The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is
supporting the implementation of the Millennium Villages Project (MVP).
The Millennium Villages Project employs a community - based integrated development approach to help lift rural communities out of the poverty trap that afflicts more than a billion people worldwide.
The Millennium Villages Project (MVP) is supported by Millennium Promise and the Earth Institute, non-profit organizations, whose vision is the eradication of extreme global poverty.
Millennium Promise’s mission is to encourage individuals and organizations to join the fight against global poverty, disease, and hunger through an unprecedented campaign that draws on the support of all parts of society – individuals, businesses, charitable organizations, faith-based groups, governments – to ensure the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) by 2015 and the end of extreme poverty by 2025.
The MDG Centre would like to hire a Human Resources Assistantto report to the Finance and Administrative Officer based in Kisumu.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Provide
the necessary HR advice to the team.
- Maintain
a comprehensive HR filing system
- Maintain
confidentiality
- Provide
guidance and advise on performance management process
- Organize
staff HR sensitization sessions
- Provide
staff orientation
- Provide
advice and recommendations on disciplinary actions.
- Ensure
proper leave management
- Draft
vacancy announcements
- Coordinate
and facilitate recruitment process
- Conduct
exit interviews
- Promote
workplace safety.
- Provide
guidance and advice on HR policy and Local Labor Laws.
Qualifications and Experience
- Degree
in HR Management or equivalent
- 3
years experience in a relevant position in a busy similar organization.
- Must
be computer literate
- Fluency
in English and Kiswahili are essential.
The contract is for an initial period of one (1) year, renewable subject to three (3) months probation period, assessment of performance, and availability of resources.
Applicants are invited to send a cover letter illustrating their suitability for the above position against the listed qualifications/competencies/skills and a detailed curriculum vitae, with names and addresses of three referees (including telephone and fax numbers and email address).
Applications should indicate “Application for a Human Resources Assistant– MDG” on their application letters OR email submissions.
All correspondence should be addressed to the
Human Resources Unit,
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF),
P.O. Box 30677, Nairobi, Kenya
OR via email: icrafhru@cgiar.org.
Applications will be considered until 28 September, 2011.
Only short-listed applicants meeting the above requirements will be contacted.
We invite you to learn more about us at:
www.worldagroforestry.org
www.millenniumpromise.org
www.mdgcentre.org
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