Human Resources Officer P1/NOA

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WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.

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.

ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT

This position is part of the HR-Unit in the WFP Venezuela CO, supporting 8 field offices. It reports to the Head of HR. The incumbent of the position will be expected to operate with minimal supervision, providing support and guidance to junior staff in the team, ensuring that operational and project objectives are achieved. She/he will be heavily involved in day–to-day activities and analytical work, provide advice on complex issues, applying HR rules, regulations and expertise in making determinations and recommendations across a range of activities.

JOB PURPOSE

To support the delivery of a professional, client-focused HR services, partnering with managers to implement HR solutions in line with WFP corporate priorities.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive)

1. Support HR operational activities or projects that are aligned to business needs, following standard processes and ensuring alignment with wider WFP policies.
2. Respond to queries from managers and staff, understanding their issues and ensuring policies, procedures, processes, systems and tools are available and correctly applied to support them.
3. Contribute to the effective management of the employment relationship between WFP and its staff, by administering conditions of service, contracts and appropriate entitlements.
4. Support staff capability building, working with managers to understand individual skills and business requirements, and organizing development solutions which equip people with the skills and knowledge required to meet current and future challenges.
5. Support and deliver onboarding activities to ensure new employees have a positive experience of WFP, and are successfully integrated into their new role and the organization.
6. Provide support in building talent within WFP, working with managers to understand their needs and organizing solutions to recruit, retain and develop a high caliber workforce to deliver the business strategy.
7. Support for organizational design activities that enable senior management to define and organize structures and jobs, and allocate people to the right places in order to improve efficiency.
8. Collate data and contribute to preparation of accurate and timely reporting, supporting a WFP wide view of HR activities that enables informed decision-making and consistent information for stakeholders.
9. Conduct straight forward data analysis under close guidance of a senior HR Officer, in order to support others on projects or contribute to process efficiencies and improvements.
10. Other as required.

STANDARD MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Advanced university degree in Human Resource Management, Public or Business Administration, Industrial Psychology or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience or trainings/courses.
Experience: Typically one or more years of postgraduate professional experience in Human Resources ideally in an international organization or multinational corporation.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Broad or specialized knowledge of Talent Management and/or HR best practices, techniques and processes with understanding of the basic theoretical background.
• Ability to supervise and support more junior and/or less experienced members of the team.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical ability to evaluate data, draw conclusions and articulate recommendations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required, including the ability to effectively elicit information from, and provide information to others and to work with a variety of stakeholders.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with clients and provide client oriented service. Ability to identify client’s needs and match them to appropriate solutions.
• Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly assimilate, UN/WFP specific processes and systems.
• Must perform efficiently in a high-volume environment, both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to multi-task and meet competing priorities.

Languages: Fluency in Spanish and English (Level C).

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Proven track record of full lifecycle recruiting experience.
• Self-confident, open, and pragmatic personality.
• Knowledge and/or experience in People or Talent Acquisition Analytics or HR Data Management.
• Negotiating skills, enthusiasm, and a high service orientation.
• Working knowledge of applicant tracking and HRIS systems.
• Strong ability to maintain confidentiality in all dealings.
• Self-driven and very strong organizational and planning skills.
• Excellent communication/presentation skills, with the ability to write best practice documents, to develop project plans and to write and deliver presentations.
• Self-motivated and able to work with a high degree of autonomy.
• Fully committed and motivated to achieve the aims of the UN World Food Programme.

LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Position: Human Resources Officer

Number of openings: 1

Based in: Caracas, Venezuela

Type of Contract: Fixed Term

Level: National Officer/ NOA

Duration: 12 months.

This position is open only to Venezuelan citizens.

You can consult the UN Salary Scale for Venezuela page for your reference.

Fixed-Term appointments are for a continuous period of one year or more and shall have a specified expiration date. The initial appointment is subject to a probationary period of one year.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

Closing date: 04 August 2023

LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

WFP has a zero-tolerance approach to conduct such as fraud, sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. All selected candidates will be expected to adhere to WFP’s standards of conduct and will therefore undergo rigorous background verification internally or through third parties. Selected candidates will also be required to provide additional information as part of the verification exercise. Misrepresentation of information provided during the recruitment process may lead to disqualification or termination of employment

WFP will not request payment at any stage of the recruitment process including at the offer stage. Any requests for payment should be refused and reported to local law enforcement authorities for appropriate action.

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