REPORTS TO: Country Director with dotted lines to Associate Director, Global People Operations.

ASSIGNMENT TYPE: Full-time

LOCATION: Monrovia, Liberia

LENGTH: 12-months with possibility to extend based on performance and budget

ABOUT AMERICARES:Americares is a health-focused relief and development organization that saves lives and improves health for people affected by poverty or disaster. Each year, Americares reaches 90 countries on average, working with 3,000 health centers globally and 1,000 in the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies, and emergency aid. Americares is the world’s leading nonprofit provider of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.

POSITION SUMMARY:
Americares is looking for a People and Talent (P &T) Officer to support the overall HR functions of our Liberia office. The P &T Officer will lead and provide support to staff and partners on matters related to recruitment, onboarding, travel, employee relations, other people operations and administrative tasks. In this capacity, the P & T Officer will ensure efficient, transparent, reliable and inclusive human resources processes in compliance with Liberian legal requirements, donor regulations and Americares HQ human resources policies.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
-Lead the recruitment process for staff as required, including advertisement, resume short-listing, phone screens, interview scheduling, and offer extension
-Coordinate the onboarding process for new staff, including administering employee health and welfare plans and acting as a liaison between employees and insurance providers, policies and handbook overviews, and orientation to the team; coordinate the offboarding of departing employees
-Collaborate with P&T HQ team to develop and implement policies and processes where necessary based on local context
-Implement Americares staff performance and evaluation policies and processes in a timely fashion
-Provide employee relations support, lead investigations when necessary with knowledge of local employee rights, and determine disciplinary action if appropriate
-Resolves benefits-related problems in collaboration with P&T HQ team
-Provide compliance oversight to Americares internal processes and local labor law
-Work with the Finance Manager to collect necessary payroll paperwork and submit the monthly payroll
-Support the Country Director in monitoring and coordinating compliance activities
-Liaise with P&T HQ when necessary to answer questions or provide information on the country office
-Work with the Finance Manager to ensure that Americares is in compliance with all Liberian legal regulations as it applies to an NGO operating in Liberia, including registrations, insurance, etc.

Application process: Click the apply button below to visit the Americares portal and apply.