Action Against Hunger

HR Head of Department

Action Against Hunger

HR Head of Department

Action Against Hunger | Action Contre la Faim (ACF) is an international humanitarian organization committed to ending child hunger. Recognized as a leader in the fight against malnutrition, Action Against Hunger saves the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. With more than 40 years of expertise in emergency situations of conflict, natural disaster and chronic food insecurity, Action Against Hunger runs life-saving programmes in over 45 countries benefitting seven million people each year. With head offices in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, the United States and Canada, our international network shares its combined resources, breadth of experience and technical expertise in pursuit of a world without hunger. Every year, our 7,500+ field workers help over 21 million people in over 45 countries worldwide.

As a non-governmental, non-profit, non-religious organization, we are committed to principled humanitarian action as outlined in our International Charter of Principles: independence, neutrality, non-discrimination, free and direct access to affected populations, professionalism and transparency.

Action Against Hunger | Action Contre la Faim (ACF) is an international humanitarian organization committed to ending child hunger. Recognized as a leader in the fight against malnutrition, Action Against Hunger saves the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger. With more than 40 years of expertise in emergency situations of conflict, natural …

HR Head of Department

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Basic Job Information

Job Category : NGO / INGO / Social work
Job Level : mid
No. of Vacancy/s : [ 1 ]
Job Location : Kathmandu
Offered Salary : None
Apply Before(Deadline) : Dec. 01, 2015 00:00 (8 years, 5 months ago)

Job Specification

Experience Required : Not Required
Other Specification
  • At least 7 years’ experience in HR department/sector
  • 2-3 years’ experience as HR manager or similar position in development sector with responsibilities including management and control of HR policy, management of HR team, training and capacity building planning, management of administrative HR processes (HR data base, payrolls), supervision of recruitment processes.
    • Know how to analyse a social legislation act.
    • Know how to conduct a recruitment interview.
    • Know how to draw up a training plan.
    • Know how to use a classification grid.
    • Know how to manage organogram and HR structure with anticipation.
    • Know how to define a Compensation and Benefits policy.

Basic knowledge in:

  • Project Cycle management to understand programs
  • Financial structure of humanitarian or development oriented INGO

Advanced knowledge of:

  • Social legislation;
  • Social dialogue with staff representatives
  • Compensation and benefits
  • Payroll and staff administration
  • Recruitment
  • Training
  • Career management and competency planning
  • Team management
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Nepali
  • Good interpersonal, analytical and report writing skills
  • Advanced skills in computers (Windows, spreadsheets, word processing)
  • Capacity and willingness to move for field visits

Job Description

Main Objective: Define Human Resources policy for the mission and coordinate its implementation and deployment throughout the mission in order to provide optimum support to programs

TASKS AND RESPONSIBITIES:

  • Developing a Human Resources strategy for the mission
  • Making Human Resources data available to other departments to facilitate the establishment of the country strategy
  • Producing high quality and timely Human Resources contributions to "proposals" and reports for funding bodies
  • Designing and putting in place administrative and payroll procedures which conform to social legislation and with ACF and its funding bodies’ guidelines
  • The quality of the tools used in staff administration and payroll, and the reliability and transparency of the data
  • Conformity with the contractual obligations of ACF vis-à-vis its employees
  • Putting in place fair and transparent procedures for recruitment, access to training, promotion and internal mobility, in accordance with legal requirements and ACF guidelines
  • Using all necessary means in the search for appropriate candidates for vacant posts
  • Providing employees with the means to acquire the skills necessary for the proper exercise of their functions
  • Ensuring that all employees have access to a formal annual appraisal meeting (or meetings), that such meetings are of high quality and that they take place on the planned date
  • Ensuring that organisational charts are coherent and are conform to ACF classification grid
  • Ensuring that remuneration systems are fair and consistent with the cost of living for local employees
  • Ensuring that all local employees are covered by health care
  • Implementing ACF regulations (internal regulations and convention on social benefits) adapted to the local context of the mission and local legislation
  • Consulting and informing local employees through the medium of staff representatives, in conformity with the relevant social legislation
  • Providing accurate information to all employees regarding the ACF charter and its organisational regulations (internal regulations and convention on social benefits)
  • Stimulating internal communications on both general and Human Resources issues
  • Anticipating risks associated with national Human Resources
  • Participating in the process of selecting partners and validating the Human Resources risk analysis provided by the bases
  • Defining with partners the modes of Human Resources management in the framework of joint projects
  • Validating the Human Resources aspects of partnership conventions and agreements
  • Taking full advantage at mission level of all innovative Human Resources practices in the framework of partnerships
  • Identifying the risks of fraud and corruption in his/her field of competence and putting in place preventative and monitoring mechanisms
  • Making his/her team aware of the risks of fraud and corruption
  • Alerting the Country Director to cases of fraud and corruption and undertaking corrective action
  • Putting in place and monitoring recommendations arising from the day-to-day control and audit
  • Day-to-day management of the team (guidance, follow-up, motivation…)
  • Evaluating the performance and developing the skills of his/her team members
  • Management of the teams for which s/he is support/technical Manager

Contract Type : Fixed Term Contract
Contract Duration : 1 year with possibility of extension
Gross Salary per month : NPR 1,30,000+
Duty Station : Kathmandu
VACANCY REF: ACFHRKMHOD

TO APPLY:

Interested Nepali applicants with suitable skills are requested to submit an application letter, updated CV with two referees through email: [email protected] by 1st December 2015. The Vacancy Reference must be mentioned in the subject otherwise the application will be disqualified.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for further process. Applications will proceed as soon as we receive. ACF Nepal reserves the right to reject any or all applicants and ACF provides equal opportunities for all candidates.
Telephone enquiries will not be entertained.


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