Deadline: 08 April, 2021
Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Plan International is seeking to fill the role of Employment and Benefit Coordinator.
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.
Responsibilities
- Conduct/lead in salary and benefits surveys to ensure competitive compensation and benefit plans for staff
- Update market data and gather data as part of robust market survey and analysis activities regarding compensation programmes
- Monitor and ensure compensation and benefit record, e.g., medical, annual leave, salaries, GPA insurance, pension fund, provident fund and others, are handled properly
- Assist employees with enrolment in benefits programmes such as ensuring that all new employees are registered with the pension scheme and appropriate records are created or updated with PEOSSA, insurance, PF, etc
- Assist in salary administration programmes, reviewing changes in wages and salaries for conformance to policy, incentive programme calculations and communications
- Propose insurance and medical service providers, participate in the selection of the same, review quality and cost of the services and recommend changes accordingly
- Provide answers and help to employees with questions related to benefits
- Inform employees of any changes to their benefits
- Check and verify medical expense requests submitted by country office staff if the staff legal dependents are correctly registered
- Keep employee benefits records updated
- Assist with payroll
- Ensure the company’s benefits policy complies with laws and regulations
- Update Plan International Ethiopia workforce plan and forecasts that reflect staffing status of the organisation and help to locate qualified staff with appropriate level of skills and competencies
- Coordinate with department/unit managers to assess their respective staff needs and initiate the recruitment process as per Plan International Ethiopia HR policy and the labour law of the land
- Prepare vacancy announcements based on specific job descriptions and skill requirements proposed by the recruiting department and disseminate the announcement of job opportunities internally and externally as widely as possible through innovative ways
- Receive job applications, coordinate with the recruitment panel members, including the recruiting manager, to undertake shortlisting and ensure assessments/interviews are conducted within a reasonable time
- Orient the panel with Plan International recruitment policy and set of procedures and criteria every time the members meet for assessment/interview and ensure that the rules and regulations are strictly adhered to while selecting or rejecting candidates
- Conduct reference checks as a means of obtaining information on strength and weaknesses of selected candidates to strengthen the decision of the panel
- Prepare employment minutes based on the recommendations of panel members and secure approval of the country director
- Facilitate the preparation of offer letter or employment contract, and organise adequate inductions for new employees and prepare recruitment status report on weekly basis
Requirements
- First degree or equivalent vocational study in Management, Human Resource Management or a related field
- Six years, minimum, of relevant experience
- Experience in working with an international NGO
- Experience in handling mass and emergency recruitment
- Excellent organisational skills
- Attention to detail
- Knowledge of data collection and analysis
- Good interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of the use of HR systems
- Knowledge of employee benefits and applicable laws
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