Oxfam Current Vacancy in Abuja

Oxfam is an international non-profit organization committed to ridding
the world of poverty. We have a conviction that once given the chance to
do so, people are well capable of building a livelihood without poverty
on their own.
To do this, we work with local organizations, build their
capacity and provide strategic funding to local projects in developing
countries. We also lobby governments and companies to take into account
the interests of the poorest people and campaign to involve men and
women also in our work.

Oxfam is recruiting for the position below:

Job Title: Human Resources Coordinator (National)

Location: Abuja, Nigeria – Travel to field offices will be required when the needs arise
Reporting to: Country Director
Level: C2
Type of contract: Fixed-term
Duration: 2 years

Background

Oxfam Novib (ONL) and Oxfam GB (OGB) are currently the two Oxfam affiliates working in Nigeria and the work focuses on:

  • Economic justice and improving livelihoods.
  • Gender justice and female leadership.
  • Good governance and the Niger Delta.
  • Disaster risk reduction and responding to humanitarian crises.

Central to our work is the belief that power relations need to change to
enable poor people to demand and claim their rights. Oxfam’s vision for
Nigeria includes a transparent and accountable government, active
citizens, and private sector that works toward shared growth that is
equitable to meet the needs of the people, especially the vulnerable
poor. To this achieve this we work with a wide variety of partner and
allies, such as community organizations and regional groups at the
local, state and national levels.

Job Purpose/Scope of Work

  • The position reports to Country Director where the job pattern
    is business driven covers interlinked areas and problem solving with
    focussed solutions in HR operations.
  • Lead the HR Unit in providing both strategic and technical
    support on the full range of human capital and employment issues,
    interpreting Oxfam Nigeria strategic plan, contributing to the effective
    implementation of HR yearly plan in line with policies, procedures and
    best practices, including learning and development to enhance
    organisation’s performance through its employees.
  • Ultimately ensures Oxfam in Nigeria attracts, motivates and
    retains the best talents/skills to enable the delivery of the Country
    Strategy.

Qualifications & Requirements

  • Bachelor Degree in HR Management, or other relevant areas with
    comparable level of significant experience in managing HR department.
  • Masters Degree or HR management professional certification will be a plus.
  • More than 3 years of experience working as HR Manager in
    international NGOs, or minimum 5 years of experience working at
    managerial level in large-scale commercial organisations.
  • Proven records in developing and implementing strategic HR tools
    and concepts and strong experience in change management with ability to
    build HR capacities of managers and team leaders particularly during
    the change process;
  • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills;
  • Strong influencing skills at senior levels to influence acceptance of new ways of working;
  • Strong IT skills and highly conversant with the use of Word
    documents, Excel spreadsheets (including pivot tables and charts) and
    PowerPoint;
  • Fluency of English both written and spoken is a must;
  • This is a national position where salary and benefits will be
    according to the policy determined by Oxfam Nigeria for national staff.
  • Strong capability in developing and defining sense of direction
    (in an often turbulent environment) to maintain a long-term
    sustainability of system to achieve a coherent implementation of HR
    policies and programme;
  • Higher literacy in data analysis and different performance
    measurement system, including designing scheme of staff compensation and
    benefit, budgeting and staffing plan with adequate knowledge of finance
    and statistical skills.
  • Strong management skills; analytical, judgement and decision
    making coupled with professional credibility required to influence and
    motivate others to achieve results
  • Highly developed communication skills both written and verbal in
    order to establish effective relationships with internal and external
    audiences;
  • Ability to work effectively as a member of the team, provide
    advice and train on human resources issues and act as an agent of
    change;

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist the Country Director and senior management team in the
    process of developing and implementing the HR policies, employment
    procedures and best practices in line with organizational objectives and
    Nigerian Labour Law.
  • Comply with all relevant Oxfam global and in-country regulations
    and provide support to managers and team leaders on the interpretation
    and implementation of organisation’s policies and procedures with
    respect to anti-discrimination and gender sensitivity, code of conduct
    and other relevant policies.
  • Coordinate the facilitation of processing HR procedures
    including such as recruitment, learning and development, compensation
    and benefit, annual salary review, employee-relation issues, job
    evaluation, HR information system and other relevant activities to
    increase the performance of staff and Oxfam Nigeria as a whole.
  • Under the direction of Country Director and in coordination with
    members of senior management team, the HR Coordinator is responsible
    for developing a comprehensive HR Strategy for Oxfam in Nigeria as well
    as HR planning, budgeting, timely reporting on HR updates monthly and
    annually and contributes to the development of HR components of donor
    reports and other necessary written communications.
  • Lead and motivate the team in HR unit through effective coaching
    and ensure each member has clear objectives and receive constructive
    feedback on their performance.
  • Improve the flow of HR information systems to ensure
    co-ordination between relevant bodies through suggestions,
    recommendation to improve current system and procedure.
  • Provide high levels of commitment to Oxfam as a worldwide
    development organisation in mobilising the power of people against
    poverty where the objectives of HR function in the organisations are
    achieved.
  • Assist line managers and team leaders in their supervision and
    managerial roles in building self-learning ability of staff for the
    achievement of their individual objectives under performance management
    system.
  • Develop, coordinate and monitor the implementation of staff
    development plan, succession plan that identifies and fosters the next
    generation of leaders through mentoring, training and stretch
    assignments in accordance with required competencies of the job as
    agreed in the staff performance appraisal.
  • Provide technical support to field offices on HR related issues
    by acting as the first point of contact for all queries and delivering
    practical assistance and advice to staff in all areas where Oxfam
    Nigeria operates.
  • Contribute to strengthen the coordination and collaboration
    within teams and across all teams, maintain constructive communications,
    building positive drive to the whole organisation promoting conducive
    working environment.
  • Develop comprehensive induction programme for all new staff and
    liaise with relevant line managers to ensure its implementation ensuring
    the objectives are achieved and feedback is obtained.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send a motivational letter
and CV in one file (maximum 4 pages) in English and send to: vacancies-nigeria@oxfamnovib.nl to the attention of Recruiter

Deadline  6th February, 2016.


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