HR Officer

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• WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

• WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.

• WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

• A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

• We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

JOB TITLE: HR Officer (Talent Acquisition lead)
TYPE AND LEVEL OF CONTRACT: CST II
UNIT/DIVISION: Human Resources
DUTY STATION (City, Country): Islamabad, Pakistan
REPORT TO (Job title): HR Officer (Head of HR)
DURATION: 31 December, 2025

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT:
The HR Officer TA will be responsible to lead the team during the ongoing Flood emergency response & to facilitate regular recruitments.
The job holder will be working under the supervision of the Head of HR, receiving guidance and regular feedback on work performed. The incumbent will support the collation, maintenance, analysis, and reporting of information to maximize the effectiveness of HR services.

JOB PURPOSE:
The focus of the role will be to support the delivery of professional, client-focused HR services while partnering with hiring managers to implement HR solutions in line with WFP corporate priorities. The role will be focused on recruitments and hiring manager engagement. This role will be supported by Talent Acquisition national team with main job responsibilities on recruitment process execution and data collation and reporting.

ACCOUNTABILITIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Engagement Plan and Reporting:
1. Lead and implement planning, prioritization and synchronization of all actions related to recruitment of the positions coming from the Flood emergency & regular recruitments.
2. Ensure recruitment dashboard is accurately maintained, requisitions are being tracked, and a bi-weekly recruitment report is provided keeping staff and managers informed of the timelines/deadlines for each selection.
Recruitment process:
3. Lead and motivate a team of HR staff, and provide guidance to ensure appropriate development and enable high performance.
4. Following up on the Terms of Reference for positions to be advertised ensure they are designed in alignment to the CO operational requirements, supervise creating and posting the Job requisitions (JR) in the Workday.
5. Engage with the hiring managers and manage expectations on the recruitment process. Ensure screening and longlisting applicants against minimum requirements is done by a qualified assessor and as per corporate standards. Support WFP's gender, diversity and inclusion strategies and ensure same are incorporated in the attraction and selection process.
6. Supervise screening and longlisting applicants against minimum requirements and as per the guidelines aligned with the hiring manager and the corporate standards. Ensure timely completion of the shortlist by the Head of Units / hiring managers.
7. Taking the lead and ensure timely and quality preparation and presentation of the necessary tools for the assessments and interviews according to the appropriate levels in consultation with the Head of HR or TA team & regional Talent Acquisition team.
8. Facilitate and review interview panel meetings, document deliberations (including collating notes for the record and recommendation for onward submission to the Local Appointment & Promotion Committee.
9. Lead LAPC panel meetings and enable hiring managers to present documentations to examine the review panel's recommendations.
10. Oversee documenting and maintaining Local Rosters of qualified candidates to be considered for future upscaling.
11. Lead and ensure that reference check for selected candidates is done with high quality standards (including document's validation and medical clearance).
12. Maintain statistics and timelines for recruitment cases assigned, support the TA team with quarterly statistics, recruitment workplan and documentation preparation for audit and risk management.
13. Ensure confidential storage of sensitive information and safe keeping of required documents and correspondence as per guidelines.
14. Contribute to an effective and cohesive work environment within the TA team.
15. Any other related duties in line with role and level.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Education:
Advanced university degree in Human Resource Management, Public or Business Administration, Industrial/Organizational Psychology or other relevant field, or First University degree with additional two years of related work experience or trainings/courses.
Experience:
Typically 5-7 years of postgraduate professional experience in Human Resources with an interest in international humanitarian development and recruitment. Managerial experience leading small teams is required.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Extensive experience in recruitment process and policies of UN/WFP, including WFP contractual framework and Staffing Framework.
- Knowledge/ experience of using Workday is desirable, or the ability to quickly assimilate UN/WFP specific processes and systems
- Good communication skills required, ability to effectively manage wide range of senior stakeholders (including Heads of Units and management); ability to drive engagement on All-Staff and individual employee levels.
- Ability to hold difficult conversations with staff and internal candidates with regards to the career development opportunities and manage overall employee relations.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with clients and provide client -oriented service. Ability to identify client's needs and match them to appropriate solutions.
- Experienced in leading organizational transition process (knowledge of having experience in driving change management is desirable)
- Ability to supervise, motivate and support members of the team.

Languages:
Fluency (level C) in English language.

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