Senior Human Resources
Coordinator
Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Location: Global; preferably in an IRC Country Program
Scope of Work: The IRC Emergency Response Team (ERT) staff is expected to be deployed in the field, either in an emergency or roving capacity, for up to 75% of the time (9 months a year) and must be able to deploy to the site of an emergency within 72 hours of notification.
The Senior Human Resources Coordinator has responsibility to lead the
implementation and management of the country/emergency Human resource
functions.Emergency Response Team (ERT)
Location: Global; preferably in an IRC Country Program
Scope of Work: The IRC Emergency Response Team (ERT) staff is expected to be deployed in the field, either in an emergency or roving capacity, for up to 75% of the time (9 months a year) and must be able to deploy to the site of an emergency within 72 hours of notification.
S/he is a member of the NY Headquarters global HR Unit and the Emergency Response and Preparedness Unit (EPRU). During emergency deployments ERT staff will work under the direction of IRC’s Emergency Field Director or designated country emergency lead.
During times with no acute emergency deployment the position will report to the Senior Director, Global HR Capacity and Partners.
Three Core Responsibility Areas:
Emergency Deployments; Emergency Preparedness and Non-emergency support
Some Key Responsibilities:
- Hire,
orient, train and supervise the human resource staff required to support
IRC’s emergency interventions;
- Ensure
timely payment of local staff, statutory remittances and benefit
providers; working closely with Finance to maintain required documentation,
internal control standards and accurate allocation of expenditures.
- Maintain
and/or develop the HR emergency start-up materials and tools, including
template policies, procedures, and job descriptions working in close
collaboration with the EPRU Team.
- Provide
HR technical support to existing country programs remotely and through
in-country visits or short-term deployments; undertake technical
assessments or evaluations of HR structures, policies and/or activities of
large scale-complex programs
- Etc.
Requirements:
- Masters
Degree in Human Resources or Bachelors Degree required and advanced
professional certification in human resource management
- At
least 6 years of experience in human resources management including a
minimum three years in conflict/emergency locations
- Demonstrated
ability to identify, recommend and implement best practice approaches that
deliver rapid, consistent, high-quality HR management and service
provision in an emergency environment
- Proven
abilities to effectively work with local legal counsel and government
departments (Ministry of Labor, Immigration etc) to rapidly identify host
country legal requirements, for expatriate and national staff negotiate
approvals and constructively resolve HR legal issues.
- Bilingual
French/English highly preferred.
The IRC offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits packages.
