People and Culture Officer

For 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments

For more than 70 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.

Under the supervision of the People & Culture Manager, the UNV People & Culture Officer is responsible for supporting the Cote d’Ivoire Country Office’s People & Culture management work, specifically in the functional area of Learning & Development, Innovation and change management, People analytics, etc.

Under the supervision of the People and Culture Manager, the UN Volunteer People & Culture Officer will support the office work as follows:

Strategic People & Culture

• Keep abreast, research, benchmark, and implement best and cutting-edge practices in P&C management and introduce innovation through sharing of best practices and knowledge learned specifically in the functional area of Learning and Development and Digitalization.

Implementation of assigned People & Culture Services

• Provide support on UN volunteers recruitment, career development, performance management.
• Provie support on data analytics, learning & development etc.).
• Help supervisors in implementing efficient client services that help either attract, retain and/or motivate staff of the highest caliber.

• When assigned casework in the relevant area on either a routine or non-routine basis, analyze and synthesize issues and problems, and interpret established formal guidelines to address and recommend solutions or further actions required.

Learning and Capacity Development

• In collaboration with business owners, design and deliver learning plans for staff to enhance their knowledge and build skills in new areas.

• Contributes to the mapping of competencies for all staff in assigned client portfolio, assisting in the development of a comprehensive framework in support of the development of the talent pipeline.

• Recommend efficient and cost-effective learning products which strengthen staff capacity to contribute effectively to business goals.

• Participate in capacity building initiatives to enhance the competencies of clients/stakeholders in close collaboration with the CO Learning and Development Committee.

P&C Digitalization and Data Analytics

• In collaboration with ICT and under the guidance of the P&C Manager, lead the process of development of the CO P&C SharePoint page and the digitalization of HR administration processes.

• Interpret and analyze HR data to help inform strategic decision making on HR processes and strategies.

• Develop data collection systems to optimize data quality for quarterly reporting.