Global Talent Acquisition Manager P4

WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.

Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to end global hunger. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. Present in nearly 80 countries, the organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to nutritious food and contribute to the lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.

WFP’s greatest strength is its dedicated people working tirelessly around the world to reduce hunger, often under difficult conditions where security threats and risks to personal safety are considerable. The global context in which WFP operates is rapidly changing which means the need for effective people management is becoming important than ever before. To achieve this, we need outstanding HR professionals to get involved and contribute to drive our people agenda.

The Global Talent Acquisition Branch supports the organization to equip its workforce with the right capabilities by hiring best in class professionals and building a talent pipeline for future organizational needs. The function is going through a major transformation from administrative led to strategic focused, in order to strengthen WFP’s HR capabilities and enable the organization to achieve its strategic objectives. In this context, WFP is recruiting a Global Talent Acquisition Manager at the P4 level to be the subject matter expert in Talent Acquisition, providing market leading expertise across the WFP’s Global HR community. He/she will have a global responsibility to shape and implement the Global Talent Acquisition strategy and solutions which ensure the organization will proactively attract, select and hire people of the highest calibre with the capabilities and motivation to achieve our mandate.

The role is based in our Headquarters in Rome, Italy.

The incumbent will lead the Global Talent Acquisition team and will work with internal and external stakeholders, in order to:

1. Engage and collaborate with the different HR Division branches and organization leaders to lead the implementation of the Global Talent Acquisition strategy, evolving it as required in line with WFP’s strategic plan;
2. Develop or renew best in class Global Talent Acquisition solutions, plans, processes, policies and systems in line with the strategy and operating plans across the organization;
3. Lead and motivate a team of HR staff, monitoring performance, providing coaching, training and guidance to ensure appropriate development and enable high performance;
4. Make the Talent Acquisition team a Center of Excellence that provides technical advice, the latest thinking and tools to support the implementation of the Talent Acquisition strategy across our Headquarters, Regional Bureaux and Country Offices;
5. Partner with senior managers to define and implement the appropriate talent acquisition strategies for the organization;
6. Build an appealing employer brand using leading-edge tools including social media, and contribute to the development of the global people communication strategy to support the roll-out of new programmes or alterations to existing programmes;
7. Use data analytics to inform Talent Acquisition decisions, taking into account relevant factors (e.g. the organization’s strategic objectives, current and future business demand, demographics, attrition, capability, geography, critical and scarce skills, etc.);
8. Expand relevant talent pools through identifying sources of global required talent, including new sources of diverse talent, and develop relationships with key universities, institutions and communities as appropriate;
9. Ensure recruitment policies and approaches are regularly refreshed to remove bias and prevent discrimination;
10. Ensure the delivery of fair and effective assessment and selection steps that take account of gender, cultural differences and norms, and meet standards for diversity and fair access of opportunities for all;
11. Develop strategic approach to third-party vendor solutions including external search firms, social media, assessment tools, recruitment advertising, background screen vendors, etc. to achieve optimal cost and service levels;
12. Work closely with the Global Capability Development function to facilitate onboarding activities to introduce and sustain WFP’s corporate culture and support new hires’ transition;
13. Stay relevant and up-to-date with market practices and external networks to build recognized capability and credibility. Use this knowledge to identify areas for improvement, share insights with global teams, and build capability in the Talent Acquisition team to ensure policies, processes, systems and tools are employed consistently and effectively.

Education:

Advanced university degree in Human Resources Management, Organizational Development, Public or Business Administration or related areas or a first university degree with additional years of related work experience and HR trainings/certificates.

Experience:

Minimum of 8 years of progressive relevant HR experience, leading the design, development and facilitation of talent management programs, with at least 5 years leading a talent acquisition area and large scale global talent management strategy and solutions;

Experience in designing and leading transformational initiatives in HR, preferably in the Talent Acquisition area.

Experience working with Senior Management level.

Vendor and budget management.

Minimum of 5 years leading diverse teams, with overall responsibility on all aspects of team management.

International experience is a must.

Language:

Fluency in oral and written English (level C) with an intermediate knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) or Portuguese (one of WFP’s working languages).

• Deep knowledge of Talent Acquisition principles and concepts, and the latest trends and tools available in the market;
• Deep business acumen and strategic business viewpoint;
• Excellent workforce data analysis skills;
• Ability to analyze complex problems creatively and develop innovative and strategic solutions with a customer/client focus;
• Excellent interpersonal and intercultural skills to influence and collaborate with stakeholders and subject matter experts across business functions, levels and geographical areas;
• Excellent project management and organizational skills including the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines;
• Expertise with current practices, supporting technologies, and digital media (including social) to address talent acquisition and branding challenges;
• Confidence in ability to work in a broader change management role to support business transformation programmes.

• Ability to lead, coach and motivate a large and diverse team;

• The ability to quickly assimilate UN/WFP specific processes and systems;

• Strong initiative-taker and demonstrated ability to take independent decisions;

• Ability to balance strategic thinking a complex global organization, analytical and problem-solving skills;

• Ability to work with ambiguity, solution focused and build consensus across diverse and global teams.

Purpose

• Understand and communicate the Strategic Objectives: Utilizes understanding of WFP’s Strategic Objectives to communicate linkages to team objectives and work.
•  Be a force for positive change: Proactively identifies and develops new methods or improvements for self and immediate team to address work challenges within own work area.
•  Make the mission inspiring to our team: Identifies opportunities to further align individual contributions with WFP’s mission of making an impact on local communities.
•  Make our mission visible in everyday actions: Helps colleagues to see the link between their individual tasks and the contributions of their unit’s goals to the broader context of WFP’s mission.

People

• Look for ways to strengthen people's skills: Is able to identify, support and encourage focused on-the-job learning opportunities to address gaps between current skillsets and needed future skillsets for WFP.
•  Create an inclusive culture: Recognizes the contributions of teammates, and encourages contributions from culturally different team mates to recognise the value of diversity above and beyond just including it in programming for beneficiaries.
•  Be a coach & provide constructive feedback: Provides and solicits ongoing constructive feedback on strengths and development opportunities to help develop individual skills, whilst also helping others identify areas for improvement.
•  Create an “I will”/”We will” spirit: Sets clear targets for self and others to focus team efforts in ambiguous situations (e.g., unprecedented issues and/or scenarios).

Performance

• Encourage innovation & creative solutions: Thinks beyond team’s conventional approaches to formulate creative methods for delivering food aid and assistance to beneficiaries.
•  Focus on getting results: Maintains focus on achieving individual results in the face of obstacles such as volatile or fragile environments and/or organizational roadblocks.
•  Make commitments and make good on commitments: Takes personal accountability for upholding and delivering upon team’s commitments and provides assurance to stakeholders.
•  Be Decisive: Demonstrates ability to adjust to team’s plans and priorities to optimize outcomes in light of evolving directives, while also responding quickly in high-pressure environments, such as in emergency settings.

Partnership

• Connect and share across WFP units: Demonstrates an understanding of when and how to tactfully engage other units in conversations on impact, timing, or planning.
•  Build strong external partnerships: Networks regularly with key external partners using formal and informal opportunities to understand each partner’s unique value proposition, and to build and strengthen relationships.
•  Be politically agile & adaptable: Demonstrates ability to adapt engagement approach in the context of evolving partner circumstances and expectations.
•  Be clear about the value WFP brings to partnerships: Demonstrates ability to articulate to internal and external audiences the value that individual contributions and immediate teams bring to partnerships.

Selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term non-rotational contract with a probationary period of one year.

WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, travel and shipment allowances, 30 days’ annual leave, and home leave, an education grant for dependent children, pension plan and medical insurance. For more details please visit icsc.un.org

6th, October 2019

Female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially encouraged to apply

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.

No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.