working in over 40 countries worldwide helping people build secure, productive and just communities.
  • Mercy Corps Nigeria implements a variety of programs with the ultimate goal of building productive, secure and just communities.
  • The organization’s programs are implemented in twelve states, mainly in north and north east parts of Nigeria and Lagos.
  • Our work covers the following sectors: economic development, livelihoods/food security, adolescent girls &boys empowerment, financial resilience, conflict mitigation and humanitarian response.
  • Common themes include community engagement, inclusive development, gender, and working in partnership with local government, the private sector and civil society actors.

General Position Summary

  • The Human Resource Officer (Biu) is a new crucial role which reports directly to the Head of Office and indirectly to the Senior Human Resource Officer or HR Officer Abuja (HR strategic oversight and support services) and is responsible for undertaking the Human Resource function within our Biu Office.

Essential Job Responsibilities

  • Follow Mercy Corps Policies and Procedures for Human Resources as stipulated in the Mercy Corps field Administration and National Policy manual.
  • Handle the field recruitment process in liaison with the hiring managers.
  • Receive all HR related documentation from head office and ensures to have it filed.
  • Update all personnel files and ensures safety of all personnel information
  • Ensure staff fills all medical forms and sends them to the head office, Abuja.
  • Maintain staff personnel files in an MC standardized filing system, making sure all necessary HR paperwork is consistently filed and/or updated as required.
  • Maintain confidentiality of all national staff personnel issues including disciplinary procedures and contracts/pay rises.
  • Assist with the collection of monthly timesheets and ensuring original copies are sent to the head office, Abuja.
  • Ensure that all new hires undergo on-boarding process at the field office for both nationals and expatriates upon the hire.
  • Ensure that staff undertake mandatory trainings including code of conduct, safety, etc
  • Act as focal person during the deployment of all field based trainings, learning and development schemes
  • Provide content as and when required for all departmental talent acquisition plans
  • Provide content as and when required for all field focused employee engagement schemes
  • Implement the departmental employee engagement surveys
  • Participate in any disciplinary meetings and hearings and take minutes.
  • Track all performance reviews/probationary evaluations and notify supervisory staff accordingly.
  • Ensure monthly tracking’s for Medical and staff attendance, hires and terminations
  • Monthly tracking of Leave attendance, National Field Database, Medical, Performance Management, Training database
  • Conduct him/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to mercy corps and not to jeopardize its humanitarian mission
  • Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by Mercy Corps Country Program.
  • Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.

Organizational Learning:

  • As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.

Accountability to Beneficiaries:

  • Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically
  • to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Knowledge and Experience

  • Minimum 2 years’ experience with office administration; computer skills are required, must be an independent thinker and have strong organizational skills;
  • Must possess a minimum of a Degree in preferably Human Resource, Social Work, Public Administration, Education, or other related field.
  • Demonstrated excellence in human resource management, particularly in a multi-cultural environment, including staff training, motivation, and discipline
  • Ability to communicate in English, Kanuri and Hausa
  •  Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members.
  • Good negotiation, representation skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff.
  • Strong ability to innovatively solve problems.
  • Ability to communicate fluently verbally and in writing in English Hausa, and preferably also in Kanuri.

Success Factors

  • The successful candidate will be proactive, creative and a problem solver. S/he will be conscientious with an excellent sense of judgment. S/he will be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and will be capable of multitasking. S/he will demonstrate strong understanding of cultural and social environment in the region and have the willingness and ability to work effectively with a wide verity of people.

Applicants should submit their CV’s and Cover letter in one document, addressing the position requirements to: [email protected]

Note

  • All applications must include the position title in the subject line. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
  • We are an equal opportunity organization and we strongly encourage women to apply for this position.

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  • Job City Abuja,Borno
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Since 1979, we have helped people grappling with the toughest hardships survive — and then thrive. That’s the heart of our approach: We help communities turn crisis into opportunity.

Throughout our history, Mercy Corps has demonstrated innovation, timeliness and the ability to adapt quickly to changing realities.

Alleviate suffering, poverty and oppression by helping people build secure, productive and just communities.

Our core values

  • We believe in the intrinsic value and dignity of human life.
  • We are awed by human resilience, and believe in the ability of all people to thrive, not just exist.
  • We believe that all people have the right to live in peaceful communities and participate fully in the decisions that affect their lives.
  • We value stewardship of the earth’s health, pledging to accountably and efficiently preserve and manage its resources.
  • We believe that it is our duty to be effective stewards of the financial resources entrusted to us.

Our philosophy

We believe secure, productive and just societies emerge when the private, public, and civil society sectors are able to interact with accountability, inclusive participation and mechanisms for peaceful change. This theory is illustrated in our Vision for Change ▸

To see how this is articulated for the current fiscal year in our Strategic Roadmap, please contact Anna Young.

Our accountability to stakeholders

  • As an organization and as individuals, we act ethically.
  • We treat all people with respect.
  • We are open and transparent about the work we do and how we do it.
  • Our stakeholders participate in the design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of our work.
  • We are effective stewards of the financial resources entrusted to us and the natural environment in which we live.
  • We commit to achieving demonstrable impact for our stakeholders, using their feedback to innovate, learn and improve.

Mercy Corps stakeholders are people or organizations affected by Mercy Corps’ decisions and actions.

Our primary stakeholders are the people and communities we serve.

Other stakeholders include: donors, partners, governments, Mercy Corps team members, and Mercy Corps board members.

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0 USD Abuja,Borno CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action - helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within now, and for the future.Mercy Corps has worked in Nigeria since 2012, focusing its programming on adolescent girls’ empowerment, economic development, conflict mitigation, and humanitarian response.

Program / Department Summary

  • Mercy Corps is an international relief and development organization working in over 40 countries worldwide helping people build secure, productive and just communities.
  • Mercy Corps Nigeria implements a variety of programs with the ultimate goal of building productive, secure and just communities.
  • The organization’s programs are implemented in twelve states, mainly in north and north east parts of Nigeria and Lagos.
  • Our work covers the following sectors: economic development, livelihoods/food security, adolescent girls &boys empowerment, financial resilience, conflict mitigation and humanitarian response.
  • Common themes include community engagement, inclusive development, gender, and working in partnership with local government, the private sector and civil society actors.

General Position Summary

  • The Human Resource Officer (Biu) is a new crucial role which reports directly to the Head of Office and indirectly to the Senior Human Resource Officer or HR Officer Abuja (HR strategic oversight and support services) and is responsible for undertaking the Human Resource function within our Biu Office.

Essential Job Responsibilities

  • Follow Mercy Corps Policies and Procedures for Human Resources as stipulated in the Mercy Corps field Administration and National Policy manual.
  • Handle the field recruitment process in liaison with the hiring managers.
  • Receive all HR related documentation from head office and ensures to have it filed.
  • Update all personnel files and ensures safety of all personnel information
  • Ensure staff fills all medical forms and sends them to the head office, Abuja.
  • Maintain staff personnel files in an MC standardized filing system, making sure all necessary HR paperwork is consistently filed and/or updated as required.
  • Maintain confidentiality of all national staff personnel issues including disciplinary procedures and contracts/pay rises.
  • Assist with the collection of monthly timesheets and ensuring original copies are sent to the head office, Abuja.
  • Ensure that all new hires undergo on-boarding process at the field office for both nationals and expatriates upon the hire.
  • Ensure that staff undertake mandatory trainings including code of conduct, safety, etc
  • Act as focal person during the deployment of all field based trainings, learning and development schemes
  • Provide content as and when required for all departmental talent acquisition plans
  • Provide content as and when required for all field focused employee engagement schemes
  • Implement the departmental employee engagement surveys
  • Participate in any disciplinary meetings and hearings and take minutes.
  • Track all performance reviews/probationary evaluations and notify supervisory staff accordingly.
  • Ensure monthly tracking’s for Medical and staff attendance, hires and terminations
  • Monthly tracking of Leave attendance, National Field Database, Medical, Performance Management, Training database
  • Conduct him/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to mercy corps and not to jeopardize its humanitarian mission
  • Ensure compliance with security procedures and policies as determined by Mercy Corps Country Program.
  • Proactively ensure that team members operate in a secure environment and are aware of policies.

Organizational Learning:

  • As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.

Accountability to Beneficiaries:

  • Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically
  • to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Knowledge and Experience

  • Minimum 2 years’ experience with office administration; computer skills are required, must be an independent thinker and have strong organizational skills;
  • Must possess a minimum of a Degree in preferably Human Resource, Social Work, Public Administration, Education, or other related field.
  • Demonstrated excellence in human resource management, particularly in a multi-cultural environment, including staff training, motivation, and discipline
  • Ability to communicate in English, Kanuri and Hausa
  •  Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members.
  • Good negotiation, representation skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse staff.
  • Strong ability to innovatively solve problems.
  • Ability to communicate fluently verbally and in writing in English Hausa, and preferably also in Kanuri.

Success Factors

  • The successful candidate will be proactive, creative and a problem solver. S/he will be conscientious with an excellent sense of judgment. S/he will be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment and will be capable of multitasking. S/he will demonstrate strong understanding of cultural and social environment in the region and have the willingness and ability to work effectively with a wide verity of people.

Applicants should submit their CV's and Cover letter in one document, addressing the position requirements to: [email protected]Note

  • All applications must include the position title in the subject line. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
  • We are an equal opportunity organization and we strongly encourage women to apply for this position.
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