Deadline: Ongoing

Location: Bangui, Central African Republic

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking to fill the role of Human Resources (HR) Coordinator.

IRC is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development non-governmental organisation.

Responsibilities

• Devise and deliver a planned HR approach to attract, develop, inspire and retain the right people with the right skills to achieve high-quality programmatic outcomes
• As a member of the senior management team (SMT), determine workforce needs, identify gaps in human resources and skills, and design a development and workforce plan to facilitate the nationalisation of roles and staff retention
• Actively participate in proposal design and grant opening and review meetings, specifically advising on organisational structure, position scoping, demographic/staffing analysis and other inputs critical to ensuring a strong HR foundation to support programme quality
• Lead a collaborative approach to employee engagement, gender equality and staff care strategy and supporting initiatives, drawing on country, regional and headquarters inputs and resources
• Conduct monthly and quarterly strategic HR metrics and analysis to advise SMT and regional HR decision making
• Lead on country programme inputs to global HR scorecards and action plans
• Continually assess and refine recruitment tactics
• Develop candidate rosters, actively network and employ innovative, creative recruiting methods to attract and hire the best talent
• Proactively position IRC as an employer brand of choice in the country
• Review and approve job position requests, job descriptions and make recommendations, ensuring accuracy and consistency
• Deliver international HR management, including policy, process and employee relations management with support from regional HR director as needed
• Lead the performance management process with guidance from regional and headquarters HR
• Create a plan to manage annual and mid-year performance check-ins, and conduct training on goal-setting
• Utilise budgets to organise development activities and work one-on-one with managers and employees to create country wide development plans
• Through HR initiatives and actions, support a culture of continuous feedback
• Participate in budget preparation and provide strategic compensation analysis to drive nationalisation and ability to attract high-quality talent
• Define and review the salary structure, coordinate the annual compensation review process and compensation adjustments, working with the headquarters compensation team to align with standard methodologies
• Manage national benefit plans, communicate updates and conduct information campaigns for national and international staff
• Collaborate with headquarters benefits team, aligning with IRC standard methodologies
• Devise staff care action plans that elevate morale and support the well-being of staff
• Collaborate with regional HR director and global duty of care director to align with IRC standard methodologies
• Oversee HR administration and ensure 100 percent compliance with current labour laws
• Collaborate and partner with local counsel as needed
• Lead all employee relations with professional grace with the aim of empowering employees and supervisors with the tools and resources vital to resolve conflicts
• Act as impartial mediator when necessary
• Bring up code of conduct issues, lead or co-lead employee relations investigations and ensure issues are brought to resolution with appropriate follow-up carried out
• Partner with and seek counsel from Ethics and Compliance Unit (ECU) as needed
• Advise supervisors in determining appropriate, consistent and judicious disciplinary measures in line with local labour law and global policy
• Manage layoffs or reorganisation in partnership with SMT, supervisors and regional HR
• Lead exit management to ensure seamless and positive transition for all departing employees
• Provide constructive feedback and counsel on career paths and professional development for HR team and IRC staff, and champion a culture of continuous learning opportunities
• Support senior staff to continue to pursue nationalisation of senior and management positions

Requirements

• Eight years, minimum, of progressive experience as an HR generalist, including recruitment, performance management, complex employee relations, compensation, training and development and HR administration
• Five years, minimum, of successful staff management experience
• Two years, minimum, of experience with an international organisation or international experience
• Strategic leadership experience in managing an HR function for large budget programmes in the INGO sector (strongly preferred)
• Remote management experience (strongly preferred)

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