DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS12 February 2025-23:59-GMT-04:00 Atlantic Standard Time (Barbados)
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WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.
We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).
JOB TITLE: HR Officer – Organizational Alignment Implementation
TYPE AND LEVEL OF CONTRACT: Consultancy CST level 1
UNIT/DIVISION: Human Resources
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Bridgetown, Barbados
REPORT TO (Job title): Deputy Country Director
DURATION: 6 months
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
In 2018, WFP re-established its presence in the Caribbean with an office in Barbados. The WFP Caribbean Multi-Country Office (MCO) supports 22 countries and territories across the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean. WFP Caribbean’s capacity strengthening programme focuses on vulnerability analysis and mapping; end-to-end supply chain management; shock-responsive social protection; food systems strengthening; and climate risk financing. In times of crisis, WFP works with partners to provide direct assistance when events surpass national and regional capacities by delivering food, cash or voucher assistance, or through emergency logistics or emergency telecommunications service provision.
The Caribbean Multi Country Office completed an Organizational Alignment initiative on October 2024 as a follow-up to the Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) mission conducted earlier in 2024. This initiative will implement key recommendations to foster a positive workplace culture, identify critical skills, enhance learning and development initiatives, improve people management, team compositions, and reporting lines in alignment with the operational context.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide expert guidance and support in aligning the organization’s structure with its strategic goals while ensuring effective staff engagement throughout the process. The assignment will involve collaboration with MCO team members as well as Regional Bureau HR counterparts. The exercise resulted in recommending changes to the structure with the recruitment of 40 positions (including change in the contract and or change in grade and creating new positions). These changes will be made through a competitive recruitment process by advertising the positions internally and externally with the aim of completing the exercise by July 2025.
The job holder is likely to be working under the supervision of Deputy Country Director, to staff the above positions receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed. They will support the collation, maintenance, analysis, and reporting of information to maximize the effectiveness of HR services.
JOB PURPOSE:
The focus of the role will be to support the delivery of professional, client-focused HR recruitment services, while partnering with hiring managers in line with WFP corporate priorities and will also engage and report on the progress of the organizational alignment implementation.
ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Engagement Plan and Reporting
Under the guidance of the Head of HR, support HR operational activities resulting from the Organizational Alignment following standard processes and ensuring alignment with WFP policies.
Develop communication plan in line with the organizational alignment principles and objectives to provide updates on the recruitment progress to staff, Heads of Unit and CO Management.
Lead and implement planning, prioritization and synchronization of all actions related to recruitment of the positions coming from the organizational structure review.
Create a dashboard to track recruitments and communicate a bi-weekly recruitment report keeping staff and managers informed of the timelines/deadlines for each selection.
In collaboration with the Country Head of HR and utilizing corporate materials, organize development solutions that equip staff with the skills and knowledge required to meet job requirements and support staff capability building to strengthen CV writing, interviews, and employability.
Recruitment process:
Following up on the Terms of Reference for positions to be advertised ensuring they are designed in alignment to the CO operational requirements, creating and posting the vacancy announcements (VA) in the Workday system.
Screening and longlisting applicants against minimum requirements and as per the guidelines aligned with the hiring manager and the corporate standards and ensuring timely completion of the shortlist by the Head of Units / hiring managers.
Support WFP’s gender, diversity and inclusion strategies and ensure same are incorporated in the attraction and selection process.
Taking the lead and ensure timely and quality preparation and presentation of the necessary tools for the assessments and interviews according to the appropriate levels in consultation with the Head or HR/regional Talent Acquisition team.
Facilitating and reviewing interview panel meetings, document deliberations (including collating notes for the record and recommendation for onward submission to the Local Appointment Committee.1
In collaboration with the CO and RBP HR teams, facilitating LAPC panel meetings and present documentations to examine the review panel’s recommendations.
Document and maintain Local Rosters of qualified candidates to be considered for future upscaling.
Lead and ensure that reference check for selected candidates is done with high quality standards(including document’s validation and medical clearance).
Drawing conclusions and lessons learned from the first round to be considered for the following recruitment phases. Ensure confidential storage of sensitive information and safe keeping of required documents and correspondence as per guidelines.
Contribute to an effective and cohesive work environment within the HR team.
Any other related duties in line with role and level.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education: Advanced university degree in Human Resource Management, Public or Business Administration, Industrial/Organizational Psychology or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional years of related work experience or trainings/courses.
Experience:At least 5 years of professional experience in Human Resources with an interest in international humanitarian development.
Knowledge & Skills:
Extensive experience in recruitment process and policies of UN/WFP, including WFP contractual framework and Staffing Framework.
Knowledge of, or the ability to quickly assimilate UN/WFP specific processes and systems, including Workday.
Ability to work with minimal supervision, operating with high levels of discipline and with agility.
Good communication skills required (both written and oral), ability to effectively manage wide range of senior stakeholders (including Heads of Units and management); ability to drive engagement on All-Staff and individual employee levels.
Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with clients and provide client - oriented service.
Ability to identify client’s needs and match them to appropriate solutions.
Good analytical ability to compile, maintain and analyse data, prepare reports, and draw initial conclusions in support of work skills in developing sources for data collection.
Experience supervising more junior and/or less experienced members of the team is an added advantage.
Languages: Fluency (level C) in English language.
Who Can Apply?
This position is open to all candidates meeting the required qualifications and experience. Please be advised that we will only reach out to candidates who have been shortlisted for this position.
Employment Particulars
Type of position: Short Term, Full Time
Type of Contact: Consultancy
Duration on Contract: 6 months.
Duty Station: Bridgetown, Barbados
Remuneration: WFP offers a competitive compensation package determines on the basis of the Term of Reference and the selected candidate's qualifications and experience.
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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION
WFP is dedicated to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our recruitment process is inclusively crafted to welcome candidates of all backgrounds, celebrating diversity and ensuring a respectful environment for all. We aim for an accessible and fair recruitment journey. Should you need any reasonable accommodations or have accessibility concerns, please reach out to us confidentially at global.inclusion@wfp.org. Our DEI team is here to ensure your full participation in our recruitment process.
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REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION
We strongly recommend that your profile is accurate, complete, and includes your employment records, academic qualifications, language skills and UN Grade (if applicable).
Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.
Please make sure you upload your professional CV in the English language
Kindly note the only documents you will need to submit at this time are your CV and Cover Letter
Additional documents such as passport, recommendation letters, academic certificates, etc. may potentially be requested at a future time
Please contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org in case you face any challenges with submitting your application
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified
All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
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