• Monitor the performance management of regional staff, ensuring that the process is monitored and documented
• Assist with the implementation and tracking of strategically aligned KPIs (qualitative and quantitative) that cascade objectives from global to national, linking accountabilities and performance
• Ensure a process is in place for assessing and maintaining high levels of employee engagement
• Support organisational changes in structure and tasks needed to achieve business aims in the regional office
• Maintain the regional office organisational charts and job descriptions
• Prepare advertisements and support the international recruiter in timely and fair recruitment processes
• Conduct background/reference checks or employment verifications for local staff in coordination with the WAR talent acquisition, diversity and employee relations specialist
• Ensure that staff members are aware of their contractual rights and responsibilities in delivering their work for the organisation
• Write/revise HR manual for local staff
• Ensure adherence to HR policy and practices consistent with global policy and compliant with local statutory and legislative requirements
• Manage legal matters related to local staff, including contracts, legal benefits and obligations, final payment calculations and other related matters
• Prepare contract and complete all needed onboarding formalities for newly recruited local staff
• Maintain information and monitor completion of fixed-term contracts and probation periods
• Coordinate the settling-in of new international staff and their families in collaboration with the administration
• Coordinate the smooth planning and delivery of induction programmes for all new staff (local and international)
• Arrange orientation agenda with related departments
• Process timely and with accuracy the payroll for local staff and local salary deduction for international staff
• Submit PAFs for international staff for changes in salary deductions, transportation allowance, change in status, contract end or extension, etc
• Coordinate the process of salary and benefit review for local staff in the regional office
• Responsible for the management of international staff benefits in the regional office under the support and leadership of the regional P&C director
• Provide analysis and reporting against progress on metric agreed upon for both the partnership and the region
• Maintain and keep update personal files of local and international staff
• Provide administrative documents to staff when required
• Manage regional office staff data
• Coordinate the proper completion of exit processes for staff leaving the regional office
• Prepare and monitor the budget of the regional P&C department
• Carry out additional responsibilities and projects as assigned

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Human Resources Management or a related discipline
• Knowledge of and/or experience across the portfolio (desirable)
• Three years, minimum, of related HR generalist experience
• Excellent technical knowledge of general HR areas
• Firsthand experience and knowledge of working in developing country environments and West Africa in particular will be a plus
• Good organisation design and workforce planning experience
• Good understanding and direct experience of best practices in people management, including recruitment, induction/orientation, performance management, reward and compensation, talent management, etc
• Good quantitative and qualitative analysis skills
• Proven ability to work within and strengthen teams, particularly leadership and management teams
• Project administration experience will be a plus
• Innovative and problem-solving skills and capacity to deliver under pressure
• Research skills
• Ability to design, conduct and analyse P&C operations processes
• Training delivery skills
• Strong cross-cultural communication, facilitation, coaching and development skills across major cultural areas

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