NRC is seeking to recruit a dedicated Human Resources & Admin Manager to oversee, manage, develop and strengthen all HR and Admin functions in order to provide robust, efficient and effective Human Resources and Administration support to the NRC Country Programme, in Burkina Faso and Niger. With a special focus on effective Recruitment, Staff development, training and capacity building.
The Role
Reporting to the Country Director, you will be responsible for the following:
Human Resources:
· Implementation of the Global Standards and initiatives at the Niger Country Office (NRC People Management Systems, Talent Management, L&D initiative, Duty of care, PSEA…).
· Ensure HR function is strategic; responsible for in country HR strategic priorities and pro-actively plan and feed into country wide strategies and plans, working closely with senior management and programmes to ensure HR actively engages with the needs of the programme; ensuring Area Offices are complying with NRC HR standards and procedures,
· Pro-actively working to support Area Managers, HR Coordinators in running an effective HR function in the Area Offices
· Staff Care; Develop and implement a best-practice staff care programme for all Niger and Burkina staff, ensuring adequate staff care systems are in place and implemented across the country.
· National staff development and capacity building focusing on new HR and Admin staff.
· Support and guidance to the international staff
· Strengthen the recruitment processes ensuring adherence to the minimum standard
· Strengthen training and inductions / on boarding and off boarding
· Improve the quality of Performance management conducted by line managers across the Niger country office (embedding a culture of performance)
Administration:
· Office and accommodation management: (offices, residences and guesthouse).
· Premises contracts (office stationery) in close cooperation with Logistic.
· CO documentation: CO filing tree, NRC official documents (registration, legal services and documentation
· Work permit, immigration and visa (for staff, guest and consultancies)
· Staffing responsibilities or service contractors for: cleaners, receptionist, maintenance,
· Framework agreement: local travel agency, hotels, shipping
The person
We are looking for a dynamic and credible leader with the following:
· Minimum 3 years of experience from working as a senior HR Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context; experience from working in complex and volatile contexts is an asset.
· Proven ability to interpret human resources procedures and standards and put them into practice and influence others in their implementation.
· Strong analytical and planning skills as well as be able to demonstrate experience of working with computerised HR systems.
· Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to work as part of a dispersed, multi-disciplined and multi-cultural team. Fluency in French and English, both written and verbal is required.
· Must demonstrate sensitivity and champion to gender issues.
NRC offer
All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable
This role will give you an opportunity to work with a diverse team of passionate people with fair pay at grade 9 according to NRC’s general conditions (See attached the NRC Grade structure).
Based in Ouagadougou, you will frequently travel between Burkina and Niger including field areas.
This is a 12 months contract with possible extension
Internal, and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this role.
NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activity. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.
Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the “Company name” field for both company and location
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