Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Responsibilities
General:
• Provides advice and support to managers and staff on human resources related matters.
• Keeps abreast of developments in various areas of human resources.

Administration Of Entitlements:
• Administers and provides advice on salary and related benefits, travel, and social security entitlements.
• Provides advice on interpretation and application of policies, regulations and rules. Reviews and provides advice on exceptions to policies, regulations and rules.
• Reviews the applications for internship programmes; handles correspondence with applicants.

Staff Development And Career Support Training:
• Identifies and analyzes staff development and career support needs and designs programmes to meet identified needs.
• Provides induction orientation and briefing to new staff members.
• Deliver staff selection training related for hiring managers and hiring teams.

Other Duties:
• Contributes to the collection and analysis of data as well as identification of trends or patterns and provides draft insights through graphs, charts, tables and reports using data visualization methods for data-driven planning, decision-making, presentation and reporting.
• Prepares and review classification analysis of jobs in Professional and General Service and related categories for the section

Competencies
• PROFESSIONALISM: Knowledge of human resources policies, practices and procedures and ability to apply them in an organizational setting. Ability to identify issues, formulate opinions, make conclusions and recommendations.The ability to analyze and interpret data in support of decision-making and convey resulting information to management.. Shows pride in work and in achievements; demonstrates professional competence and mastery of subject matter; is conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments, observing deadlines and achieving results; is motivated by professional rather than personal concerns; shows persistence when faced with difficult problems or challenges; remains calm in stressful situations. Takes responsibility for incorporating gender perspectives and ensuring the equal participation of women and men in all areas of work.
• TEAMWORK: Works collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goals; solicits input by genuinely valuing others' ideas and expertise; is willing to learn from others; places team agenda before personal agenda; supports and acts in accordance with final group decision, even when such decisions may not entirely reflect own position; shares credit for team accomplishments and accepts joint responsibility for team shortcomings.
• CLIENT ORIENTATION: Considers all those to whom services are provided to be "clients" and seeks to see things from clients' point of view; establishes and maintains productive partnerships with clients by gaining their trust and respect; identifies clients' needs and matches them to appropriate solutions; monitors ongoing developments inside and outside the clients' environment to keep informed and anticipate problems; keeps clients informed of progress or setbacks in projects; meets timeline for delivery of products or services to client.

Education
• A first-level degree (Bachelor's degree or equivalent) in human resources or related field is required. A first-level university degree in combination with two (2) additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• Successful completion of both degree and non-degree programs in data analytics, business analytics or data science programs is an advantage.

Work Experience
• A minimum of two (2) years of progressively responsible experience in human resources management, administration or related area is required.
• Experience in the administration of staff entitlements and benefits is required.
• Experience in using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as SAP is required.
• Work experience servicing clients located in multiple locations is desirable.
• Experience in providing HR advise to managers and staff is desirable.
• No experience is required for candidates who have passed the Young Professionals Programme Examination (YPP), or the General Services to Professional Examination (G to P).
• Work experience of one (1) year or more in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Languages
• English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of French and/or Spanish is an advantage.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Interested and qualified? Go to United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) on careers.un.org to apply

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