Apply: WFP Human Resources Assistant

Deadline: 17 August, 2021

Location: Nairobi, Kenya

The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking applications from eligible applicants for the post of Human Resources Assistant.

WFP works to ensure the most vulnerable populations, especially women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

Responsibilities

  • Provide assistance on general HR queries and follow-up actions, ensuring consistent and high quality HR services are delivered to clients
  • Provide guidance and on-the-job training to other staff, to support their development and increased knowledge of HR systems and procedures required to perform their duties
  • Liaise with other internal units/offices on HR-related matters, i.e., payroll, contracts, and provide necessary information in order to enable timely HR services
  • Extract and compile HR data on staff recruitment and selection, contractual conditions, entitlements, performance and training requirements, to support analysis and reporting needs
  • Provide administrative support in various HR activities in the areas of work allocated by the professional officer, including onboarding of new staff members in compliance with relevant processes and procedures
  • Maintain confidential personnel records, HR databases and archives, to ensure data and files are accurately stored and updated in compliance with the established standards
  • Draft various HR documentation required for the specific area of work, ensuring accuracy and meeting established deadlines
  • Use HR management systems for entering and updating a variety of HR data including assistance in monitoring various deadlines, ensuring compliance with the established deadlines and accuracy of HR data
  • Support staff deployment and related administrative actions including preparation of basic reports, to facilitate efficient HR service that enables WFP to respond quickly to a crisis

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or a relevant field
  • Three years, minimum, of experience in providing progressively responsible support in general administrative work, including three years, minimum, in human resources or a related area
  • Fluency in both oral and written English
  • Intermediate knowledge of another UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) will be a plus

To apply and for more information, click here.

Photo source: UNAMID

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