NRC Iraq is looking for a Human Resource Manager to join the mission. The role holder will be responsible for managing, developing, and strengthening the HR functions to provide efficient and effective Human Resources support to the NRC Iraq Country Programme.
If you are an influential people leader with a passion for Recruitment, Performance Management, Capacity building and Duty of Care then this is the role for you.
**This role is open to Iraq nationals only**
What You Will Do
Accountable for HR advice and support to CMG (Country Management Group) and senior managers, ensuring that NRC Iraq is complying and adhering to NRC HR standards throughout NRC Iraq operations. Contribute to NRC Iraq strategy and plan of action, responsible for developing and implementing HR strategies and initiatives aligned to the NRC Regional and Global Strategies Responsible for ensuring all recruitment and onboarding processes are implemented in compliance with NRC Recruitment Minimum standards and SOPs. Responsible for employee engagement and staff care, ensuring and advocating that best practice is implemented. Leading on implementing country initiatives as well as regional and global initiatives and policies. Actively coordinate on and advocate for NRC’s duty of care standards to NRC staff. Responsible for implementing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in NRC Iraq and ensuring all HR policies and procedures incorporate DEI principles within them. Accountable for the Learning and Development strategy as well as implementation of Learning and Development initiatives. Responsible for ensuring performance management tools (Goals and Performance in NRC) are implemented and all staff have a plan. Accountable for ensuring HR give regular updates and support to line managers, advising managers on how to best utilise the performance management system. Responsible (along with Senior Managers) for trying to create a culture of documented regular check-ins between all line managers and reporting staff in NRC Iraq. Accountable for ensuring onboarding, induction, mandatory trainings, performance management and exit procedures are implemented for all staff in all offices. Leading on initiatives for improvement. Responsible for advising and supporting senior managers and budget holders in workforce planning. Responsible for giving advice in personnel conflicts and advising and overseeing all disciplinary actions and processes in NRC Iraq in line with NRC fact finding and investigation processes. Responsible for ensuring there is consistent implementation across Iraq Area Offices of NRC SOP's and HR policies. Accountable for ensuring advice and support is given by CO HR team to Area HR teams. Regular visits to Area Offices for support, compliance, and quality control of HR practices. Responsible for ensuring adherence to Federal Iraq and KRI labour laws including ensuring adherence and compliance to government tax laws/regulations and requirements. Responsible for strategy and implementation of HR capacity building to NRC Iraq local partners. Other tasks as required by the line manager.What You Will Bring
Minimum 5 years of experience working in a senior HR role in a humanitarian/recovery context. Experience working in complex and volatile contexts. Fluency in English, both written and verbal. Documented experience in implementing change management processes, and ability to adapt to change. Documented experience implementing HR processes in a large organisation in multiple locations. Experience of the management of HR systems supporting 300 + staff. Experienced in leadership and providing HR advice and support to multiple stakeholders. Experience in developing and implementing HR strategies. Willing and able to regularly travel and overnight in Area Offices to give support. Knowledge of Arabic and Kurdish an advantage. 2 years of international experience a strong advantage.What We Offer
Erbil, Iraq duty station. Until 31st December (Renewable, NRC Contracts run Jan- Dec yearly pending funding and performance) 30 % travel, approximately to areas of operation in Mosul, Dohuk, Kirkuk and Ramadi. NRC is committed to our localisation strategy including with respect to our workforce in Iraq, whenever possible NRC will recruit new staff from the local area of the programme operations. NRC will endeavour to hire staff that together represent the balance of diversity in the governorate of operations. Senior Grade 9 in NRC’s Salary Scale. NRC offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply and join our work culture that empowers every employee to share ideas and take responsibility.Key Information - Please Take Note When Applying
We highly encourage you to learn more about the role: please review the full Job Description here. Learn more about NRC’s operation in Iraq here. To apply as an internal candidate, log in with your official email or click on Opportunity Marketplace Apply by completing all the system-required fields of your employment history, experience, responsibilities, and education in your application. Ensure to attach your latest CV. Submit your application and CV in English. When creating your profile, include your full name as per your passport. Unsolicited applications not related to this specific job advertisement will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. We receive many applicants for each vacant position. Unfortunately, we do not have the resources to give detailed feedback to applicants who have not been shortlisted. For any queries, please email us at mero.recruitment@nrc.no with “HR Manager-Iraq” as the subject line. 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.