Are you a seasoned HR professional looking to grow your career while positively impacting people's lives? This position presents an exciting opportunity to work for a leading organization that is seeking to better the lives of people displaced by war and conflict. If you can bring solid HR and management experience from a complex organisation, are looking to develop further and to gain insight into global HR processes in a true international environment, come join us!
Background
NRC is an independent international humanitarian organization, with Head Office in Oslo, Norway, working for people displaced by crises in more than 40 countries across the world. NRC has a global workforce of approximately 11000 directly employed staff, including 550 international staff, 300 Head Office staff in Norway and 100 staff in our representation offices. In addition, NRC has approximately 5000 contingency workers and is the direct employer of a substantial number of NORCAP experts on short-term assignments across the world.
Job Purpose
The Head of HR Operations is responsible, on behalf the Global HR Director, to take a lead role in the development, maintenance and implementation of HR policies, frameworks, standards and tools and to develop mechanisms for continuous improvement to ensure HR remains agile, efficient and relevant. This needs to be supported by building a culture and practice of good people management and duty of care through the provision of high-quality advice and guidance on the implementation of NRC People policies.
The role will provide strategic leadership to the HR Operations Unit which provides high quality support and advisory services delivering across the areas of duty of care, compensation and benefits, employee relations and organisational design. The team will work to develop strong relationships with Regional Heads of HR and other key stakeholders to be trusted partners in relevant, responsive and solution orientated services.
What you will do
Work with the Global HR Director and Regional Heads of HR to contribute to developing the global strategy and roadmaps related to people strategy, ensuring that NRC people policies are designed to support NRC in the delivery of our mission and relevant legislation Work with the Global HR Director as strategic lead in the defined thematic areas of duty of care, compensation and benefits, employee relations and organisational design. Drive the development, implementation and maintenance of policy and processes to ensure they reflect best practice, are aligned to business needs and ensure an efficient HR approach in NRC country operations Build effective HR business partner relationships across NRC, acting as trusted advisor to stakeholders, ensuring consultation and collaboration in the review, development and implementation of HR policy and supporting systems Lead and manage a team of specialist advisors across the defined thematic areas to ensure close ways of working and alignment in providing a holistic and consistent approach in the implementation of HR policies and people management practice Develop a service culture within the team, including identifying and implementing initiatives for continuous improvement in the effectiveness and efficiency in HR policy and people management processes Advise and guide as needed to provide solutions in complex cases, derogations to policy and in the development of context specific solutions Work with the team to develop community of practices in thematic areas, building capacity, sharing knowledge and updates and facilitating inter regional support and working Work as part of the management team on strategic and operational initiatives Lead the collaboration forum with Regional Heads of HR to ensure effective two way communication, a forum for learning and sharing and developing collective best practiceWhat you will bring
Senior level generalist HR experience across a range of disciplines with knowledge and understanding of organisational development and cultural change Minimum 5 years of relevant experience within the humanitarian field including line management and preferably field work Experience from working in complex and volatile contexts Fluency in English, both written and verbal, knowledge of French, Spanish or Arabic would be an advantage.Context related skills, knowledge and experience:
Experience of working with different labour laws Advanced understanding of NRC’s operational contexts Experience of managing successful change projects Strong ability to collaborate and communicate Ability to lead a large teamBehavioural competencies
Build meaningful relations Act with integrity Empower people Deliver resultsWhat makes this position attractive?
A challenging and exciting opportunity with an international team dedicated to advocating for the rights of people forced to flee; A permanent full-time contract with Oslo, Norway as your main duty station with opportunity to be hosted in any of NRC's regional offices Salary and benefits according to NRC’s salary scale and terms and conditions in Oslo, Norway.We are also looking for people who share our values:
To be dedicated in what we do; To be innovative with our solutions; Empowering and building trust To be accountable to the donors that make our work possible; the beneficiaries that we exist to serve; and to each other… the members of our NRC family.Additional information:
Grade: Grade 11
Reports to : Global HR Director
Duty station: Oslo, Norway - there is opportunity to be hosted in any of NRC's regional offices
Travel: 10-15%
Duration and type of contract: Permanent - Full time
Salary: Based Upon NRC salary Scale.
For more detailed information see the attached Job Description
We invite applications from all qualified and interested candidates. Send in your application by latest February 23rd, 2023.
Please ensure you attach copies of your academic and professional certificates.
This advert is open to all nationals.
For any questions, please write to ho.recruitment@nrc.no with the \"Job Title\" as the subject.
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We work in crises across more than 31 countries, providing emergencies and long-term assistance to millions of people every year. We stand up for people forced to flee, advocating their rights. NORCAP, our global provider of expertise, helps improve international and local ability to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from crises. NRC also runs the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre in Geneva, a global leader in reporting on and advocating for people displaced within their own country. Employment with NRC may lead to employment in or deployment to Regions, Countries, Areas or Offices that may be host to considerable health, safety and security risks. NRC takes this very seriously and we have procedures in place to reduce known risks, but will never be able to take away all risks. NRC is an equal opportunities employer and aims to have staffing diversity in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, nationality and physical ability.
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