Human Resources Officer NOB

The Human Resources Officer (NOB) at WFP Madagascar is responsible for coordinating and delivering end-to-end recruitment and talent management activities to support workforce needs. The role involves partnering with managers to attract, select, develop, and retain talent while ensuring compliance with WFP policies and best practices, and supervising junior HR staff.

Responsibilities

• Contribute towards the development of country specific plans and processes, and deliver HR operational activities or projects, following standard processes and ensuring alignment with wider WFP policies.
• Provide advice to managers and employees, understanding their needs and ensuring policies, procedures, processes, systems and tools are available and correctly applied to support them.
• Provide effective management of the employment relationship between WFP and its staff, by administering conditions of service, contracts and appropriate entitlements, and resolving employee relations issues.
• Contribute to staff capability building, working with managers to understand individual skills and business requirements, and organizing/delivering development solutions which equip people with the skills and knowledge required to meet current and future challenges.
• Deliver onboarding activities which ensure new employees have a positive experience of WFP, and are successfully integrated into their new role and the organisation.
• Contribute to building and managing talent within WFP, working with managers to understand their needs and delivering solutions to recruit, retain, manage and develop a high caliber workforce to deliver business objectives.
• Support 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.
• Guide and supervise junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with analysis and queries.
• Collate and analyse data for the preparation of accurate and timely reporting, supporting a WFP wide view of HR activities that enables informed decision-making and consistent information for stakeholders.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by implementing new/updated HR policies, procedures and systems and recommending improvements to ways of working.
• Other as required.

Requirements

• An Advanced university degree in a related field with three (3) years of relevant professional experience in Human Resources is required; or a First University degree with five (5) years relevant professional experience.
• Relevant professional experience is defined as progressively responsible experience in talent acquisition, recruitment and selection, talent management, workforce planning, employee development, or other human resources functions.
• Experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes, advising hiring managers, coordinating assessment and selection activities, and implementing HR policies and procedures in a complex organizational environment is highly desirable.
• Experience supervising staff and working with HR information systems is an asset.
• Fluency in French and English languages (oral and written) is mandatory.

Skills

• Talent Acquisition
• Recruitment and Selection
• Talent Management Expertise
• Workforce Planning
• Employee Development
• HR Policy Implementation
• End-to-end recruitment
• Assessment Coordination
• Selection Activities
• HR Information Management Systems
• Staff Supervision

Languages

French, English