helping people forced to flee.
We protect displaced people and support them as they build a new future. We started our relief efforts after World War Two.
Today, we work in both new and protracted crises across 31 countries. We
specialise in six areas: food security, education, shelter, legal assistance,
camp management, and water, sanitation and hygiene.
We stand up for people forced to flee. NRC is a determined advocate
for displaced people. We promote and defend displaced people’s rights and
dignity in local communities, with national governments and in the
international arena. NRC’s Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva is
a global leader in monitoring, reporting on and advocating for people displaced
within their own country.
We respond quickly to emergencies.Our expert deployment capacity, NORCAP,
boasts around 1,000 experts from all over the world who can be deployed within
72 hours. Our experts help improve international and local ability to prevent,
prepare for, respond to and recover from crises.
Around 6,000 men and women work for the
Norwegian Refugee Council.Most of us are hired locally
to work in the field, and a small number are based at our head office in Oslo.
Many of our colleagues were once themselves fleeing their homes.
- This position is open to Kenyan nationals only*
The Norwegian Refugee Council is looking for an experienced Human Resources professional to join the East Africa & Yemen Regional Office as Regional HR Adviser. This position will provide strategic guidance and technical support to nine countries in the East Africa & Yemen Region, with particular focus on: Duty of Care, compliance, performance management, employee relations issues, capacity building, and succession planning. The position will also conduct regular trainings and will be required to travel to the various countries in the region.
- Provide strategic HR advice and technical support to the Country Offices in the region
- Support and monitor compliance with the HR handbooks and NRC policies, and respective quality assurances, including control checks via travel to country offices
- Contribute to the development of policies, strategies, tools and new approaches, with a focus on innovation and piloting
- Ensure that best practices are identified, documented and disseminated both within the region and beyond
- Provide capacity development across Country Offices in the region and the Regional Office
- Conduct various trainings across the region on Performance Management, Duty of Care, Code of Conduct
- Focal point for Duty of Care in the regional office and country offices
- Conducting exit interviews and debriefing with staff and improve the retention of staff in the country programs and regional office
- Support managers and country offices with handling employee relations issues and investigations
- A full Job Description is attached below*
- Minimum first level university/bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field
- Minimum 3 years of experience from working as a senior HR Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context
- Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts
- Documented results related to the position’s responsibilities
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to engage with staff and managers at all levels
- Experience and ability to conduct valuable training sessions to wide audiences
- Proactive and motivated to provide timely and high quality support to staff and managers
- Strong attention to detail
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal
- Knowledge of the context in the East Africa/Yemen region
- International work experience, advantageous
- Initiating action and change
- Managing performance and development
- Empowering and building trust
- Handling insecure environments
- Duty Station: Nairobi, Kenya
- 20% travel within the East Africa & Yemen Region
- Contract Duration: Until 31 December 2019 with possible extension depending on funding and performance
- Salary/Benefits: Competitive compensation and benefits package
- NRC may be required to verify the identity of its partners and check that its partners have not been involved in illegal activity. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.
- Females are highly encouraged to apply for this position*
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