United Nations ยท 5 hours ago
Human Resources Officer, P3
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expThe United Nations is an international organization dedicated to promoting peace and cooperation among nations. They are seeking a Human Resources Officer to provide advice and support on human resources matters, manage recruitment processes, and oversee staff development and entitlements. The role involves working closely with managers and staff to ensure effective human resource practices within the organization.
CommunitiesHumanitarianNon Profit
Responsibilities
Provides advice and support to managers and staff on human resources related matters
Prepares special reports and participates and/or leads special human resources projects
Keeps abreast of developments in various areas of human resources
Identifies upcoming vacancies in coordination with client offices
Prepares vacancy announcements, reviews applications, and provides a short-list to those offices
Arranges and conducts interviews to select candidates
Reviews recommendation on the selection of candidate by client offices
Serves as ex-officio in appointment and promotion bodies, examinations boards, and prepares and presents cases to these bodies
Prepares job offers for successful candidates
Monitors and evaluates recruitment and placement related activities of client offices, and recommends changes or corrections related to procedures to these offices
Supervises and monitors the work of the Human Resources Assistants in carrying out all human resources administrative transactions including preparation of personnel actions, maintenance of staffing tables, and processing of contracts
Provides advice on interpretation and application of policies, regulations and rules
Reviews and provides advice on exceptions to policies, regulation and rules
Administers and provides advice on salary and related benefits, travel, and social security entitlements
Determines and recommends benefits and entitlements for staff on the basis of contractual status
Reviews policies and procedures and recommends changes as required
Reviews and recommends level of remuneration for consultants
Provides advice on mobility and career development to staff, particularly young professionals and staff in the General Service and related categories
Designs, plans, monitors and provides induction orientation programme and briefing to new staff members
Provides performance management advice to staff and management
Assists supervisors and staff with understanding and using the performance appraisal system (PAS)
Advises and counsels staff in respect of rights, responsibilities, code of conduct and difficulties associated with work and entitlements
Prepares classification analysis of jobs in Professional and General Service and related categories
Provides guidance to programme managers on the application of classification policies and procedures and by undertaking whole office review
Collects and analyzes data to identify trends or patterns and provide insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods to enable data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting
Qualification
Required
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in human resources management, business or public administration, social sciences, education or related area
A first-level university degree in combination with qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree
Human Resources Partner Certification is required
A minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in human resources management is required
At least five years of human resources experience within the United Nations Common System is required
At least five years of experience using HR modules of an ERP systems, such as Umoja is required
At least five years of experience using Application Tracking Systems, such as Inspira, is required
Experience designing, developing and implementing a departmental or organization-wide human resource strategy is required
At least two years of experience working on organization-wide strategic HR projects is desirable
English is required
Company
United Nations
United Nations is an international organization founded after the Second World War to maintain international peace and security.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Amandeep Singh Gill
Under-Secretary-General, Tech Envoy
Keith Hiatt
Chief, Information Systems Management Section, IIIM (Syria)
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