Human Resources & Organizational Development Manager at SOS Children Villages

Job Description
The eligible candidate is required to possess the under listed skills in addition to role specific requirements:

• Understanding the NGO/INGO sector
• Excellent understanding of children’s rights and child protection issues
• Awareness and basic understanding of issues affecting orphans & vulnerable children, such as the causes of vulnerability (e.g. HIV & AIDS, gender discrimination, poverty, etc.), local and national responses, etc.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English – other languages, an asset
• Strong analytical and reporting skills, including ability to identify problems and possible solutions, and ability to clearly reflect these in a report.
• Good communication skills and People development skills, including facilitation, coaching and mentoring skills, to build the capacities of co-workers from partner organizations; as well as of children and their care-givers, and other community members
• Collaboration skills, being driven to work with others and able to build strong working relationships community members and groups
• Fluent in at least one of the local languages spoken in the Programme’s target communities
• Ability and willingness to travel as required within and between project/programme locations
• Ability to work successfully in a cross-cultural, team-based environment
• Strong use of MS Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Office 365.

Position Summary

• The Human Resource & Organizational Development (HROD) Manager will oversee, communicate and implement HR plans & policies.
• He / she will ensure delivery of HR operations to support the development of the National Association, manage & administer Recruitment, Orientation, Compensation & Benefits, Performance Management, Staff Development and other HR activities.
• The HROD Manager will lead the development of National HR strategies, plans & budgets that support the NA’s strategic objectives and ensure full implementation of defined HR standards and good practices.
• He / She will advise on organizational & job design/redesign to support the Association’s changing strategic priorities. Build a strong and aligned human resource base within the National Association to ensure that organizational objectives can be fully supported
• He / She will promote the application of organizational values, legal and ethical standards, and good management practices
• The HROD Manager will support the development of a stable, committed and high-performing workforce by implementing a functional Performance Management Framework
• He / She is responsible for ensuring that proper background checks are conducted during the recruitment process for co-workers to align with the Child Safeguarding/Child Protection Policy in the Organization.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills

• A Master's Degree in Human Resources / Organization Development / Business Administration, Public Administration or any other related field.
• At least 10 years of experience in a generalist HR Management and relevant operational services as well as strong technical knowledge in Organizational Development
• Minimum of 7 years managerial or senior advisory experience
• Excellent competency in Human Resources and organization development process management, individual and organizational capacity assessment & building and organizational learning skills
• Strong experience in HROD policy and strategy review and development
• Good grasp of and experience in change management, organizational design and restructuring processes
• Strong experience in compensation and benefits management processes is essential
• Strong communication, presentation, planning, priority setting, analytical and creativity skills.