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HR Officer At Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger is the world’s hunger specialist and leader in a global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. For 40 years, the humanitarian and development organization has been on the front lines, treating and preventing hunger across nearly 50 countries. It served more than 21 million people in 2018 alone.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: HR Officer
Location: Dutse, Jigawa
Job Type: Full Time
Department: Human Resources
Level: Experienced
Starting date: As Soon As Possible
Direct Line Manager: Field Manager
Objective 1
- Support in various aspects of the training and development of staff
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Facilitate staff training on HR policy and procedure as assigned.
- Participate in the research and identification of training opportunities for staff.
- Ensure that all staff receive proper induction and briefing with HR and the relevant departments
- In liaison with logistics, manage the practical organization of training as requested
- Follow up with managers to ensure that staff performance appraisals are received on time
Objective 2
- Oversee the recruitment process at the base level
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Advertising
- Create a recruitment file for all positions, and ensure that all documents are collected and filed completely and accurately in the base, and copies sent to Abuja in order to move forward with employment offer to the selected candidate
- Technical test and interview
- In liaison with the Capital Resourcing Team, ensure that each step of the recruitment process is followed at the base level, according to the mission recruitment process
- Validation
- Maintain a recruitment-tracking database, recording the status of all positions recruited at the base level, and submit it to the Capital office on a weekly basis.
- Application management
- Ensure monitoring methods are in place to maintain compliance with the recruitment procedure
Objective 3
- Provide overall support to the HR Department
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Liaise with the HR Co to provide suggestions on how to improve HR functioning
- Participate in elaborating projects related to national HR functioning
- Assist in the circulation of HR department communications
- Support in the implementation and application of the HR policy in the base and provide advice and support to employees and managers
Internal & External Relationship
Internal:
- Logistics, Administration and Finance Departments: collaboration, coordination, and exchange of information
- Field Manager: Line management, exchange of information, reporting, collaboration, coordination
- Abuja and field-based HR team: collaboration, coordination, and exchange of information
- HR Assistant and Cleaner: Line manager
- HR Coordinator / Manager: Advisory role, exchange of information, reporting, collaboration, coordination
- External:
- Pension providers, bank representatives
- Suppliers (newspaper advertising, etc.)
- Job applicants and inquiries
Objective 4
- Ensure employee information is accurately and completely managed in a timely manner
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Ensure that all timesheets and payslips are received completed and sent to Abuja on a monthly basis
- Maintain all ACF communication boards as directed by the capital HR department
- Ensure that all employment contracts and contract renewals are received, signed and filed in a timely manner
- Create and maintain a database of all staff information, documents, expiration dates, etc.
- Collect and submit the necessary documents for employee insurance enrollment and updating and ensure that staff has up-to-date insurance cards.
- Receive and track employee leaves and ensure that all necessary supporting documentation is sent to Abuja
- Liaise with the Abuja office to provide all information and documentation needed to ensure the timely processing of the monthly payroll
- Maintain all base personnel files, ensuring that all documents are collected and filed completely and accurately in the base and copies sent to Abuja
- Provide administrative support for pension and salary account openings or changes.
Position Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in fields related to HR, Administration, and Management preferred; post-secondary diploma plus relevant experience also acceptable;
Skills and Experience
Essential:
- Able to maintain confidentiality
- Minimum 2 years experience working in HR and/or administrative support positions
- Computer literacy including all Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook)
- Excellent attention to detail, highly organized, rigorous, self-motivated, a strong sense of responsibility, ability to work independently
- Capacity for analysis, synthesis, and reporting of large amounts of information
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Approachable, diplomatic, able to work effectively in diverse, cross-cultural teams in a complex, multi-site work environment
Preferred:
- Fluency in two or more National / regional languages an asset
- Previous experience working for INGOs an asset, particularly health-related INGOs
- Understanding of national labor law and employment norms / practices.
Minimum Basic Salary
N236,585 per month.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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Note: Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application Deadline 14th January, 2020.
