Human Resources Officer (Sourcing and Recruitment Planning), NO 2 Fixed Term UNICEF WCARO Dakar Senegal

This position reports directly to the Regional Chief of Human Resources, in the HR section of the West and Central African regional office, which is responsible for supporting the Country Offices on the application, interpretation and implementation of strategic organizational HR policies, procedures and practices on human resource management; and regional development initiatives of HR knowledge products and capacity building initiatives in support of programme management. The Human Resources Officer provides support to the supervisor and colleagues, through executing a variety of technical and professional functions in HR planning and outreach, applying thorough knowledge of HR organizational goals and objectives, rules, regulations, policies and procedures to complete the tasks. This entails responsibility for maintaining the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) roster and the development/population/maintenance of functional talent pipelines and talent groups by drawing information from internal processes (CPMP, TRT/PBR etc.) to project staffing needs, develop recruitment plans and launch recruitment campaigns to populate functional rosters (emergency), talent pipelines and talent groups with suitable candidates.

UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families. Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects. UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world.

For every child, a fair chance

The situation of children in West and Central Africa is still challenging, but through strong political leadership in the region and with the support of donors, UNICEF is confident that it can help make a difference for children and for their communities.

https://www.unicef.org/wcaro/english/

How can you make a difference? 

Purpose of the job

Under general guidance of the HR Manager, the Human Resources Officer will be responsible for strategic work force planning and execute a variety of technical and professional functions in HR planning and outreach;  apply thorough knowledge of HR organizational goals and objectives, rules, regulations, policies and procedures to complete the tasks. This entails responsibility for maintaining the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) roster and the development/population/maintenance of functional talent pipelines and talent groups by drawing information from internal processes (CPMP, TRT/PBR etc.) to project staffing needs, develop recruitment plans and launch recruitment campaigns to populate functional rosters (emergency), talent pipelines and talent groups with suitable candidates.

Summary of key functions/accountabilities:

1. Strategic Recruitment Planning
2. Outreach and sourcing
3. Population of functional talent groups
4. Evaluation of effectiveness of surge assignments
5. Monitoring and Reporting on relevant KPIs

• Strategic Recruitment Planning

•  Supports the development of recruitment plans for the short and medium term by drawing information from human resources data and country office staffing plans based on their submissions to the Technical Review Committee (TRT).

• Coordinate, consolidate, review and analyze surge needs in emergencies by utilizing Operational Staffing Matrix (OSM) tool to conduct trend and bottlenecks analysis and share reports with supervisor as required.

• Coordinate e-migration and maintenance of the Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM) roster.

• Identify, screen and maintain a regional emergency response capacity of staff members in relevant functional areas to rapidly deploy to emergencies.

• Liaise with the emergency unit, DHR, regarding status of surge capacity requests, candidate availability and staff mobilization throughout the region.

• Population of functional talent groups

 In close collaboration with Regional Advisers and respective Cos Section Chief, determine the talent needs of each functional area by categories and level

• Develop, launch and vacancies announcements

• Outreach and Sourcing

• Research potential innovative recruitment sources for attracting external and internal talent for emergency deployment

• Collaborate with DHR and emergency unit for sharing ideas on improving UNICEF’s employment brand.

• Build and sustain effective collaborative working relationships with other UN agencies through active sharing of information and knowledge.

• Participate in appropriate inter-agency HR meetings/events to collaborate/consult on emergency HR operational planning and to integrate and harmonize UNICEF practices with the UN system partners’ best practices and approaches.

• Evaluation of effectiveness of surge assignments

• Monitor, analyze and evaluate staff mobilization during different emergency responses. Draft and circulate updates on the progress being made.

• Collects and monitors feedback from clients on the procedures, policies and frameworks for delivering emergency human resources deployments.

• In close collaboration with CO HR practitioners, track the performance of deployed staff by reviewing and uploading their performance evaluation reports.
• Ensure knowledge management by drafting lessons learned and best practice documents

Impact of Results

 The incumbent of the position of HR Officer (Strategic HR Planning and Sourcing), NO-2 will contribute to ensuring proactive and quality  filling of vacant positions, rapid staffing scale-up in emergencies and also accelerate the closing of diversity gaps (gender, nationality). This directly impacts on the ability of the organization to recruit, retain, develop and compensate qualified and highly motivated staff members performing efficiently and effectively in support of its programs and operations. This in turn contributes to maintaining/enhancing the credibility of UNICEF as an effective employer of highly qualified and performing staff members in support of the delivery of results of its mission, goals and objectives

Recruitment Qualifications

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have the required combination of:

Education

University degree in either Human Resources, International Relations, Business Administration, or other relevant social science is required.

Experience

Two years of relevant professional work experience in Human resources management is required. Background/familiarity with Humanitarian Action in emergencies is desired. Experience with various Information Technologies and Social Media recruitment strategies, and Statistical Analysis is an advantage. 

Language requirement

Fluency in both English and French is required

For every Child, you demonstrate…

Core Values

• Commitment
• Diversity and inclusion
• Integrity

 Core competencies

•  Communication [II]
• Drive for Result  [I]

• Working With People [II]

Functional Competencies:

• Analyzing [I]
• Applying Technical Expertise [II]
• Following Instructions and Procedures [II]
• Planning and Organizing [I]
• Relating & Networking (I)

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Unicef is a non smoking environment.