ABOUT WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency, fighting hunger worldwide. Assisting almost 100 million people in around 83 countries each year, the World Food Programme (WFP) is the leading humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives, delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. The organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to nutritious food and contribute to the lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.
Reporting directly to the Assistant Secretary General for Workplace Culture, the Director of Human Resources is responsible for leading and managing the Human Resources Division, including the development and implementation of the overall corporate Human Resources strategy, and ensuring its alignment with the vision and goals of the organization.
The Human Resources Division has undergone a progressive transformation over the past few years, implementing WFP’s People Vision of building an engaged workforce, with the right skills, in the right roles through key initiatives that leverage talent and technology to make impactful changes to the organization.
In this context, the Director of Human Resources sets the strategic direction and serves as the principal adviser to the organization on talent management and operational HR matters. A thought-leader and strategic partner, the Director of Human Resources creates the vision and develops strategies to manage and support a diverse, dynamic, and high-performing workforce. The Director of Human Resources plays a critical role in positioning the organization to develop and deploy its human capital and acts as a change leader and visionary manager of a global team of more than 400 human resource professionals
OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE
Setting Strategy: Provide strategic direction and drive all aspects of HR. Position the organization to proactively anticipate, plan, and meet workforce needs in a complex environment responding to global emergencies; advocate and build awareness within the organization of the strategic importance of human resource management.
Execution: Direct the delivery of comprehensive human resource management services in its key areas including Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Policy Development, Staff Learning and Development, Contracts and Entitlements, Workforce and Succession Planning, Performance Management, Staff Relations, etc. Influence, facilitate and lead organizational change and development using best practice human resources expertise and change strategies.
Team leadership: Lead a talented group of 400+ HR professionals to build upon WFP’s People Strategy through focusing on solving problems closest to the beneficiaries; sourcing, developing, and deploying talent; engaging and aligning people to WFP’s mission.
Collaboration within the UN system and beyond: Represent WFP across UN Common System and shape HR thinking with particular attention to the demands of field-based, emergency focused programmes.
Core responsibilities include:
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term as well as a rotational contract with a probationary period of one year.scheme. Mobility is the essence of WFP and continues to be a core contractual requirement. These positions are rotational which means that you shall be subject to the regular reassignment process to any other location on a period of 2 to 4 years unless the position is reclassified as non-rotational.
WFP offers an attractive compensation and benefits package, including basic salary, post adjustment, relocation entitlement, travel and shipment allowances, 30 days’ annual leave, home leave, an education grant for dependent children, pension plan and medical insurance. More details on https://icsc.un.org/
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
22 October 2020
This vacancy is archived.