HR Assistant at United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

Duties

• Provide clerical support in the recruitment, assignment, reassignment and separation of local general service staff.
• Assist in processing local staff members' contracts, entitlements and benefits in accordance with Staff Rules and established HR procedures.
• Provide advice to staff members on their rights, obligations, benefits and entitlements according to the UN/UNHCR staff rules and regulations.
• Assist newly arrived international staff with administrative formalities related to their accreditations, security/ground passes, arrange travel and hotel reservations. Assist with shipment of their personal effects in coordination with the logistics section.
• Provide administrative support to staff and dependants in case of medical evacuations, as well as security evacuations/relocations.
• Maintain personnel records in the office, including maintenance of the attendance, overtime and leave records.
• Initiate calculations for payments related to personnel issues such as settlement of travel claims, overtime claims, hazard pay, MIP reimbursements, medical and security evacuations, shipment costs.
• Initiate routine correspondence on HR matters for the authorizing officer's approval.
• Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
• Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• For G4 - 1 year relevant experience with High School Diploma; or Bachelor or equivalent or higher