Requisition ID:req7207

Job Title:Human Resource Lead

Sector:Human Resources

Employment Category:Fixed Term

Employment Type:Full-Time

Open to Expatriates:No

Location:Monrovia, Liberia

Job Description

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, IRC offers life-saving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in more than 40 countries and in 22 U.S. cities, IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted by conflict or disaster. IRC leads the way from harm to home.

The IRC has worked in Liberia since 1996 and is one of the largest humanitarian actors in the country. Guided by its 2015 – 2020 Strategic Action Plan, the IRC implements innovative health, women’s and child protection and empowerment projects in Nimba, Lofa, Bong, and Montserrado counties. The IRC has also implemented projects in Maryland, River Gee, Grand Bassa,Margibi and Grand Gedeh counties . The IRC is currently leading the USAID Partnership for Advancing Community Based Services (PACS) Activity in Bong, Lofa, and Nimba counties of Liberia.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Human Resources Lead is responsible for providing strategic leadership for the HR function for over 100 staff and incentive workers across the Liberia Country Program. The HR Lead will manage the HR team to ensure efficient and high quality staff recruitment, contracts management, orientation, learning and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, policy and labor law compliance, employee engagement and staff care. The position acts as an HR advisor to the Senior Management Team (SMT). The HR Lead – reports to the Country Director, Liberia Country program and the Regional HR Director, West Africa.

The HR Lead will adapt and implement Global HR initiatives and practices – to maximize staffing resources and performance, promote a positive organizational culture, minimize risk and ensure – efficiency of HR processes and procedures in the service of supporting IRC programs.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic HR Leadership and Management

• Devise and deliver a planned HR approach to attracting, developing, inspiring and retaining the right people, with the right skills to achieve high-quality programmatic outcomes in line with Strategic Action Plans (SAPs).
• Determine workforce needs, identify human resource and competency gaps, and devise a development and workforce plan to facilitate nationalization of roles and staff retention.
• Actively participate in proposal design and grants opening and review meetings (GRMs, GOMs) specifically advising on organizational structure, position scoping, demographic/staffing analysis and other inputs critical to ensuring a strong HR foundation to support program quality.
• Lead a collaborative approach to employee engagement, gender equality and staff care strategy and supporting initiatives, drawing on country, regional and HQ inputs and resources.
• Conduct monthly and quarterly strategic HR metrics and analysis to inform SMT and Regional HR decision-making; lead on country program inputs to global HR scorecards and action plans.
• Continually assess and refine recruitment tactics; Develop candidate rosters, actively network and employ innovative, creative recruiting methods to attract and hire the best talent. Proactively position IRC as an Employer Brand of Choice in the country.
• Review and approve job position requests, job descriptions and make recommendations, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
• Deliver international HR management, including policy, process and employee relations management, with support from Regional HR Director as needed.
• Lead the performance management process with guidance from regional and HQ HR. Create a plan to manage annual and mid-year Performance Check-Ins, conduct training on goal-setting, utilize budgets to organize development activities and work one-on-one with managers and employees to create country wide development plans. Through HR initiatives and actions, support a culture of continuous feedback.
• Participate in budget preparation and provide strategic compensation analysis to drive nationalization and ability to attract high-quality talent. Define and review salary structure, coordinate annual compensation review process and compensation adjustments, consulting with HQ compensation team to align with best practices.
• Manage national benefit plans, communicate updates and conduct information campaigns for national and international staff. Consult with HQ benefits team to align with IRC best practices.
• Devise staff care action plans that elevate morale and support the well-being of staff; create emergency staff care interventions. Consult with Regional HR Director and Global Duty of Care Director to align with IRC best practices.
• Oversee HR administration and ensure 100% compliance with current labor laws; consult and partner with local counsel as needed.
• Lead all employee relations with professional grace with the aim of empowering employees and supervisors – with the tools and resources necessary to resolve conflicts with mutual respect. Act as impartial mediator when necessary. Escalate code of conduct issues, lead or co-lead employee relations investigations and ensure issues are brought to resolution with appropriate follow-up carried out. Partner with and seek counsel from Ethics and Compliance Unit (ECU) as needed.
• Advise supervisors in determining appropriate, consistent and judicious disciplinary measures in line with local labor law and global policy.
• Manage any lay-offs or reorganizations in partnership with SMT, supervisors and regional HR to with an emphasis on compliance, due diligence, communications and staff care.
• Lead exit management to ensure seamless and positive transition for all departing employees.

STAFF PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

• Serve as a model of supervisory excellence; supervise and mentor direct-report HR staff, including communicating clear expectations, setting/refining performance objectives, providing regular and timely performance feedback, and leading documented semi-annual performance reviews.
• Provide constructive feedback and counsel on career paths and professional development for HR team and IRC staff; foster a culture of continuous learning opportunities.
• Support senior staff to continue to pursue nationalization of senior and management positions.
• Promote and monitor staff care and well-being. Model and support healthy work-life balance practices.

COMMUNICATIONS

• Communicate and encourage active practice of the principles of the “IRC Way – Global Standards for Professional Conduct” throughout the country program.
• Maintain a healthy and empowering office environment that encourages open, honest and productive communication among IRC staff by delivering employee engagement and communication action plans.
• Maintain and leverage open communications and partnership on projects and shared goals with other HR Leads at the country level, regional HR and HR HQ levels.
• Provide direct support and advise the CD and SMT on staff communications to ensure clear, consistent, timely and transparent communication on matters impacting staff.

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:

Position Reports to: Country Director and Regional HR Director
Position directly supervises: HR Team including -Officers, Assistants

KEY INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS:

• Country: Deputy Director Programs, Operations Coordinator; Finance Controller; Chief of Party, Field Coordinators, Head of Departments and all staff within the country program.
• Regional/HQ: Compensation & Benefits, Talent Management, Recruitment; Gender Equality, General Counsel Office; ECU.

Key External Stakeholders: Local legal counsel, Various Ministries as necessary and INGO Working Groups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required. Master’s university degree in HR management, International Relations or Development, MBA, Law or related field is preferred.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience as an HR generalist, including recruitment, performance management, complex employee relations, compensation, training and development and HR Administration.
• Minimum 5 years successful staff management experience
• At least 2 years of experience with an international organization or international experience.
• Strategic leadership experience managing an HR function for large budget programs in the INGO sector is strongly preferred.
• Remote management experience strongly preferred.

DEMONSTRATED SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

• A commitment to IRC’s mission, vision and humanitarian principles.
• Receptive to building and maintaining positive relationships with people from all backgrounds, genders, cultures and viewpoints.
• Resourceful in figuring out how to get things done, seeking opportunities to learn and grow, contributing creative and innovative ideas and serving as a change champion.
• Resilient and able to thrive in a fast-paced, quickly changing environment with a sense of urgency and an ability to deliver results under pressure.
• Results-oriented approach to planning and prioritizing HR activities.
• Demonstrated commitment to pursue work/life balance for self and others.
• Proven track-record of professional discretion, integrity, and ability to manage complex HR situations diplomatically and to effective resolution.
• Highly collaborative and consultative approach.
• Top-tier written, presentation and verbal communication skills; ability to convey information effectively and solid experience providing training and staff development in English
• Excellent management, interpersonal, consultative and negotiation skills and a demonstrated ability to promote harmonious teamwork, in a cross cultural context.
• Very strong proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint is required.
• Analytical ability in creating effective HR solutions while adhering to labor laws; Working knowledge of Liberian labor law is required.

LANGUAGE/TRAVEL:

• English language is required
• Travel: 20% of time spent in county offices, visiting project sites in IRC field locations. International travel for regional conferences, workshops, trainings – per year.

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

IRC staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Global Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, – Accountability and Equality. In accordance with these values, IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

RETURNING NATIONAL CANDIDATES:

IRC strives to attract, motivate and retain qualified national staff in our programs. We strongly encourage national or returning national candidates to apply for this position. If you are a national of the Country in which this position is based and are currently located outside of your home country and possess over two years of international work experience, the IRC encourage you to apply.

Female Candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

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