Human Resources Officer (Emergency), P2 at UNICEF

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The East and South African Region is subject to several humanitarian emergencies, including two multi-country emergencies affecting/threatening seven countries in the region: the Horn of Africa Drought (Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia) and the Cholera Disease outbreak affecting nine countries in the region (Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Burundi, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya). The Regional Office (RO) through its HR section plays an instrumental role in ensuring affected and threatened COs have the required level of surge and staffing support and that duty of care measures are in place to support staff responding to these emergencies.

Considering the many competing emergencies across the organization, the sourcing of qualified internal and external surge capacities is more and more challenging. The development of updated rosters will help to reduce the time taken to source and deploy skilled personnel in various emergencies across the region, and to deliver high-quality results for children and women.

The HR Officer (Emergency) will support the HR in Emergency portfolio in coordinating the update of existing rosters and the development of additional emergency and consultant rosters, and in providing HR support to country offices affected by emergencies.

Under the guidance and supervision of the Human Resource Officer, P2, ESARO, the Human Resources Officer (Emergency) will finalize the current process of developing an Ebola roster and updating external rapid response mechanism rosters and coordinate the update of internal rapid response mechanism and consultants' rosters.

The incumbent will provide active support to the HR in emergency (HRiE) portfolio through the identification of surge, staffing and consultant needs across the region. They will also develop related rosters in collaboration with different stakeholders, to proactively identify qualified candidates to cover identified needs in line with HR and the RO strategic objectives.

The selected candidate for this assignment may be assigned the contributory accountabilities for all or part of the following areas of major duties:

Surge and staffing needs identification:  

• In collaboration with key stakeholders and counterparts at the CO, RO and HQ level, identify emergency personnel and consultant related needs.
• Provide guidance to regional office sections to develop terms of references for identified personnel (surge, staffing and consultants).
• Review and finalize terms of references and create an emergency terms of reference data base for ESAR.

Coordination of rostering process in collaboration with key stakeholders:

• Coordinate communication campaigns to update staff members and different stakeholders across the region and the organization on the rostering process.
• Launch vacancy announcements related to each category of rosters.
• Do the first level review of applicants and coordinate the second level review with the RO sections and country offices and agree on a list of selected candidates for further steps of the rostering process.

Coordination of selected candidates vetting process

• Coordinate the skills assessment process for selected candidates, in collaboration with involved RO sections.
• Agree on list of recommended candidates.
• Coordinate the capacity reinforcement process of recommended rostered candidates through online and in-person trainings.

Finalization of rosters and rosters related SOPs

• Assign final recommended candidates to respective rosters.
• Send appropriate communications on process outcome and next steps to candidates who participated in the process (successful and unsuccessful candidates).
• Finalize respective roster SOPs based on the rostering process and requirements to manage and keep the rosters updated.

Capacity reinforcement of roster users

• Coordinate with TMS colleagues to grant access rights to identified users for the respective rosters.
• Organize training sessions for roster users at the RO and CO levels.

Provide support to the RO HR team as needed.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have

Education:

• University degree in social sciences or other relevant disciplines (human resources, business administration, international relations, psychology, etc). Additional professional training or certification in Human Resources is an advantage.  

Experience:

• A minimum of two years of relevant professional experience in human resources management in an international organization is required, and experience in a humanitarian setting is advantageous.
• Experience in data analysis and data base development for a wide variety of audiences desirable.
• Planning and organization skills.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of French or Portuguese would be an asset.

Deadline: 04 Apr 2023