ABOUT STREET CHILD OF LIBERIA

Street Child of Liberia (SCOL) was formally registered as a Liberian NGO in 2013 and works in partnership with UK registered charity, Street Child UK and Sierra Leone partner organisation, Street Child of Sierra Leone (SCoSL). Together the Street Child Group has been working to give out of school children the opportunity to gain an education since 2008.

`SCoL creates educational opportunities for Liberia’s most vulnerable children through education, child protection and livelihoods programs. We support the most vulnerable groups: street-connected children, slum-dwellers, children in remote, rural communities, and girls to access a quality education. We do this through programs of teacher training and school improvement, and individually tailored packages of social work and livelihoods support for individual households to support their children in education.

Street Child of Liberia is a leading national NGO undergoing significant expansion. Currently we have 50 Liberian staff, with primary operations in Monrovia and field stations in Grand Bassa, Margibi and Grand Cape Mount, with further plans to expand nationwide. To date, we have received funding from DfID, Comic Relief, Medicor and several other private and national funders.

Street Child of Liberia invites application from interested and potential Liberian candidates for the following positions:

Please find below full descriptions of the position

How to apply? Interested and qualified candidates are requested to submit their detailed CV with a cover letter (maximum 2 pages each) along with other relevant certificates to the email scoljobs@gmail.com with copy to atehmeh@street-child.org. You are requested to mention the title of the position on the subject line of the e-mail while applying.

Last date for the submission of CV’s is 03 May at 04:00 pm. Street Child of Liberia reserves the right to accept or reject any or all CV(s) without assigning any reason. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Telephone enquiries will not be entertained.

“The Recruitment Processes will be ongoing while receiving applications”.

Positions: HR & ADM. Officer

Organisation: Street Child of Liberia

Location: Roles available in Montserrado County, with frequent travel across Liberia

Salary: Negotiable and based on experience

HR & ADM. Officer Scope

This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing Liberian NGO and significantly impact on its development and growth. The HR & ADM officer will work closely with the Operation providing oversight over Street Child’s personnel and administrative activities.

Key Responsibilities

Administrative roles

1. Prepare, update and track needed changes in staff files including employment contracts, timesheets, leave system tracking, and other personnel matters as required.
2. Manage and renew office and house/apartment rental agreements.
3. Establish and maintain appropriate filing systems for office correspondence. Receive and dispatch mail.
4. Ensure that the office is run in a professional and responsible manner including hosting guests, cleaning, receptionist duties and general contact and liaison with outside agencies.
5. Provide verbal and written translation support documents, meeting, statements, records, etc. as requested.
6. Preparing comprehensive, accurate and timely monthly reports.
7. Liaison with the other organizations.
8. Coordinate with the Country Director on all legal domicile and work permit registrations, for

SCoL expatriate employees and families.

1. Organize all travel arrangements including bookings, accommodations, visas, and ticketing for

SCoL staffs and guests.

1. Maintain and send original personnel records on all new national employees in Employee

Personnel files. This should include signed employee contracts, conflict of interest statements, staff evaluations, copies of identification cards, etc

11. Make certain all staff receives updates, revisions or addendums to the SCoL Personnel Policies

and Procedures Handbook

Human Resource roles

1. Develop, implement and administer department goals and objectives. Evaluate departmental performance in relation to established goals and budget.
2. Administer all HR functions.
3. Remain informed, on an ongoing basis, about current and changing HR-related laws, policies and “best practices” to ensure that current and future personnel policies, employment practices, and compensation packages are within the limits of established standards, procedures, guidelines and policies of SCoL, as well as national laws.
4. Implement and evaluate the national staff Personnel Policies and Procedures Manual. Recommend new or needed changes to existing personnel policies and practices to senior management.
5. Conduct wage and salary surveys, classify positions, create compensation ranges and prepare position descriptions. Coordinate and monitor employee compensation and benefit packages for aptness, equitability and affordability, and to ensure consistency and equity within the organization and appropriate comparability with peer organizations.
6. Maintain appropriate records and ensure confidentiality regarding personnel activities and personnel data including employment documentation, evaluations, exit interviews and other relevant information. Periodically audit and archive or destroy dated information, including employee and applicant files, in accordance with national law.
7. Monitor employee concerns, complaints, and counseling needs and coordinate internal investigations and hearings with appropriate personnel and management.
8. Participate in orientation of new personnel with respect to HR policies and procedures, including remuneration, benefits, and the organizational “work ethic”.
9. Coordinate paperwork for consultants and temporary employees.
10. Distribute and collect completed employee timesheets as per organizational policy.
11. Oversee performance evaluations and bi-annual reviews
12. Conduct himself/herself both professionally and personally in such a manner as to bring credit to SCoL.
13. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Experience

• A qualified Administrator/Human resources specialist with a Bachelor degree in management or related social sciences; preference will be given to candidates with Master’s degree

• At least 5 years of management experience overseeing larger teams, with preference given to those having worked as a head of base in a NGO setting
• Experience in managing large teams working in multiple locations
• Strong experience in proposal writing
• Demonstrable experience in training and leading a team.
• Knowledge of Human Resource procedures
• Knowledge of Liberian labor laws

Key personal characteristics / skills

• A passionate commitment to the vision of seeing every child in Liberia realising their basic rights.
• A resource and budget-sensitive approach – mindful of the need to balance high standards with the imperative stretching resource envelopes as far as possible, so as to benefit as many as possible of the hundreds of thousands of children in Liberia who presently lack, and are unlikely to acquire, these core life skills;
• Ability to prioritise with good time management skills.
• Strong management and inter-personal skills.
• Strong awareness of key development issues and trends at national level.

• Ability to represent the organisation externally, including with partners and donors;
• Ability to work easily with national and international colleagues alike;
• Entrepreneurial and business spirited

• Knowledge of donor compliance
• Ability to coordinate multi-faced tasks.