Vacancies at Save the Children

ROLE PURPOSE: 

ROLE PURPOSE: The Human Resources Officer with focus on employee lifecycle to support the recruitment and hiring processes and procedures. This position reports to the head of HR, Admin, and IT. In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal role profile and be able to vary working hours accordingly 

Contract Duration: 1 year

Reports to: Head of HR, Admin, and IT

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 

Recruitment Support 

• Implementing all aspects of staff recruitment, as directed by the Head of Human Resources Admin, and IT. Supporting and participating in all recruitment processes, and ensure procedures is followed in a fair and transparent manner. 
• Support on organization-wide internal and external recruitment including, but not limited to, job ads, candidate identification, candidate screening, interviews, references, and background checks. 
• Collaborates with the hiring manager and/or other human resource staff during the offer process, identifying and recommending salary ranges, incentives, start dates, and other pertinent details. 
• Work closely with the Senior HR/Admin Coordinator, HR Coordinator(Effort Reporting & HRIS) and assist with the new employee orientation and onboarding. 
• Assist with off boarding, including conducting exit interviews. 
• Training the staff on recruitment, onboarding, and off boarding procedures. 
• Ensure the creation of requisition in Oracle and submitting for approval. 
• Post approved requisitions to both internal and external websites. 
• Support recruitment managers by ensuring laid down policies as pertains to recruitment are followed. 
• Monitor advertisement-closing dates; send long lists in consultation with respective hiring managers. 
• Schedule & invite shortlisted candidates for interviews in timely manner. 
• Supervise written test in consultation with the hiring managers. 
•  Participate in the interview selection process as required. 
• Prepare summary of interview results & panel recommendations for review and approval by the relevant approvers. 
• Give feedback to unsuccessful external candidates including sending if sending regrets timely.

On boarding of new staff 

• Ensuring that welcome package and induction checklist of new staff is prepared on time. 
• Support in offering induction to new staff on HR policies and procedures. 
• Ensure all the logistics for new employee is well done in Nairobi and field office for those based there.
• Process relocation benefit to new employees.

Follow-up on staff exit. 

• Support the Head of HR and HR Officer on exit process when needed: 
• Ensure exiting staff complete the required documentations. 
• Review and summaries the exit debrief and share report with the head of HR, Admin, and IT. 
• Gather information on the staff exit from the and/or staff him/herself and launch the exit process.
• Submission of the clearance form with finance and follow up for timely payment of dues within 30 days.

Staff Welfare 

• Facilitate and administer staff medical insurance, ensuring employee insurance eligibility list is kept current. 
• Be the focal point person for identified benefits providers and liaise with them to address issues arising from the SC Staff medical & life insurance schemes. 
• Track contracts for medical insurance and other staff benefits contracts and inform the HHRA are due for renewal/expiry. 
• Work closely with Finance Department to ensure value-for-money services from benefits providers, including, but not limited to, ensuring credit notes are issued promptly, informing the HHRA and Finance Department of any anomalies/concerns in service provider reports. 
• As a key member of the Staff Welfare Committee, the job holder will take the lead in staff welfare activities, including staff end-year party and other welfare initiatives, 
• Work closely with the finance team to manage and track the welfare monthly contributions and expenses. 
• Support the Head of HR, Admin & IT in managing the in-house staff resilience programme and collaborating with the security team on duty of care for staff. 
• Support the Head of HR with the Employee satisfaction surveys. 
• Management of the WIBA cover. 
• Work closely with the Senior HR/Administration Coordinator and ensure all the staff who have completed the probation are included in the pension scheme and manage the scheme. 
• Organize member education talks with the service providers for the medical scheme, WIBA and Pension scheme. 
• Track the medical expenses and ensure the staff are given usage statements on quarterly basis. 
• Track and ensure staff are given their updated pension statements twice a year. 
• Support the Head of Department with the management of medical evacuation and the Fly doctors’ account renewals. 

Child Safeguarding: 

• Ensure all the HRIS system and data is safeguarded from unauthorized users. 
• Ensure all the recruitment process and steps have safeguarding components from drafting of the JD, advertising, and interview the assessment form. 
• Ensure all the training undertaken have component of creating awareness on CS policies and practices. 
• All staff have an obligation to ensure they fully understand the provisions of the Child Safeguarding Policy, the Code of Conduct, and related policies. They must conduct themselves in accordance with the rules of the Child Safeguarding Policy, in their personal and professional lives – which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse. 
• All staff must ensure the way they are carrying out their work is not putting children at risk (or further risk)

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice) 

Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future orientated, thinks strategically

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters.
• Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

• Honest, encourages openness and transparency

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• A bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field (essential) • Member of IHRM • CHRP Qualification
• A minimum of 5 years of work experience in Human Resources 
• Previous 3+ year experience in HR, specifically in recruitment for an international non[1]profit/non-governmental organization. 
• Experience working in a fast-paced and multicultural office (preferred) 
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel 
• Good judgment and extremely high attention to detail 
• Strong problem-solving skills • Excellent interpersonal skills, collaborative style and approach, and ability to work effectively across cultures. 
• Experience of working under high pressure, fast-paced environments and able to deal with ambiguity and change in those contexts. 
• Ability to plan and organize a substantial workload that includes complex, diverse tasks.
• Quality orientation and attention to detail 
• Fluency in English (essential) 
• A commitment to the mission, vision, and values of Save the Children.
• Commitment to Save the Children International values. 

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ROLE PURPOSE: 

Working with members of the global IT team, the role holder will be responsible for building, implementing and supporting Business Intelligence (BI) solutions within the organization. This role will partner with business stakeholders in order to understand their analytic requirements and implement and maintain BI solutions to meet these needs, utilizing best practices. The role requires experience in adapting existing solutions as well as creating new solutions.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

• Reports to: Lead BI Developer.
• Staff reporting to this post: No direct reports

Role Dimensions: 

• Over 60 countries with a staff complement in excess of 17,000 of which at least 50% are considered users of IT systems.

Role Description:

• The BI Developer will play a pivotal role in our data-driven decision-making process by designing, developing, and maintaining business intelligence solutions. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, analyze data, and create meaningful reports, dashboards and data visualizations to support strategic business initiatives.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: 

• Data Modeling and ETL: Develop, maintain and optimize data models and ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) processes to ensure data accuracy, consistency and availability for reporting and analysis globally.
• BI Tool Expertise: Utilize industry-leading Business Intelligence tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, QlikView, etc.) to create interactive and insightful dashboards, reports and data visualizations for global stakeholders
• Data Analysis: Collaborate with global business stakeholders to understand their data requirements and translate them into actionable insights through data analysis tools.
• Database Management: Manage and maintain global databases, including data warehousing, data cleansing and data quality assurance.
• Performance Optimization: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in the BI solutions, ensuring the efficient processing of data and quick response times.
• Documentation: Document all BI development processes, including data models, ETL workflows and report/dashboard specifications.
• Training and Support: Provide cross-training and support to end-users to ensure they can effectively utilize BI solutions across the globe and assist product owners in designing, agreeing, implementing and managing changes to the BI environment.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with the latest BI technologies and best practices and implement them to enhance the company's BI capabilities and proactively source new and innovative solutions that provide clear business value and construct ‘proof of concepts’ to demonstrate the new solutions.
• Project Management: Proactively identify, manage and document any technical project risks/issues related to BI across the movement as per agreed prioritization and timeframes.

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (SCI Values in Practice) 
Accountability:

• Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling Save the Children values
• Holds team members and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, take responsibility for their own personal development and encourage their team to do the same
• Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• Future-orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
• Values diversity and sees it as a source of competitive strength
• Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• Willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

•  Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS  
EXPERIENCE AND SKILL

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology or a related field 
• Minimum 5+ years of experience, with at least 3 years of proven experience as a Business Intelligence Developer, including experience with ETL processes and data modeling.
• Proven understanding of Data Modelling and Analytics
• Advanced knowledge and experience working with relational and NO SQL databases as well as data warehousing.
• Experience of working with Microsoft’s BI technology stack SSIS, SSRS, SSAS (tabular model), Power BI, Power Query and Excel.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure Analytics tools and technologies such as Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Bricks, HD Insight, Azure Data Factory, Azure Machine learning, Azure Stream Analytics, Azure Data Lake, Azure Analysis Services, Event Hubs, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Share, Azure Time Series Insights.
• Good interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with a proven ability to explain complex technical ideas and problems clearly to non-experts
• Self-motivated, enthusiastic, and strong problem-solving skills 
• Cultural awareness and experience in delivering solutions globally working in an agile project delivery environment.
• Experience maintaining source control in Git or Azure DevOps
• Strong experience with various Software Development Life cycles (SDLC) methodologies: Agile or Standard waterfall initiatives
• Proven experience working with various Project Management practices and disciplines
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills to augment a close working relationship with cross-functional teams
• A history of designing and implementing reporting solutions that are both functional and engaging
• Meticulous attention to detail

Desirable:

• Proficiency in DAX, MDX, Python/Scala/Spark SQL
• Non-profit sector knowledge/experience
• Cosmos DB
• Machine Learning