Job Details of Snr HR Assistant

Job description

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950, during the aftermath of the Second World War, to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their homes. We had three years to complete our work and then disband.

Duties

• – Assist in the recruitment, assignment, reassignment and separation of local service staff. Prepare documents for the interview panel for the recruitment of local staff.
• – Process local staff members’ contracts, entitlements and benefits in accordance with Staff Rules and established HR procedures.
• – Update personnel related information in MSRP/HR module where this activity has been rolled out from PAS to the respective office.
• – Advise staff members on their rights, obligations, benefits and entitlements, and assist them in interpreting UN/UNHCR staff rules and regulations.
• – Assist newly-arrived international staff with administrative formalities related to their accreditations, security/ground passes, submission of completed forms and related documents to headquarters, arrange travel and hotel reservations
• – Assist with shipment of their personal effects in coordination with the logistics section.
• – Administer UNHCR medical insurance plan for locally recruited staff. Provide administrative support to staff and dependants in case of medical evacuations, as well as security evacuations/relocations. Maintain daily tracking record of staff and families to provide accurate information in case of emergency.
• – Maintain personnel records in the office, including maintenance of the attendance, overtime and leave records.
• – Initiate calculations for payments related to personnel issues such as settlement of travel claims, overtime claims, hazard pay, MIP reimbursements, medical and security evacuations, shipment costs.
• – Initiate routine correspondence on HR matters for the authorizing officer’s approval.
• – Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
• – Perform other related duties as required.

Position in Organization:

• Full time
• Posted Today
• job requisition id: JR2441206
• Location: Kampala, Uganda

Qualification:

• 2 years relevant experience with High School Diploma; or 1 year relevant work experience with Bachelor or equivalent or higher.

Functional Skills

• IT-Computer Literacy
• PG-Resource planning
• FI-ERP Financial Management (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Workday and other)
• HR-PeopleSoft Human Capital Management
• UN-UN/UNHCR Administrative Rules, Regulations and Procedures
• IT-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• (Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements

• For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
• For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
• For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.

How To Apply

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

Then to apply, go to https://unhcr.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Kampala-Uganda/Snr-HR-Assistant_JR2441206

The Closing Date: May 15, 2024.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.