Do you want to join one of NRC’s Largest country programme – DR-Congo, as our HR Manager?
We are looking for a motivated and committed colleague to join our team in DR -Congo and take on the dynamic and strategic key role as HR Manager.
Congo National and Female are strongly encourage to apply for this role :
NRC has been present in DRC since 2001 and runs operations in the eastern provinces of North & South Kivu, Tanganyika and Kasai, implementing Education, Food Security, WASH, Shelter and ICLA. The Country Office has been expanding steadily the past two years and the team currently consists of around 400 staff members. The DR Congo’s is one of NRC’s largest Country Operations with an overall budget of approx. USD 30 Million.
The Country maintains a rapid, integrated emergency response capacity while also focusing on facilitating durable solutions to displacement. NRC is also implementing an innovative project on humanitarian mediation, piloting new approaches to improve protection of civilians’ conflict prevention and mitigation.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is committed to fulfill its compliance obligations and requirements in order to mitigate risk, increase accountability and improve programme quality. Recognizing the high-risk of non-compliance for NRC in DRC, the Country Office is committed to establishing and implementing a compliance framework based on risk management and quality improvement in 2019.
Reporting to the Head of support DR-Congo, you will be responsible to oversee, manage, develop and strengthen all HR and Admin functions in order to provide robust, efficient and effective Human Resources and Administration support to the NRC Country Programme in D R Congo. With a special focus on HR Strategy development, implementation of the Global Standards and initiatives at Country level (Recruitment, NRC People Management Systems, Talent Management, L&D initiative, Duty of care and PSEA).
Duties and responsibilities :
Reporting to the Head of Support, you will be responsible for the following :
- Implementation of the Global Standards and initiatives at the DR-Congo Country Office (NRC People Management Systems, Talent Management, L&D initiative, Duty of care, PSEA) ;
- Ensure HR function is strategic; responsible for in country HR strategic priorities and pro-actively plan and feed into country wide strategies and plans, working closely with senior management and programs to ensure HR actively engages with the needs of the program; ensuring Area Offices are complying with NRC HR standards and procedures ;
- Pro-actively working to support Area Managers and HR Coordinators in running an effective HR function in the Area Offices ;
- Staff Care; Develop and implement a best-practice staff care program for all DR-Congo staff, ensuring adequate staff care systems are in place and implemented across the country ;
- National staff development and capacity building focusing on new HR and Admin staff ;
- Support and guidance to the international staff ;
- Strengthen the recruitment processes ensuring adherence to the minimum standards ;
- Strengthen training and inductions on boarding and off boarding ;
- Improve the quality of Performance Management conducted by line managers across the country office (embedding a culture of performance) ;
- Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards & principles within NRC and among beneficiaries served by NRC ;
- Administration: Office and accommodation management: (offices, residences and guesthouse).
Expériences / Formation :
Qualifications :
- Minimum 5 years of experience from working as a senior HR Manager in a humanitarian/recovery context; experience from working in complex and volatile contexts is an asset ;
- Proven ability to interpret human resources procedures and standards and put them into practice and influence others in their implementation ;
- Strong analytical and planning skills as well as be able to demonstrate experience of working with computerized HR systems ;
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to work as part of a dispersed, multi-disciplined and multi-cultural team ;
- Sensitivity and champion to gender issues ;
- Fluency in French and English, both written and verbal is required.
National staff and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply for this role.
Personal qualities :
- Good sense of humour ;
- Managing resources to optimize results ;
- Managing performance and development ;
- Analyzing ;
- Handling insecure environments ;
- Empowering and building trust.
Salaire :
We can offer.
For more information regarding this role, please click on the link Job Description
- Commencement : May/June 2020
- Duration : 12 months
- Salary/benefits : According to NRC’s general directions and free housing of moderate standard.
- Grade 9 in the NRC grade structure (see attached)
- Duty station : Goma with 25% Travel to the field, Goma is a non-family posting. International staff members are required to live in joint accommodation.
NRC may be required to verify that our employees are not involved in illegal activity. NRC reserves the right to use electronic screening tools for this purpose.
Application procedures and CV registration: Please note that you are required to enter the geographical location for all your previous positions while registering your CV. There is no specific field for this information in our CV form, but you can use the “Company name” field for both company and location