HR Associate (Talent Acquisition) G6, Addis Ababa
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WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.
Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.
ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
BACKGROUND & JOB PURPOSE
The HR Associate will be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and will report to the HR Officer. The purpose of the role is to support talent acquisition efforts while ensuring accurate implementation of WFP policies and procedures and facilitating the effective functioning of a client-focused and strategy-oriented recruitment and selection service. The HR Associate will take the lead on assigned recruitments and will be expected to use judgment in dealing with unforeseen problems, take initiative to implement more efficient ways of working and apply knowledge of talent acquisition principles in their day to day tasks.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)
- Respond to recruitment requests from hiring managers and provide all required documentation and information
- Manage the recruitment and selection process of assigned positions from A-Z including but not limited to preparing and posting vacancy announcements, screening candidates, organizing and attending panel interviews, preparing selection recommendation reports, drafting LAPC minutes of meetings, compiling and forwarding complete sets of recruitment documents to the contracting team.
- Proactively contribute to gender and diversity targets of the country office through sourcing potential candidates via various channels
- Facilitate LAPC meetings and ensure timely preparation of full documentation.
- Support the review, updates and application of Recruitment Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in place in the Country office, bringing to attention any issues that are unclear or not fully covered in the SOPs.
- Support hiring managers and provide advice as needed to ensure timely completion of the assigned tasks.
- Ensure confidential storage of sensitive information and safe keeping of required documents and correspondence as per guidelines
- Maintain recruitment data including regularly updating the recruitment tracker and providing information required for reports, audit, compliance and risk management.
- Undertake and actively participate in HR projects
- Any other related duties in line with role and level.
STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education: Completion of secondary school education. A post-secondary certificate in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or another relevant field.
Experience: Six or more years of progressively responsible relevant working experience in HR with an emphasis on recruitment and selection.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Knowledge of HR best practices, techniques and processes including a deep understanding of recruitment and selection
- Good communication skills and good understanding of HR principles and their application in order to respond to and resolve a range of HR queries.
- Ability to conduct basic analyses in order to generate periodic reports and make recommendations for further actions.
- Ability to build relationships with a variety of individuals across functions and outside WFP in order to effectively contribute to the functioning of the unit.
- Experience in supervising and coordinating tasks of subordinates to be able to train and supervise junior staff members within the HR function.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision and use initiative to perform administrative tasks within broad WFP guidelines and standards.
- Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly assimilate, UN/WFP specific processes and systems
Language: Fluency in both oral and written communication in English and Amharic.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
All applications should be received no later than Tuesday 23rd February 2023
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Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply
WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
