The Administration Division manages the OPCW’s day-to-day human resources, finances, and logistical support, and coordinates knowledge management.
The Division also represents the Technical Secretariat during sessions of the Advisory Body on Administrative and Financial Matters (ABAF), and serves as the point of contact for the OPCW’s External Auditor.
Our Human Resources Branch team is looking for a dedicated professional with broad expertise in the field of HR policy and employee relations with experience in an international/multilateral organisation who is passionate about upholding a culture that is fair, respectful and inclusive.
The HR Policy Officer will be in charge of developing and maintaining human resources policies that support the achievement of the organisational priorities. You will coordinate HR planning and the OPCW people strategy development. In this position, you will prepare responses to meet HRB's commitments, management reporting, and policy-making organs. In addition, you will provide high-quality advice on HR policy direction and interpretation, as well as staff appeal, disciplinary cases and staff relations to create an organisational culture of trust and respect.
In this position as the Human Resources Policy Officer, you will be responsible to review and to formulate new and revised HR policies in close collaboration with the HRB teams and the Office of the Legal Advisor. You will support Head HRB during consultations on HR subjects, coordinate and lead on HR reporting to senior management and liaise with other organisations and agencies to ensure that OPCW has efficient HR policy and strategy development in comparable systems.
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Essential: An Advanced University degree in human resources management, law, public or business administration, industrial relations, psychology or other social sciences; a first level university degree in combination with qualifying experience (minimum 7 years) may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Desirable knowledge: International Administrative Law and its application.
Essential: A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience in human resources management, several of which must be in HR policy with advanced degree or 7 years with first level degree. Work experience in a multilateral/international organisation, preferably a UN common system organisation. Experience in handling staff relations and disciplinary cases preferably in an international organisation .
To succeed in this role, you will need the following skills and competencies:
Fluency in English is essential and a good working knowledge of one of the other official languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish) is desirable.
This fixed-term appointment is for the duration of two years with a six-month probationary period, and is subject to the OPCW Staff Regulations and Interim Staff Rules.
The OPCW is a non-career organisation with limited staff tenure. The total length of service for Professional staff shall not exceed 7 years.
The mandatory age of separation at the OPCW is 65 years.
Fixed-term staff members participate in the OPCW provident fund. A monthly staff contribution is met with a doubled amount by the OPCW to ensure separating staff have the capital necessary to move on to new challenges.
The Director-General retains the discretion to not make any appointment to this vacancy, to make an appointment at a lower grade, or to make an appointment with a modified job description. Several vacancies may be filled.
Only fully completed applications submitted before the closing date and through OPCW CandidateSpace will be considered. Only applicants under serious consideration for a post will be contacted.
Applications from qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged.
OPCW General Terms and Conditions
Although headquartered in the Netherlands, the OPCW is not a regular Dutch employer but a public international organisation with its own special status. Please be advised that if you are currently insured under the Dutch Social Security system, you will be excluded from this system as a staff member of the OPCW. You will consequently be insured under the organisation’s system. The above also applies to your dependents unless they are employed by a regular Dutch employer, they are self-employed in the Netherlands, or are receiving Dutch social security payments.
Please refer to the website of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment for more information about the possible consequences for you and your dependents, such as exclusion from ‘AWBZ’ and ‘Zorgverzekeringswet’ coverage: ‘Werken bij een internationale organisatie’.