JOB PURPOSE
To provide strategic input and support to the Regional Director and Regional Leadership Team as well as to the Country Director and Country HR Managers in order to achieve the Regional strategy and Oxfam’s mission.
Ensures that all staffing issues are managed in line with Oxfam policies and procedures and facilitates effective implementation by managers, or working alongside managers, to support delivery.
As a key member of the Regional Leadership Team and the global HR leadership team, this person will lead and facilitate the development of a highly effective and strategic HR function in the region to ensure the organisation has the right structure, culture and talent needed to deliver on its objectives across the region (including countries). This person will be the trusted partner of the Regional Director and the Regional Leadership Team on all people related matters. He/she will support and enable countries in the region to manage and develop their people as well as ensuring that quality standards in Human Resources are met across the region. He/she will be accountable for the implementation strategy of the Global HR People Strategy within the region.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Provision of Strategic HR Leadership and Management to the OI Regional Director and Regional Leadership Team and to the Country HR Managers (65% of time)
- As HR Business Partner to the OI Regional Director, acts as trusted advisor to the senior leadership team, influences on senior management thinking and behaviors on the people aspects of Regional Strategy and ensures that people management is central to this.
- As a key member of the Regional Leadership Team, be the trusted partner on all people related matters for the region, provide HR leadership, advice, counsel and solutions in analysing people issues and challenges across the region.
- Coordinate all the HR plans defined and implemented within the region, especially when there is more than one Executing Affiliate in it, in order to achieve a common HR framework in the region.
- Support the EA to build the regional and national HR “capacity” and capability for efficient and effective HR delivery at multi-levels and implementation and adaptation of HR global initiatives and practices across the region. Build HR knowledge and expertise leveraging internal and external resources. Managing and developing the performance of the Regional HR team and supporting the recruitment and capacity building of HR staff across the region.
- Contribute to the delivery of the global HR strategic functions[1] at both the regional and national levels. Ensure consistency with the global strategy adapting for the region where necessary and drawing and building on developed best practice where this exists such that the organisations can deliver on the full spectrum mandate (development, humanitarian and early recovery programmes), business objectives and Quality standards are met.
- Identify and facilitate the development of HR policy, procedures, standards, tools, and resources, in line with Global requirements and regional/country specifics. Ensure effective adaptation at all levels and compliance with the local labour regulations and donor requirements.
- Work closely with the regional leadership to attract, recruit and retain the talented people we need and to identify and develop high potential staff.
- Detailed advice and problem resolution (including direct one to one manager OI Regional staff case work support) on complex and sensitive policy interpretation and procedural issues to managers and employees including advising managers when HR decisions might need to be taken outside of defined policy and process.
- Work with the country HR team to scale HR functions which can be managed and delivered at country level.
- Manage the link and relationship to all OI HR shared services
Learning and Organisational Development and Staff Capability Building in the region (25% of time)
- Embed a culture of performance management across the region (including its countries), where staff are held accountable and rewarded for high performance.
- Support managers in the development and coaching of staff to optimise their potential in pursuit of Oxfam’s objectives.
- Providing guidance on staff capacity building and in formulating the annual HR plans
- Ensure that staff have access to HR guidance on individual development opportunities arising from performance review feedback and personal career development interests
- Creating within the region an environment of continuous learning where staff are encouraged and supported to develop and are held accountable for their commitments
- Analyse on an ongoing basis the organisational staffing profile across the region and work closely with the Regional Leadership Team and Country Directors to ensure effective talent management strategy is in place and actively support activity that optimizes talent.
General Organisational Awareness and Learning (10% of time)
- Stay abreast of changing organisational and external situational circumstances, which may impact the wider organization and proactively develop suggestions for addressing them and/or incorporating relevant information into Oxfam’s ideas and approaches.
- Manage the link with change managers (where appropriate).
- Contribute to OI HR strategy development.
- As a member of the Global HR Leadership team, represents the region needs, challenges and context.
- May serve as a line manager for regional platform support functions if required
- May take a lead on strategic HR issues as appropriate.
TECHNICAL SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- As the most senior HR Technical specialist in region, Degree in Human Resources or related field (where appropriate in the local context) with substantial knowledge and experience of general human resource management with expertise in providing a superior, proactive, business focused service.
- Substantial knowledge and experience of organisational development, especially capacity building and skills transfer, learning and development and knowledge management. Experience in creating a learning and sharing environment.
- Extensive working knowledge and experience of (region and countries) labour laws and their application.
- Commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and policies and experience of promoting gender equity and diversity and the interests of marginalised people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work.
- Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Oxfam values. Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
- Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
- Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale
- Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to; builds and maintains effective relationships with colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
- Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
- At least 10 years of professional Human Resources Management experience
- At least 5 years of Organisation Development experience
- At least 5 years’ experience of leading and developing a team
- International: experience of HR/OD in a large complex, multi-cultural organisation
- Non-profit: experience of HR/OD in a NGO
- Fluent English and French (written and oral communication).
- Knowledge on the regional cultures.
Desirable
- Relevant post-graduate academic qualification in human resource management, organizational development, psychology or related discipline (where appropriate in the local context)
- Knowledge of (country) in terms of its political, economic and social trends plus a good understanding of the key development and humanitarian issues in the region.
Other
Must be able to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply, please forward a letter of application and your updated CV to Faly Sene : Faly.Sene@Oxfam.org
