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Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified HR Manager for our Office in Addis. This position is only opened for Ethiopian National citizen.

About the job

You will lead and manage the Human Resources and Administrative functions in the Country office. You will provide overall advice, coordination and management of the Human Resources and Administration team at the country office and technical Human Resources support to the field offices; as well as ensure efficient support to the program in accordance with existing DRC policies and procedures.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

  • Lead and manage the Human Resources and Administration team, overseeing people planning, performance, and well-being.
  • Provide technical support and capacity building to the HR & Administration team, ensuring alignment with DRC policies.
  • Advise managers on HR-related issues, offering guidance on employee relations, recruitment, and performance management.
  • Manage annual salary and compensation review process and compensation adjustments.
  • Lead the development of a gender-balanced HR strategy and staff retention initiatives.
  • Lead the implementation of HR systems, including the Dynamics HR module, providing training as needed.
  • Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and staff development processes to ensure consistency across locations.
  • Manage employee grievances, performance counselling, and disciplinary actions in accordance with local labor laws.
  • Ensure compliance with legal requirements, including visa renewals, organizational registration, and reporting.
  • Oversee office management, including infrastructure, insurance, and lease agreements, while ensuring cost containment.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have a few years of management experience and have worked both strategically and operationally with several of the tasks above. We hope to hear from you if you have a proven track record in retention and have at some point in your career worked with compensation management. Moreover, we also expect the following:

  • At least 5 years’ experience in relevant field, of which at least 2 years in a senior Human Resources and Administration management role within an NGO
  • At least 3 years’ experience with people management
  • Demonstrated understanding and working knowledge/experience of Human Resources Management principles, concepts & processes
  • Extensive knowledge on local labor law
  • Master’s Degree or post graduate education qualification in Human resources or Business Administration
  • Full professional proficiency in English and Amharic

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

Contract length: 12 Months of Contract, with possibilities of extension

Band: F1

Designation of Duty Station: Addis Ababa Ethiopia, with travel to DRC Field Offices

Start date: As soon as possible

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for national employees; please refer to our website. For questions regarding the vacancy please contact [email protected] .

All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.

This is a re-advertisement. Candidates who applied during the initial posting are kindly requested not to reapply, as their applications are already being considered.

Closing date for applications: 13 October 2024

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website www.drc.ngo.

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  • Job City Addis Ababa
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The Danish Refugee Council is currently implementing a broad range of activities relevant to conflict affected communities and persons. The activities are categorized in ten sectors:

Shelter and Non-food Items, Food Security, Protection, Income Generation, Coordination & Operational Services, Community Infrastructure & Services, Humanitarian Mine Action, Armed Violence Reduction (AVR), Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH), and Education.

Here you can read some short exemplifications of what types of activities the respective sectors include:

Shelter and Non-food Items: Provision of emergency shelter, emergency cash grants, rehabilitation of housing, distribution of non-food items (NFIs) and provision of return and repatriation kits.

Food Security: Emergency food provision or food voucher programmes. Training and capacity development in agriculture, agricultural inputs (e.g. tools and seeds), agricultural grants.

Protection: Advocacy for the rights of displaced people in their context of displacement, child protection initiatives, individual protection assistance based on vulnerability, legal aid, land & property rights, sexual and gender-based violence prevention, registration services for the internally displaced and refugees, monitoring of rights and rights awareness-raising, facilitation of return and repatriation processes.

Income Generation: Business training and SME development, business grants, life-skills training, literacy and numeracy training, vocational training, micro-credit loans, savings groups, group enterprise development and facilitation.

Coordination & Operational Services: Coordination and management of refugee and IDP camps, active participation in UN cluster coordination, humanitarian surveys and studies, facilitation of NGO Networks focused on displacement solutions, capacity development, training and support to local NGOs, secondment of experts to UN emergency operations worldwide

Community Infrastructure & Services: Provision of physical infrastructure like roads, bridges, community centres, irrigation systems or other community structures, facilitation and training of infrastructure management groups at community level, facilitation and funding of community development plans, initiatives for disaster risk reduction at community level.

Humanitarian Mine Action: Manual or mechanical mine clearance, clearance of former battle areas, education for affected communities – with special focus on children on how to avoid harm from mines and UXO, surveys of expected and confirmed mined or UXO areas, explosive ordnance disposal and stockpile destruction, capacity building of national demining institutions.

Armed Violence Reduction (AVR): Education in procedures for safe storage and safe handling of small arms and light weapons (SALW), capacity building of institutions for safety, local and community level conflict management and mitigation.

Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH): Emergency water supply, hygiene item distribution, hygiene information and education, construction of latrines, installation water points, wells and water storage. Water purification.

Education: Education grants and fee support, school feeding programmes, teacher training and support, school materials provision and construction or rehabilitation of school structures.

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0 USD Addis Ababa CF 3201 Abc road Fixed Term , 40 hours per week Danish Refugee Council (DRC)

Danish Refugee Council, one of the world’s leading humanitarian NGOs, is currently looking for a highly qualified HR Manager for our Office in Addis. This position is only opened for Ethiopian National citizen.

About the job

You will lead and manage the Human Resources and Administrative functions in the Country office. You will provide overall advice, coordination and management of the Human Resources and Administration team at the country office and technical Human Resources support to the field offices; as well as ensure efficient support to the program in accordance with existing DRC policies and procedures.

Your main duties and responsibilities will be:

  • Lead and manage the Human Resources and Administration team, overseeing people planning, performance, and well-being.
  • Provide technical support and capacity building to the HR & Administration team, ensuring alignment with DRC policies.
  • Advise managers on HR-related issues, offering guidance on employee relations, recruitment, and performance management.
  • Manage annual salary and compensation review process and compensation adjustments.
  • Lead the development of a gender-balanced HR strategy and staff retention initiatives.
  • Lead the implementation of HR systems, including the Dynamics HR module, providing training as needed.
  • Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and staff development processes to ensure consistency across locations.
  • Manage employee grievances, performance counselling, and disciplinary actions in accordance with local labor laws.
  • Ensure compliance with legal requirements, including visa renewals, organizational registration, and reporting.
  • Oversee office management, including infrastructure, insurance, and lease agreements, while ensuring cost containment.

About you

To be successful in this role we expect you to have a few years of management experience and have worked both strategically and operationally with several of the tasks above. We hope to hear from you if you have a proven track record in retention and have at some point in your career worked with compensation management. Moreover, we also expect the following:

  • At least 5 years' experience in relevant field, of which at least 2 years in a senior Human Resources and Administration management role within an NGO
  • At least 3 years' experience with people management
  • Demonstrated understanding and working knowledge/experience of Human Resources Management principles, concepts & processes
  • Extensive knowledge on local labor law
  • Master’s Degree or post graduate education qualification in Human resources or Business Administration
  • Full professional proficiency in English and Amharic

In this position, you are expected to demonstrate DRC’ five core competencies:

Striving for excellence: You focus on reaching results while ensuring an efficient process.

Collaborating: You involve relevant parties and encourage feedback.

Taking the lead: You take ownership and initiative while aiming for innovation.

Communicating: You listen and speak effectively and honestly.

Demonstrating integrity: You uphold and promote the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct in relation to our values and Code of Conduct, including safeguarding against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment.

We offer

Contract length: 12 Months of Contract, with possibilities of extension

Band: F1

Designation of Duty Station: Addis Ababa Ethiopia, with travel to DRC Field Offices

Start date: As soon as possible

Salary and conditions will be in accordance with Danish Refugee Council’s Terms of Employment for national employees; please refer to our website. For questions regarding the vacancy please contact [email protected] .

All applicants must upload a cover letter and an updated CV (no longer than four pages) in English. Applications sent by email will not be considered.

This is a re-advertisement. Candidates who applied during the initial posting are kindly requested not to reapply, as their applications are already being considered.

Closing date for applications: 13 October 2024

For further information about the Danish Refugee Council, please consult our website www.drc.ngo.

2024-10-14

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