UNON Human Resources Assistant Job

Responsibilities

  • Administration of contracts and staff movements for locally recruited staff.
  • Carries out on-boarding processes of selected candidates, processes personnel action (PA), issues Letter of Appointments, monitors contract expiration dates and processes requests and actions contract extension.
  • Processes temporary and permanent staff movements and related administrative actions, including those related to interagency agreements.
  • Processes off boarding and related separation personnel actions.  
  • Administration of benefits and entitlement for locally recruited staff.
  • Reviews reports and records and processes staff benefit and entitlements.
  • Maintains personal status of staff members and administers/monitors entitlements related to dependents.
  • Reviews and approves time and attendance requests, including parental leave, sick leave, special leave etc.
  • Reviews and prepares submission of documentation related to health/life insurance and Joint Staff Pension fund.  
  • Client assistance and guidance. Conducts induction briefing for a newly appointed staff member on benefits and entitlements.
  • Conducts exit interview for separating staff on the separation process, as well as benefits and entitlements.
  • Advise clients on the eligibility of benefits and entitlements within the conditions of their employment.  
  • General Monitors implementation and compliance with existing regulations through review of personnel actions.
  • Assists with the collection and analysis of data, as well as its presentations for knowledge sharing and decision making.
  • Participate in special human resources projects and ad hoc clean-up exercises, as needed. Other functions as required related to staff administration.

Qualifications

Education

  • Completion of high school diploma or equivalent is required.

Work Experience

  • A minimum of five (5) years of experience in human resources management, administrative services or related area is required.
  • The minimum year of relevant experience is reduced by two (2) years for candidates with a first-level University degree.    
  • Three (3) years or more of experience in administering staff benefits and entitlement experience is desirable.  
  • Working experience in Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) system, such as Umoja and SAP is desirable.    
  • Work experience of one (1) year or more in data analytics or related area is desirable.

Languages

  • English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the post advertised, fluency in English is required.  Working knowledge in French is desirable

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