UNHCR Human Resources Officer Jobs 2023 – Uganda NGO Jobs. UNHCR Uganda looking for “Human Resources Officer“. Applicants with a degree in University Degree may apply on or before January 11, 2023.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a UN agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with over 17,300 staff working in 135 countries.
UNHCR Human Resources Officer Jobs 2023
The UNHCR has published a job vacancy announcement on Dec. 24, 2022 for qualified Uganda’s to fill in the vacant post of Human Resources Officer to be based in Kampala, Uganda.
| Recruiter | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| Position | Human Resources Officer |
| Location | Kampala, Uganda |
| Country | Uganda |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | University Degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum Five years |
| Application Deadline | January 11, 2023 |
UNHCR Job Vacancy 2023
Duties
- – Strategic workforce advice and operational support:
- – Engage with management to understand priorities, and provide advice and solutions on all aspects of HR in line with delegated HR authorities.
- – Support HR initiatives that support organizational culture change such as good people management practices, and promoting gender, inclusion and diversity.
- – Plan and implement HR operational activities to ensure timely provision of HR solutions, prioritizing according to the needs and risks.
- Assignments and Talent Acquisition:
- – Manage the process of recruitment, assignment and reassignment of locally-recruited staff and affiliate workforce, ensuring compliance with UNHCR rules and procedures, and providing advice to managers where required.
- – Set up and run (Regional) Assignments Committee.
- – Conduct outreach campaigns to attract diverse applicants. Ensure proper consideration is given to all applicants without discrimination.
- – Analyse, track and report on recruitment and assignments trends for management, including efforts to reach gender parity.
- – Take a proactive approach to risk management in the areas of recruitment, ensuring the issues are identified, addressed and reported and, where appropriate, escalated.
- Advice to managers and staff, and contribution to an inclusive work environment:
- – Build dialog and outreach with staff to provide support with their queries; and also promote dialog between staff and management to help find solutions to HR-related issues.
- – Be proactive in identifying issues, themes and patterns affecting the workforce¿s health and welfare, including sexual harassment and abuse of authority.
- – Ensure that on-boarding, induction, re-integration into the workplace and off-boarding support, is provided to colleagues; Induction programmes should include information on Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) and Sexual Harassment, Code of Conduct as well as workforce’s rights and obligations.
- HR policies and inter-agency:
- – Enforce compliance with UNHCR¿s Human Resources policies and procedures and the UN staff rules, regulations and UNHCR administrative instructions.
- – Participate in a network among HR staff members in the region in order to harmonize implementation of HR policies and initiatives, collect field insights to inform the development of DHR policies and activities; identify and share HR best practices, also through contacts with other UN agencies.
- Duty of Care:
- – Contribute to establishing and maintaining a medical evacuation plan with senior management, Field safety and the Senior
- – Medical Officer.
- – Support the development and implementation of a Duty of Care strategy. Identify and assess issues related to duty of care including physical, mental health and safety of UNHCR¿s workforce. Promote work/life balance and flexible working arrangements with managers and staff.
- For positions in Regional Bureaux only:
- – In the absence of a Senior Talent Development Officer in the Bureau:
- – Implement a talent development and sourcing strategy for UNHCR workforce in the region, in line with UNHCR’s needs and staff members’ career planning.
- – Equip HR teams and Managers in the region with skills on people management and tools related to talent development, career guidance and performance management.
Position in Organization:
- Full time
- Posted 3 Days Ago
- job requisition id: JR2208037
Qualification:
- 6 years relevant experience with Undergraduate degree; or 5 years relevant experience with Graduate degree; or 4 years relevant experience with Doctorate degree
Field(s) of Education
- Human Resources Management; Human Resource Development;
- Personnel Administration; Business Administration; or other relevant field.
- (Field(s) of Education marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Certificates and/or Licenses
- Not specified
Relevant Job Experience
Essential
- Experience working in Human Resources. UNHCR HR certification is a plus. Sound knowledge of general HR policies, processes and systems.
Desirable
- Proven ability to identify and implement successful business related HR interventions. Experience in some of the following areas: HR administration, workforce planning, recruitment, HR policy or talent development. Experience in HR information technology systems and tools. Experience in field humanitarian operations and/or emergency settings. Experience working with the United Nations. Experience working in a multi-cultural setting.
Functional Skills
- HR-Local mass recruitment
- HR-Talent Development and Nurturing
- HR-Coordination and Oversight of Workforce Mobility
- HR-HR data and people analytics
- HR-Employee Relationship Management
- SO-Critical Thinking and problem solving
- SO-Situational Judgement
- SO-Learning Agility
- HR-HR Business Partnering
- HR-Inclusion, Diversity and Gender strategy design and implementation
- RM-Risk Management
- (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)
Language Requirements
- For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
- For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
- For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.
How to Apply UNHCR Human Resources Officer Jobs 2023
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to https://unhcr.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Human-Resources-Officer_JR2208037
The Closing Date: January 11, 2023.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.unhcr.org |
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