HR Manager

UNOPS is an operational arm of the United Nations, supporting the successful implementation of its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world. Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve sustainable development.

UNOPS areas of expertise cover infrastructure, procurement, project management, financial management and human resources.

Working with us

UNOPS offers short- and long-term work opportunities in diverse and challenging environments across the globe. We are looking for creative, results-focused professionals with skills in a range of disciplines.

Diversity

With over 4,000 UNOPS personnel and approximately 7,000 personnel recruited on behalf of UNOPS partners spread across 80 countries, our workforce represents a wide range of nationalities and cultures. We promote a balanced, diverse workforce — a strength that helps us better understand and address our partners’ needs, and continually strive to improve our gender balance through initiatives and policies that encourage recruitment of qualified female candidates.

Work life harmonization

UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands.

Based in the support services structure, reporting directly to the Head of Support Services and collaborating closely with IPAS HR, the HR Manager ensures consistent application of appropriate policies, rules, guidelines, procedures and practices in service provision in Myanmar.

HR Manager supervises the HR Unit in Myanmar serving over 400 personnel and supports the Myanmar Operations Centre (MMOC) in the management, implementation and oversight of HR service lines and initiatives to meet client needs, i.e. including recruitment, contract administration, interpretation and guidance, learning and personnel re-alignment exercises in consultation with HQ. Specifically, s/he is the primary HR focal point in MMOC. 

UNOPS Office in Myanmar is looking for an experienced and results oriented HR Manager to lead a team of six dedicated local HR colleagues. The Myanmar office currently has over 400 personnel. The projects managed by this office are focusing on post-disaster recovery, health programmes and food security.  

As the HR Manager, you will be accountable for implementing HR Services and providing advisory services to strengthen the delivery capacity of our clients – the three largest development programmes in-country. These programmes are the Access to Health Fund, the Livelihood and Food Security Fund (LIFT) and the Joint Peace Fund (JPF) as well as the Global Fund Programme in Myanmar and the Southeast Asia Region's artemisinin-resistance initiative, targeting drug resistant malaria in the greater Mekong sub-region.  

Your main responsibility will be to manage and build the capacity of your team, and ensure clients receive the highest possible level of service. Your ultimate goal is that HR Unit be considered a strong business partner and reliable resource providing innovative operational and strategic HR guidance, including advice on best practices and policy implementation.

You will also be in charge of providing HR advisory services to managers, and control the full recruitment lifecycle in the office (talent acquisition, outreach, recruitment, on-boarding, performance management, succession planning, etc.). You will work very closely with UNOPS Headquarters in Copenhagen and get the opportunity to contribute to HR policy development.

To learn more about this exciting opportunity, please read the full job description which is attached to this vacancy announcement.

• Advanced University degree in relevant discipline
• A first University degree in related fields combined with 2 years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced degree.

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in human resources management including HR advisory services/business partnering in at least 2 areas of the following HR disciplines: HR Contract Administration/Benefits and Entitlements, HR Operations, Recruitment, Performance Management or Organizational Design
• Experience in an HR manager or team lead role is required 
• Relevant experience in a multicultural setting is required
• International experience or exposure is required
• Some experience in UN system organizations/NGO preferably in a developing country is desirable.
• Experience in a similar HR function in a NGO is desirable
• Prior work experience in Asia would be an asset

• Fluency in English is required

• Working knowledge of another, official UN language is desirable

  
  

Contract type:        International Individual Contractor Agreement Contract level:       IICA 2 (ICS 10)
Contract duration: Open-ended, subject to organizational requirements, availability of funds and satisfactory  performance

• Please note that the closing date is midnight Copenhagen time
• Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
• Only those candidates that are short-listed for interviews will be notified.
• Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
• UNOPS seeks to reasonably accommodate candidates with special needs, upon request.
• Work life harmonization - UNOPS values its people and recognizes the importance of balancing professional and personal demands. We have a progressive policy on work-life harmonization and offer several flexible working options. This policy applies to UNOPS personnel on all contract types
• For staff positions only, UNOPS reserves the right to appoint a candidate at a lower level than the advertised level of the post
• The incumbent is responsible to abide by security policies, administrative instructions, plans and procedures of the UN Security Management System and that of UNOPS.  

It is the policy of UNOPS to conduct background checks on all potential recruits/interns. Recruitment/internship in UNOPS is contingent on the results of such checks.