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HR Manager - DR Congo

Washington D.C.

  • Organization: NRC - Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Location: Washington D.C.
  • Grade: Mid/Senior level - Mid/Senior - Internationally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Operations and Administrations
    • Human Resources
    • Emergency Aid and Response
  • Closing Date: Closed


The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is a non-governmental, humanitarian organization with 60 years of experience in helping to create a safer and more dignified life for refugees and internally displaced people. NRC advocates for the rights of displaced populations and offers assistance within the shelter, education, emergency food security, legal assistance, and water,sanitation and hygiene sectors.

The Norwegian Refugee Council has approximately 5000 committed and competent employees involved in projects across four continents. In addition, NRC runs one of the world’s largest standby rosters -NORCAP, with 650 professionals, ready to be deployed on 72 hours notice when a crisis occurs

The HR Manager is responsible that the HR system is according to NRC standard and to support programme/project implementation. The main tasks will be:
• Implement NRC’s HR and admin systems and procedures
• Ensure that country set up adhere to Employment standards, HR policy and other NRC policies
• Ensure compliance with the local labor law
• Training, support, control and development of HR teams
• Support and train of all staff with HR responsibilities/ personnel management
• Management of the HR team
• Provide regular HR analysis and reports
• Ensure safe and standardized filing of personnel documents in all offices
• Promote the rights of IDPs/returnees in line with the advocacy strategy

Job description

• Identify gaps related to NRC HR minimum standards and national labour law
• Prepare HR plan of action (PoA) for the DR Congo
• Establish and implement HR SOPs
• Ensure timely, transparent and compliant recruitment processes, and oversee the employment contracts management
• Ensure planning and coordination of induction of new staff
• Provide support to line management, ensuring implementation of the performance management system
• Establish and maintain a training plan for DR Congo
• Identify and address shortcomings affecting the well-being and motivation of national and international staff.
• Review pay structure and salary grid for national staff
• Ensure that the payroll is accurate and timely prepared
• Ensure that employees taxes and benefits are accurately managed and paid as required by the local labour law

Qualifications

• Degree or similar qualification in HR/Business Administration is an asset
• Knowledge of the context in DR Congo
• Experience with Humanitarian INGOs
• Experience with implementation of HR structure and systems
• Minimum 3 years of experience from working as a senior HR Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context
• Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
• Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
• Knowledge about own leadership skills/profile
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal

Personal qualities

• Initiating action and change
• Managing performance and development
• Empowering and building trust
• Handling insecure environments

All employees of the Norwegian Refugee Council should be able to adhere to our Code of Conduct and the four organizational values: Dedicated, innovative, inclusive and accountable

We offer

Commencement: September 2017
Duration: 12 months
Salary/benefits: According to NRC’s general directions and free housing of moderate standard.
Duty station: Goma, with frequent travels. Goma is a non-family posting. International staff members are required to live in joint accommodation.

Approved health certficate will be requested before contract start.
Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the "Company name" field for both company and location
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