People & Culture Officer/Specialist

The People & Culture Officer/Specialist acts as a strategic business partner providing comprehensive HR support to the Head of Office, Management Team, Section Chiefs, and all staff. The role ensures alignment of people management practices with UNICEF’s policies and strategic objectives during a transition phase to reinforce HR capacity and continuity.

Responsibilities

• Support the finalization of ongoing recruitments, ensuring compliance with UNICEF procedures.
• Coordinate onboarding and follow up for newly appointed staff, ensuring smooth integration and timely completion of mandatory processes.
• Maintain close collaboration with hiring managers and the People & Culture function to ensure quality and consistency.
• Support the rollout of GSS2024 action plans, ensuring follow up with responsible sections.
• Monitor implementation of recommendations from the 2024 Office Retreat, ensuring timely reporting and documentation.
• Facilitate discussions with sections to strengthen accountability and progress tracking.
• Support the analysis and dissemination of Pulse Survey results.
• Coordinate implementation of agreed actions, ensuring alignment with global P&C guidance.
• Maintain regular communication with staff to reinforce transparency and engagement.
• Support ongoing Duty of Care and Staff Wellbeing initiatives, including psychosocial support, medical partnerships, and staff engagement activities.
• Ensure follow up on wellbeing indicators and propose improvements where needed.
• Collaborate with UN agencies and national partners to strengthen wellbeing services.
• Contribute to discussions related to the new Country Programme Document (CPD), ensuring integration of P&C perspectives.
• Provide HR data, workforce insights, and organizational analysis to inform CPD planning.
• Support alignment of staffing needs with programmatic priorities.
• Provide advisory support to managers and staff on HR policies, entitlements, and procedures.
• Promote a positive organizational culture aligned with UNICEF Values /UNICEF Core Values.
• Support initiatives to strengthen performance management, learning, and staff engagement.

Requirements

• An Advanced University Degree in human resource management, business management, international relations, psychology or another related field is required.
• Five years of professional experience in human resource management in an international organization and/or large corporation is required.
• Experience supporting staff during organizational change processes with a strong emphasis on employee wellbeing, engagement, and resilience-building.
• Experience supporting recruitment, staffing processes, learning and development, performance management or workforce planning is an asset.
• Proven experience working with high-impact assignments.
• Ability to develop communication tools during the change process.
• Ability to operate independently while collaborating closely with senior management.
• Having prior experience in supervising a team is a valuable asset.
• Fluency in French and English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language or a local language is an asset.

Skills

• Human Resources Management
• Organizational Change Management
• Employee Wellbeing
• Staff Engagement
• Resilience Building
• Recruitment Support
• Staffing Processes
• Learning and Development
• Performance Management
• Workforce Planning
• Communication Tools
• Team Supervision
• Strategic HR Partnership
• HR Policy Alignment
• International Organization Experience
• Business Management
• Psychology
• French
• English

Languages

French, English