Human Resources Officer United Nations Children's Fund Experience: 2 years of relevant work experience Nairobi, Kenya Apply By: 15-08-2024

How can you make a difference? 

Under the guidance of the Emergency Specialist, Outbreak Response Workstream, Nairobi, and HR Specialist, Polio Eradication Programme, New York, and in active partnership with the HR in Humanitarian Action Team (DHR) and RO/CO/HQ colleagues, the incumbent will help ensure that country and regional offices facing Polio outbreaks have the appropriate human resources available to respond to these health emergencies in a timely and effective manner. This includes providing adequate HR guidance and ensuring effective and efficient sourcing, assessment, and deployment of respective human resources to positively impact the implementation of respective country preparedness and response plans supporting the different humanitarian crises. This is a roving HR position with the expectation to travel to affected countries.

Reporting Structure and Matrix Management

• The HR officer will report to two supervisors in a matrix management structure. One supervisor will provide functional guidance (the Emergency Specialist, Outbreak Response Workstream, Nairobi) and the other will provide technical guidance (the HR Specialist, Polio Eradication Programme, New York). The HR officer will work in active partnership with the HR in Humanitarian Action Team (DHR) and RO/CO/HQ colleagues, ensuring alignment and coordination across different levels of the organization. The incumbent will be expected to balance the demands and requirements of both supervisors, demonstrating flexibility, adaptability, and strong communication skills.

Key tasks and responsibilities include the following:

Staffing and Talent Acquisition Outbreak Response

• Provide support to outbreak-affected countries and regions in sourcing, recruitment, and deployment of surge
• Proactively support regional and country office colleagues in affected countries in fast-track recruitment of staff members and technical experts/consultants
• Use existing talent pipelines to address HR needs and strengthen pipeline options for surge and staffing in Polio Outbreak Response in relevant areas of expertise
• Support the development of different staffing concepts/strategies based on the nature and scope of the Polio Outbreak
• Support the management of the global polio outbreak response roster, including shortlisting of candidates, interviews, reference checks, and maintaining the information in TMS.

Staffing monitoring and reporting

• Support in mapping and monitoring of human resources responding to Polio outbreaks in terms of geographic areas, volume, roles, functional areas, contract type, and level
• Support preparing staffing reports capturing these parameters for internal and external use
• Support tracking staff and third-party deployments to outbreak countries for response activities
• Support matrix management to optimize human resource deployment for effective and timely outbreak response

Strategic HR Business Partnering and guidance

• Provide guidance to colleagues in affected countries on HR in Emergencies, specifically on surge and fast-track recruitments
• In collaboration with the HR Business Partner, Polio Eradication Programme, New York, strengthen full cycle HR support to the Outbreak Response Team in Nairobi

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Minimum requirements:

• Education: A University Degree in human resource management, business management, international relations, psychology, or another related field is required.
• Work Experience: At least two (2) years of professional experience in human resource management in an international organization and/or large corporation is required.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/574321