Head of Human Resources Department Job at Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger is the world’s hunger specialist and leader in a global movement that aims to end life-threatening hunger for good within our lifetimes. For 40 years, the humanitarian and development organization has been on the front lines, treating and preventing hunger across nearly 50 countries. It served more than 21 million people in 2018 alone.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Head of Human Resources Department

Job Location: Abuja
Employment Type: Full Time

Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of the Deputy Country Director Support, your role will be to define the Country Office's Human Resources policy and coordinate its implementation and deployment on all bases in order to provide the best possible support to programs.

More precisely, you will be in charge of:

• Contributing to defining mission strategy, supervising the staff administration and payroll.
• Managing the Human Resources team at Capital and providing technical support to Human Resources team in the bases.
• Providing the recruitment and training of all employees and promote career development.
• Preventing and managing cases of fraud and corruption.
• Ensuring a coherent organization of work and establish a policy of compensation and benefits.
• Implementing collective rules and communicating these internally.
• Promoting and coordinating Human Resources with the mission’s partners.
• Managing the Human Resources team and the home staff in capital and be support/technical Manager for Human Resources Managers.

Profile

• You have a Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Social Science or International Relation. Human resources professional qualifications and training is an added advantage.
• You have at least 3 years of relevant experience as a HR professional with experience in the INGO sector preferably as part of a senior management team.
• You are highly organized, disciplined, detail oriented and work well under pressure.
• You are self motivated and capable to analyzing information with the aim of arriving at conclusions with minimal guidance.
• You have an experience in Emergency and Humanitarian contexts.
• You are knowledgeable in all aspects of Human Resource Management including team management and working in an intercultural environment.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication as well as be computer literate especially when it comes to report writing and analysis.
• Experiences with ACF is an added advantage.