FLYING HR MANAGER-MSF-BELGIUM – Medecins Sans Frontieres Spain

Business and Administration

Medecins Sans Frontieres Spain

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 60 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters or exclusion from healthcare.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid in more than 70 countries to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters or exclusion from healthcare.

MSF Belgium has a long history in Ethiopia (from 1984 to 2013) the re-establishment of the organization in the country (since March 2021) require to re-build our presence as a new INGO operating in Ethiopia. The MSF Belgium strategy in Ethiopia is to respond to medical needs, as per our mandate, while having a strong focus on the Environmental Health as a preventive approach. Today, MSF Belgium is running 2 projects (SNNP and Afar regions) and has conducted several assessments with some short-term responses (SNNP, Amhara, Afar). Our intention is to develop a rapid response capacity, allowing a fast-track assessment and humanitarian response in all the regions of Ethiopia.

MSF-Belgium has the following vacant position:

 

Title:                                  FLYING HR MANAGER

Place of Work:                Addis Ababa + projects

Contract duration:         6 (six) months with possibility of extension

Salary:                               As per the MSF salary scale

 

 

Main Purpose

 

The position is based in our Addis office with planned  70% field based position to support projects in HR expertise. Flying HR Manager would support MSF Belgium project in, but not restricted, to the following: coaching project HR Manager and / or HR Assistant; gap filling for HR Manager; managing specific HR tasks, for example recruitment).

HR Manager is responsible for the implementation of Human Resources policies in the project and the correct Administrative Management of all staff working in the project (National, International, Regional, etc).

 

Accountabilities, which may be requested from Flying HR Manager in different projects:

·     Advise Project Coordinator on set up (org chart) and together with the HR Coordinator, update the project’s organizational chart and job descriptions

·     In close coordination with the Project Coordinator and the HR Coordinator, calculate the HR operational needs and the associated budget in order to efficiently ensure the required sizing and capabilities of the project and to facilitate budget following-up.

·     Ensure hiring, carry out amendments and contract termination formalities for employees at project level, according to labour local laws, archiving and updating individual employee files, informing them on their rights and preparing all mandatory tax declarations, in order to ensure legal compliance..

·     Assist the Project Coordinator, and/or team leaders and supervisors to draw up annual holiday planning and staff shifts in order to forecast HR needs and to ensure HR availability for the project activities..

·     Supervise/perform payroll procedures, ensuring that all data related to monthly salary calculation of national employees of the project are correctly entered in Homere (days off, unpaid leaves, sick leaves, overtime, salary advance, etc.), in order to ensure on time and accurate salary payments.

·     Under supervision of the HR Coordinator, ensure indexation process of national staff salary grids in order to ensure internal equity, cost-of-living adjustments and the correct application of employment conditions in the project sites.

·     Support, in close coordination with the HR Coordinator, the project line managers in detecting training needs, in properly evaluating people performance and in potential identification, in order to improve people capabilities, and their end results contribution to mission goals.

·     Plan and supervise, in close coordination with the HRCo, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required

·     Together with the Project Coordinator, support the line managers in implementing the internal communication policies in order to boost staff active participation and MSF commitment.

·     In close collaboration with the Project Coordinator and HRCo, applies the administrative procedures part of any Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in force between local partners (eg. Ministry of Health, etc.) and MSF.

·     In close collaboration with the Project Coordinator and HRCo, looks for the best options to avoid and/or solve possible labour conflicts in the project.

·     Ensures all staff in the Project (National, International, Regional, visits, etc.) is properly briefed and/or inducted.

·     Is responsible for all movements and/or accommodation of staff in the Project.

·     Ensures all HR reporting of the Project.

Education

Essential degree in management (business, HR) or administration.

 

 

Experience

 

·                Essential, working experience of at least two years in relevant and similar position.

·                Essential professional experience with MSF or similar NGO.

·                Desirable previous  experience in working in different project contexts in Ethiopia.

·                Essential experience in people & team management

·                The role involves travels to different projects in Ethiopia, which requires flexibility and commitment to support projects from few days to few weeks at a time.

 

 

Languages             

 

Mandatory: very good knowledge of both English and Amharic

 

Knowledge

 

Able to work with Microsoft Office 365 tools, including SharePoint, MS Teams.

Strong interpersonal and intercultural communication skills

Able to work independently and as part of a team and knowledgeable with labor law.

 

Competencies

 

•            Strategic vision

•            Leadership

•            Strong coaching Management & development of staff

•            Service orientation

•            Team work and Cooperation.

 

 

As per MSF-Belgium Salary scale

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