People & Culture Business Partner - Columbia, United States - Self Help Africa Inc
Description
Job Title:
People & Culture Business Partner
Organisation :
Gorta T/A Self Help Africa (SHA)
Department:
People and Culture
Location:
Ireland or UK
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Working Model:
Hybrid working model with a minimum of two days per week in the office
Reports to:
Head of People and Culture
About Self Help Africa:
Self Help Africa is an international development organisation that works through agriculture and Agri-enterprise development to end hunger and extreme poverty.
The organisation works in 15 programme countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America and its 2023 budget is in excess of €50m.
In early 2023 we launched a new five-year organisation strategy, which defines shared mission as the alleviation of hunger, poverty, social inequality and the impact of climate change through community-led, market-based and enterprise-focused approaches, so that people can have access to nutritious food, clean water, decent employment and incomes, while sustaining natural resources.
Our three core values are:
Impact:
We are accountable, ambitious and committed to systemic change.
Innovation:
We are agile, creative and enterprising in an ever-changing world.
Community:
We are inclusive, honest and have integrity in our relationships.
Job Purpose:
The People and Culture Business Partner will be part of the People and Culture Team and will support the organisation in delivering the people and culture strategy.
You will be responsible for providing appropriate advice and support to line managers on all People and Culture related matters including recruitment, onboarding, learning and development, polices, employee engagement, employee relations, compensation and benefits and employee wellbeing.
Through an employee centric approach, the People and Culture Business Partner will foster a collaborative culture, support line managers and employees, promote diversity, equality, and inclusion, and anticipate organisational needs.
The People & Culture Business Partner will line manage the HR Coordinator.Key Responsibilities :
Manage the complete
recruitment
cycle process for your units of responsibility ensuring that the recruitment efforts are as effective as possible to attract the best talent.
Manage the induction and onboarding process for new joiners to ensure new employees have a positive onboarding experience that aligns with the organisation culture and values.
Working with leaders across the organisation ensure thatpolicies, processes and practices
meet sector standards and are in-line with organisational values and foster a culture of dignity, respect and workplace wellbeing.
Support the Head of People and Culture to foster the organisation's
staff engagement
processes including periodic surveys, wellbeing initiatives, staff representative fora and associated action plans with the aim to making Self Help Africa an employer of choice in our sector.
employee relations
matters adeptly ensuring consistent employment advice that is in line with the organisational policies terms and conditions of employment and current legislation in the relevant jurisdiction and takes an employee centric approach.
performance management
processes and ensure that it delivers required training, cultivates potential and allows for professional growth and development.
Devise
training and development
initiatives to support employees professional development and increase employee engagement.
Support the Head of People and Culture to collate
data and metrics
for quarterly reporting by ensuring the information systems and personnel files are accurately maintained.
Support the organisation's
equality, diversity, and inclusion
action plan.
Engage effectively to drive
effective operations
and contribute to
strategic projects
and carry out other tasks as identified by line management.
Mentor
and support the HR Coordinator to develop their skills and deliver their priorities effectively.
Key Relationships:
Internal
Head of People and Culture
People and Culture Team
CEO and Senior Leaders Team
Staff Representative forum
Colleagues across the organisation
External:
Various external professional service providers and networks.
Knowledge, Experience and Other Requirements :
Skills you will bring:
Degree qualification in Human Resource Management or equivalent and CIPD certification.
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience with a minimum 2 year's experience at business partner level.
Up-to-date understanding of HR and organisational development practices, including but not limited to change management, resourcing, compensation and benefits, policy development
Understanding of employment legislation and regulations and ideally experience of overseas employment laws.
Experience of delivering training, training programme design and implementation.
Excellent verbal, analytical, organisational, and written skills
Empathy with the work of a humanitarian organisation.
Ability to work in French and/or Portuguese would be an advantage but not essential.
Please upload a completed Application Form , CV and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role
here.
Please note incomplete applications will not be considered for shortlisting.
Closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 5th April 2024 at 5pm.
Any candidate offered a job with Self Help Africa will be expected to sign Self Help Africa's Safeguarding Policies and Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these documents.
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