Human Resources Officer NOA

Human Resources Officer NO-A, Conakry Guinea
• This Position is Open to: Guinean nationals only (NO/ National Officer)
• Unit/ Division: Human Resources / Guinea Conakry CO
• Type of Contract: FT (Fixed Term),
• Contract duration: 12 months (renewable)

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. ABOUT WFP: The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. 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.

To support the delivery of a professional, client-focused HR services, partnering with managers to implement HR solutions in line with WFP corporate priorities.

At this position, you will have to:
• Support HR operational activities or projects that are aligned to business needs, following standard processes and ensuring alignment with wider WFP policies.
• Respond to queries from managers and staff, understanding their issues and ensuring policies, procedures, processes, systems, and tools are available and correctly applied to support them.
• Contribute to the effective management of the employment relationship between WFP and its staff, by administering conditions of service, contracts, and appropriate entitlements.
• Support staff capability building, working with managers to understand individual skills and business requirements, and organizing development solutions that equip people with the skills and knowledge required to meet current and future challenges.
• Act as a point of contact for all recruitment related matters for both hiring managers and staff.
• Coordinate internal and external communications with stakeholders and applicants to ensure transparency of processes and act as a focal point for recruitment related queries.
• Support and deliver onboarding activities to ensure new employees have a positive experience of WFP and are successfully integrated into their new role and the organization.
• Provide support in building talent within WFP, working with managers to understand their needs, and organizing solutions to recruit, retain and develop a high caliber workforce to deliver the business strategy.
• Support for organizational design activities that enable senior management to define and organize structures and jobs and allocate people to the right places in order to improve efficiency.
• Collate data and contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting, supporting a WFP wide view of HR activities that enables informed decision-making and consistent information for stakeholders.
• Conduct straightforward data analysis in order to support others on projects or contribute to process efficiencies and improvements.
• Perform other duties as required. Education: Advanced university degree in Human Resource Management, Public or Business Administration, Industrial Psychology, or First University degree with two additional years of related work experience or training/courses.

Minimum of 1 year of postgraduate professional experience in Human Resources, and with an interest in international humanitarian development

Knowledge & Skills:
• Knowledge in HR operational activities
• Knowledge and experience on Learning and Development strategies and implementation
• Knowledge and experience of talent management programmes, including talent reviews, succession planning, and career planning
• Knowledge and experience of Employee Engagement strategies and Recognition programmes
• Ability to effectively make use of the performance management and learning software platforms and tools
• Ability to facilitate and deliver training
• Good communication skills with the ability to persuade, influence, and adapt communication style to different situations and individuals. Ability to quickly build credibility with internal stakeholders.
• Good problem-solving skills with the ability to continuously adapt approaches and recommendations to a specific organizational/country context.
• Excellent project management, reporting, and presentation skills using Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).

Language: Fluency (level C) in French and level B in English.