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HR Senior Assistant

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Last update: Apr 17, 2024 Last update: Apr 17, 2024

Details

Deadline: May 3, 2024
Location: Nepal
Organization: UNOPS
Job type:Contract, 12 months +
Languages:
English, NepaliEnglish, Nepali
Work experience: Min 5 years
Date posted:Apr 17, 2024

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Description

Dutystation: Kathmandu, Nepal

Functional responsibilities

  1. Support to policy development and implementation

  2. Advisory Services

  3. Talent Acquisition and Administration

  4. Team Management

  5. Knowledge Building and Knowledge Sharing

1. Support to policy development and implementation
  • Contribute to HR policy development and corporate HR initiatives by assisting in collecting data on trends, risks, and opportunities and sharing local HR best practices.
  • Assist with projects in support of HR initiatives for attainment of business objectives in line with the corporate HR strategy.
2. Advisory Services
  • Provide advice and guidance to personnel on administrative procedures, processes, and practices for the delivery of HR services.
  • Act as liaison between unit and internal and external clients and provides proactive customer service to expedite completion of projects, and provide information.
  • As an interlocutor of HR, ensure that new hires' first impressions are positive and that they have all in-processing information completed.
  • Advise hiring management and guide personnel on routine elements of UNOPS recruitment and performance management processes, and learning and development initiatives, resources, and plans.
3. Talent Acquisition and Administration
  • Support the completion of recruitment processes including offers and rejections, and update recruitment on-line information system in line with UNOPS policy.
  • Undertakes reference checking, elements of longlisting, and organization of testing and interviews; fee calculation, minutes of general-service recruitments,
  • Finalizes selection and other process approvals.
  • Inform and advise UNOPS personnel, consultants, partners, and project personnel on routine aspects and elements of their conditions of service and entitlements according to their contract modality, expediting actions to facilitate their efficient, timely, and client-focused onboarding.
  • Research precedents and present recommendations to the supervisor, taking into account institutionalized exceptions. Undertake research on a range of HR-related issues and assist in the preparation of notes/reports.
  • Maintain monitoring systems, advising the supervisor on the status of pending requests and approaching deadlines.
  • Answer questions and follow up with personnel and management to ensure completion of absence requests, performance management cycle, and other HR processes, etc. in electronic information systems.
  • Liaise with relevant HQ and UN system units to exchange information and follow up on pending issues.
  • Set up and maintain reference files/records.
  • Follow up or process payroll verification.
  • Monitor the status of HR actions to facilitate timely action by supervisor and line management, including on transactions initiated, expiring appointments/contracts, and pending separation actions.
  • Manage record maintenance; including personnel file systems as well as provision of related statistical summaries and tracking movements of UNOPS personnel within the relevant business unit/s.
4. Knowledge building and knowledge sharing
  • Provide support to the organization, facilitation, and/or delivery of training and learning initiatives for personnel on HR-related topics.
  • Provides sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice by synthesizing of lessons learned and dissemination of best practices in human resources.
  • Collect feedback, ideas, and internal knowledge about processes and best practices and utilize productively.
Impact of Results

The effective and successful achievement of results by the HR Senior Assistant directly impact on the compliant execution of HR processes in the respective unit and the efficient and effective performance within it. These promote the credibility of the organization as an effective service provider in project services and management.

Education/Experience/Language requirements


Education:

  • Completion of Secondary education is required. First University Degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, or equivalent disciplines is desirable.

Experience:

  • Minimum of five years of relevant experience in an international and/or national organization in providing HR advisory, recruitment, and/or HR-generalist services.
  • Some experience in UN system organizations is desirable
  • Proficiency in computers and office software packages (MS Office) and experience in handling of web-based management systems is required.
  • Experience in the use of Google Suite applications is desirable
  • Experience in use of HR information systems, Enterprise systems including OneUNOPS is desirable.
Language Requirements:
  • Fluency in writing, reading, and speaking Nepali and English is required.
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