HR Officer

The HR Officer delivers high-quality effective HR services to UNODC field Units across Africa, Europe and Asia, ensuring compliance with UN rules and UNOPS policies. The role supports recruitment, contract management, policy interpretation, and personnel realignment, providing consultative HR solutions in a client-oriented manner.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to HR policy development and corporate initiatives by providing data-driven insights on workforce trends, risks and opportunities, and sharing country-specific best practices.
• Lead the implementation of corporate HR strategies and initiatives in consultation with management.
• Design and lead HR projects and initiatives aligned with corporate HR strategy and organizational goals.
• Collaborate with leadership to develop and implement workforce planning initiatives and monitor workforce status and trends.
• Communicate changes in HR policies and rollout of new initiatives to management and personnel, offering guidance and support.
• Maintain or oversee HR analytics and data parameters to support informed decision-making.
• Provide strategic guidance on HR policy application in people management and deliver consultative support to management on personnel matters.
• Design, deliver and model HR services, programmes and communications to enhance personnel experience.
• Collaborate with corporate HR teams to advise, support and mediate on sensitive and complex personnel relations issues.
• Promote line management accountability in HR policy implementation and provide coaching to strengthen supervisory capabilities.
• Support continuous improvement and professional development by advising on learning and development activities.
• Partner with leadership to advance institutional gender and diversity priorities through education and guidance.
• Oversee talent acquisition and management policies and processes including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and contract administration.
• Coordinate administration of contractual modalities such as loans, exchanges and secondments.
• Lead personnel realignment exercises ensuring timely competency mapping, sourcing, selection, placement and transition of talent.
• Identify critical talent needs and develop plans to attract, develop and retain key talent.
• If senior HR lead, oversee Office HR team to ensure effective delivery of HR services across assigned countries.
• Support organization, facilitation and delivery of training and learning sessions on HR topics.
• Participate in knowledge-sharing initiatives and Communities of Practice, contributing insights and lessons learned.
• Conduct research on HR-related topics and contribute to drafting reports, summaries and briefing notes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline with 2 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline with 0 years of relevant experience is required.
• A globally or nationally recognized professional certificate in Human Resource Management (HRM) is desired.
• Relevant experience in recruitment, HR contract administration, employee relations, organization design and development, or related areas.
• Experience in the use of collaboration and productivity tools (e.g. MS Office, G-Suite, etc) and web-based management systems is required.
• Experience of working in multicultural environments or UN system organizations in a developing country is desired.
• Experience in development or humanitarian contexts is desired.
• Fluent English is required.
• Fluent French is desirable.

Skills

• Human Resources Management
• Recruitment
• HR Contract Management
• Employee Relations
• Organizational Design
• Organization Development
• Policy Interpretation
• Personnel Realignment
• Consultative HR Solutions
• Microsoft Office Suite
• G-Suite
• Web-based Management Systems

Languages

English, French