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

Duties
Human Resources Operational Support:

•  Implement HR operational activities to ensure timely provision of HR solutions, prioritizing according to the needs and risks. This may include.
•  Administration of recruitment, assignment and separation of local staff in the AOR, in accordance with UN/UNHCR rules and procedures. 
•  Update of personnel records in the Office, including MSRP entries into HR module where required. 
•  Assisting with recruitment and other procedures related to affiliate workforce, including MSRP entriesinto MSRP where required
•  Contribution to workforce planning activities.
•  Provision of a HR customer serviceoriented culture that values proactivity, continuous improvement, innovation and high performance.
•  Enforce compliance with UNHCR¿s Human Resources policies and procedures and the UN staff rules, regulations and UNHCR administrative instructions.

Assignments and Talent Acquisition:

•  Participate in the recruitment of local staff including the issuance of vacancy notices and arranging for required tests and interviews, and preparation of submissions for the review by the Assignments Committee (AC).
•  Assist in organizing outreach campaigns to attract diverse applicants. 
•  Advice to staff and contribution to an inclusive work environment.
•  Build dialog and outreach with the workforce; answer questions, and provide information to staff as to where to go for help or ask questions.
•  Track and report on recruitment and assignments activities.

Advise staff members and affiliate workforce on their rights, obligations, benefits and entitlements.

•  Be proactive in identifying issues, themes and patterns affecting the workforce¿s health and welfare, including sexual harassment and abuse of authority.
•  Assist in the provision of onboarding, induction, reintegration into the workplace and offboarding to colleagues. 
•  Assistance in implementation of HR initiatives that support organizational culture change such as good people management practices, and promoting gender, inclusion and diversity.

Duty of Care:

•  Assist in the security and medical evacuations of UNHCR personnel. Maintain daily tracking record of staff and families to provide accurate information in case of emergency.
•  Administer UNHCR medical insurance plan for locally recruited staff.
•  Perform other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Education & Professional Work Experience
Years of Experience / Degree Level

• For G6  3 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 2 years relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Certificates and/or Licenses 

• Business Administration, Office Management,   Human Resources Management or related field.

Relevant Job Experience
Essential

• Experience working in Human Resources. Knowledge of general HR policies, processes and systems.

Desirable

• Experience in HR information technology systems and tools. Experience working with the United Nations. Experience working in a multicultural setting.

Functional Skills 

• UNUN/UNHCR Administrative Rules, Regulations and Procedures
• ITComputer Literacy
• HRLocal mass recruitment
• HRTalent Development and Nurturing
• HREmployee Relationship Management
• SOLearning Agility

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.