HR Senior Officer

The HR Senior Officer leads HR service delivery across assigned countries, ensuring consistent application of UNOPS HR policies. The role supports recruitment, contract administration, policy interpretation, learning, and personnel realignment to drive HR excellence in an international setting.

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 implementation of corporate HR strategies and initiatives aligned with financial and operational priorities.
• Design and lead HR projects and initiatives supporting organizational goals.
• Develop and implement workforce planning initiatives to promote efficient service delivery and optimized workflows.
• 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.
• Design, deliver and model HR services, programmes and communications enhancing personnel experience.
• Advise, support and mediate on sensitive and complex personnel relations issues including grievances and workplace disputes.
• Promote line management accountability in HR policy implementation and team leadership, providing coaching and guidance.
• Support continuous improvement and professional development by advising on learning and development activities.
• Advance institutional gender and diversity priorities through education and guidance on equity, compliance, inclusion, and diversity.
• Oversee implementation of talent acquisition and management policies including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and contract administration.
• Coordinate administration of various contractual modalities including 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.
• Oversee the HR team to ensure effective delivery of high-quality HR services across assigned countries.
• Support organization 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 4 years of relevant experience OR Master’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline with 2 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 proficiency in French and English is required.
• Intermediate proficiency in Spanish is desirable.

Skills

• Human Resources Management
• Recruitment
• HR Contract Management
• Employee Relations
• Organizational Design
• HR Policies Interpretation
• Personnel Realignment
• HR Services Execution
• Multicultural Environment Experience
• Microsoft Office Suite
• G-Suite
• Web-based Management Systems

Languages

French, English, Spanish