Apply: WFP Human Resources Consultant

By Development Diaries
July 4, 2022

Deadline: 04 July, 2022

Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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

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

Responsibilities

Support the country office teams in internalising embedding and living the WFP corporate values
Develop and implement an engagement roadmap incorporating creative initiatives to promote values of team cohesion, enhance cross functional team working, open two-way communication, feedback
Provide leadership for all processes and interventions around Global Staff Survey (GSS), including ensuring staff participation, visibility of the survey, collective understanding, interpretation, and ownership of results, as well as the actions programme and accountability to stakeholders
In collaboration with country leadership as well as regional and headquarters leadership, provide close support and in-country implementation for WFP people and culture initiatives
Support employee engagement improvement efforts and conduct periodic benchmarking
Support the country office wellness team to identify wellness elements required for successful change process
Design and implement a robust learning and development plan for the country office, leveraging available resources to build a learning culture, while documenting and reporting on the same
Be the focal point for capability for the country office and in close liaison with the headquarters team, and develop a learning calendar to be deployed across the country
Champion the utilisation of ‘We Learn’ (e-learning) through innovative and creative solutions that will foster a culture of organisational learning and increase uptake
Partner with talent liaisons worldwide to develop and implement a country learning strategy, provide context, and enable global programmes
Certify and facilitate core offerings from external partners and internally developed learning modules
Collaborate with HR units to support onboarding and orientation programmes
Facilitate user-support for all learning-related technologies and resolve any user challenges and queries that emerge
Plan interventions for implementation of the corporate performance management cycle/calendar for all contract types, to ensure timely delivery of all key phases for an effective performance management system
Ensure control of the probation management process according to WFP regulations
Support heads of units, line managers and supervisors to facilitate best practices and build supervisory capacity for strong and accountable performance culture
Provide active support to line managers for all cases of underperformance, to ensure best practices, compliance with WFP regulations, accountability, and risk management
Conduct validation of appraisal results through the management review committee (MRC)
Facilitate user-support for all performance-related technologies and resolve any user challenges and queries that emerge
Under the guidance of the head of HR, execute the HR strategy projects and other associated activities in the Ethiopia country office
Provide change management support for WFP Ethiopia in emerging matters of organisational development
Identify continuous improvement opportunities in processes and coordinate the implementation of approved plans timeously

Requirements

Advanced university degree in Human Resources Management, Public/Business Administration, Industrial Psychology or a related field or first degree with additional years of related work experience or trainings/courses
Three years, minimum, of postgraduate professional experience in human resources with an interest in international humanitarian development
Broad or specialised knowledge of HR best practices, techniques and processes with some understanding of the basic theoretical background
Ability to supervise and support more junior and/or less experienced team members
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Ability to analyse data, draw conclusions and recommend a course of action
Good communication skills
Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with clients and provide client oriented service
Ability to identify client’s needs and match them to appropriate solutions
Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly assimilate, UN/WFP specific processes and systems
Fluency (level C) in English language
Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or WFP’s working language, Portuguese