Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University and a global leader in improving healthcare for women and families, seeks suitable candidates for the following position: Human Resources Officer.
Title: HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER
Reports to: Chief Finance and Administrative Officer
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Responsibilities- Analyze the country’s HR needs and establish specific HR objectives for country office to ensure that HR policy /procedures and standards are met
- Ensure country level management team members are well versed on country-related HR policies and that policies are implemented consistently
- Advice Country Director on all HR related issues
- Review and update local employment policies as per local laws and best practices in the international NGO community
- Liaise with Global Human Resources and Chief Administrative Officer as required
- Provide guidance to Country Director on all local compensation related issues
- Support Country Director by answering compensation related questions
- Administer all employee benefits and answer queries from staff regarding benefits
- Review Jhpiego, Nigeria benefits packages from time to time to ensure compliance with local laws and competitiveness with other international NGOs.
- Counsel hiring managers on staffing and recruitment related matters, including legal considerations and coaching on interview techniques
- Organize, lead and document post-interview debrief/feedback with interview teams and candidates
- Perform detailed reference checking and/or reference analyses on selected candidates and review results with hiring managers
- Ensure recruiting and hiring practices are in compliance with government regulations and organizational policies
- Work closely with Supervisors to address issues affecting new staff
- Develop and maintain a healthy employee relations environment providing staff a venue to discuss their work related problems and concern.
- Advise and assist staff with disciplinary and grievance issues
- Mediate in staff conflict situations
- Ensure that employee files are complete and all required documentation is maintained in a confidential and secure manner.
- Ensure that HQ receives new employee documentation in a timely fashion.
- Maintain recruitment and attrition statistics for staff.
Qualifications and Requirements- BA in Business Administration, Human Resources or related field with at least 3 years experience managing human resources functions for mid-sized organization preferably with an international organization preferably with an international organization
- In depth knowledge of Nigerian employment practices
- Highly motivated, energetic, independent self starter with strong service orientation
- Highly organized with keen attention to detail and ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities
- Strong presentation and communications skills, oral and written
- Proficiency in computer applications to include MS Office: Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Knowledge of USAID policies and procedures.
Application Deadline 27th May, 2010.
Method of Application:Qualified Candidates should forward their Application and CV to:
[email protected]The successful candidates selected for this position will be subjected to a pre-employment background investigation.
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