Associate Human Resources Officer, NOB

The Associate Human Resources Officer is responsible for providing advice and support on human resources matters, coordinating recruitment and placement activities, and assisting in classification and staffing policy guidance within the Human Resources Section of OCHA in Islamabad. The role supports effective humanitarian action by ensuring efficient human resources management.

Responsibilities

• Provides advice and support to managers and staff on Human Resources related matters.
• Keeps abreast of developments in various areas of human resources.
• Coordinates with client offices in identifying upcoming vacancies.
• Prepares vacancy announcements, reviews applications, and provides a short-list to clients' offices.
• Reviews recommendation on the selection of candidate by client offices.
• Prepares and presents cases to Central Review bodies and committees.
• Supervises the maintenance of the human resources filing system.
• Assists in planning, organizing, developing and administering tests related to recruitment of Professional, General Service and other categories of staff.
• Monitors and maintains a list of staff members in need of placement in close coordination with Human Resources Business Partner Teams.
• Prepares classification requests for positions in Professional, General Service and related categories.
• Provides guidance to programme managers on the application of classification policies and procedures and by undertaking whole office review.
• Performs other duties as requested.

Requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in human resources management, business or public administration, social sciences, education or related field is required.
• A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in human resources management, administration or related area is required.
• Experience with online recruitment systems and Enterprise Resources Planning systems (such as Inspira, Umoja or similar) is required.
• Experience in recruitment and talent sourcing is required.
• Experience in providing staffing policy-related advice is desirable.
• Experience in working in the UN Common System or comparable international organizations is desirable.
• English is required at UN Level III for reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Skills

• Human Resources Management
• Recruitment and Talent Development
• Staffing Policy Advice
• Online recruitment systems
• Enterprise Resource Planning
• Inspira
• Umoja
• Human Resources Administration
• UN Common System Experience

Languages

English