Human Resources Officer

The Human Resources Officer is responsible for providing advice and support on human resources matters, managing recruitment and placement processes, staff development, career support, and other HR related duties within the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. The role involves policy interpretation, recruitment coordination, training program design, and data analysis to support HR decision-making.

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 examinations boards.
• Prepares and presents cases to appointment and promotion bodies.
• Monitors and evaluates recruitment and placement related activities of client offices, and recommends changes or corrections related to procedures to these offices.
• Provides advice on interpretation and application of policies, regulations and rules.
• Reviews policies and procedures and recommends changes as required.
• Identifies and analyzes staff development and career support needs and designs programmes to meet identified needs.
• Prepares monitoring reports on staff development and career support programmes.
• 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).
• Assesses training needs, identifies, designs and delivers training programmes to staff at all levels throughout the Organization.
• 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.
• Assists in preparing policy papers, position papers and briefing notes on issues related to examinations and tests.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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 two additional years of qualifying work experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in human resources management, administration or related area is required.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience managing full-cycle recruitment processes is required.
• Experience advising managers and staff on the interpretation and application of HR policies, rules, and procedures is required.
• Experience in designing and implementing targeted outreach strategies is required.
• Experience representing an office or organization at outreach, recruitment or similar events is desirable.
• Experience developing innovative methods, tools or approaches to achieve HR objectives is desirable.
• 2 years or more of experience in data analytics or related area is desirable.
• English is required at UN Level III proficiency in reading, writing, listening and speaking.
• French is desirable at UN Level II proficiency in reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Skills

• Human Resources Management
• Full Cycle Recruitment
• HR Policies Interpretation
• Recruitment Coordination
• Staff Development
• Career Development Support
• Training Program Development
• Data Analytics
• HR Administration
• Target-driven Outreach

Languages

English, French