UN Women, grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women's rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. The Human Resources Centre is developing and implementing HR policies under the umbrella of UN Rules and Regulations. Under the supervision of the HR Specialist (Recruitment & Staffing), the Human Resources Associate will be working on benefits and entitlements in close coordination with the UNDP BES Centre in Copenhagen. |
Summary of key functions - Administration of Staff Contracts, Benefits and Entitlements;
- Processing of payments;
- Advisory services;
- Streamline services;
- Knowledge building and knowledge sharing.
Description of Duties Administration of Staff Contracts, Benefits and Entitlements: Assists and supports with the administration and certification on the processing of defined Benefits and Entitlements processes in full compliance with Staff Regulations and Rules and Financial Accountability Framework and has approval authority for non-discretionary decisions under the applicable staff rules and within the financial level of authority: - Monitors and tracks all transactions related to positions, recruitment, HR data, benefits earnings/deductions, retroactivity, recoveries, adjustments and separations through Atlas;
- Equity and transparency in the application of Staff Regulations and Rules ensuring that a high quality, timely and accurate service is provided to clients and partners;
- Ensure accurate staff database;
- Supports administration of Staff Member contracts by providing correct information and follow up on benefits and allowances for staff members in accordance with rules, regulations and policies;
- Ensures consistency in the grade levels and in the determination of benefits and entitlements on non-staff contracts;
- Briefs and orients newly-recruited staff, and explains the salary and entitlements package for different categories and different modality of contracts, in consultation with the requesting offices;
- Serves as a focal point and technical resource for the HR computerized system, and liaison with IT on system requirements, design and improvements.
- Contributes to the development of tools and is a platform for data and content management;
- Arranges and/or conducts briefings and training of new users of the system;
- Monitors the preparation and accuracy of staff payrolls and ensures the timely submission to the Finance unit to meet the monthly payment cycle;
- Ensures an efficient documentation retention policy is established for all personnel records in line with UN Women procedures;
- Processes Requests for Personnel Action (RPA), Offers and Contracts/Amendments as required;
- Supports in policy development, procedural improvements, revised (Standards of Procedures) SOPs and the drafting of internal Human Resources & Administration guidelines
- Assists the project manager and the project team members with advice and guidance on all HR-related issues;
- Ensures all Human Resources-related matters meet deadlines and are internal and external client-oriented and takes proactive action on personnel issues.
Processing of payments: Monitor and certify financial entitlements related to contracts, including appointments, reassignments, ongoing entitlements and salaries in cooperation with Copenhagen office, in ATLAS to achieve the following results: - Accurate determination of financial entitlements of personnel transactions;
- Increased efficiency as a result of reduction in recoveries, advances and other exceptional payments;
- Accurate processing of financial entitlements to correct UN Women and where applicable, third party funds.
Advisory services: Assists on matters relating to benefits and entitlements, fostering and supporting partnerships with internal and external stakeholders by briefing and advising clients, staff, colleagues and partners of the rules and regulations and the interpretation thereof to achieve the following results: - Accurate and complete submission of claims on entitlements;
- Comprehensive HR strategy including benefits and entitlements management;
- Consistent approach in compliance with Staff Regulations and Rules;
- Client and partner confidence in Benefits and Entitlements Services (BES) as an HR service provider;
- HR policies and guidelines relating to Benefits and Entitlements are reviewed and revised as necessary.
Streamlining Processes: Identify areas for improving processes and HR policies and developing our business requirements to maximize efficiency and simplify procedures, to achieve the following results: - Recommendations for improved and new HR policies and guidelines;
- Streamline payment and entitlement procedures to deliver optimal client service;
- Enhance work efficiency through constant evaluation and analysis of HR processes;
- Reduce unnecessary paperwork and administrative processes;
- Provide input to further enhancement of development of on-line tools such as E-services module in Atlas.
Ensures facilitation of knowledge building and knowledge sharing focusing on achievement of the following results: Recommend, create and maintain knowledge management prescriptive content for benefits and entitlements to achieve the following results: - HR knowledge management system contains accurate and comprehensive coverage of Benefits and Entitlements matters;
- Full transparency of the administration of Benefits and Entitlements;
- Continuous learning and development for HR staff by keeping abreast with HR best practices;
- Conduct internal training courses on selected Benefits and Entitlements;
- Draft synthesis of lessons learnt and best practices in HR;
- Provide sound contributions to knowledge networks and communities of practice;
- Prepares presentations, briefings and training sessions regarding HR issues as required.
Other duties: - Prepares presentations, briefings and training sessions regarding HR issues as required;
- Performs other duties as required by the HR Specialist;
- Provide support to the Chief-HR for specific assignments.
Impact of Results The key results have an impact on the overall implementation of benefits and entitlements and success in carrying forward the HR strategies and policies and the UN Women mandate. |
Core Values / Guiding Principles: - Integrity: Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct;
- Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity: Demonstrating an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity.
Core Competencies: - Ethics and Values: Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating Organizational Precedents
- Organizational Awareness: Building support and political acumen
- Developing and Empowering People / Coaching and Mentoring: Building staff competence, creating an environment of creativity and innovation
- Working in Teams: Building and promoting effective teams
- Communicating Information and Ideas: Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication
- Self-management and Emotional intelligence: Creating an emotionally intelligent organization
- Conflict Management / Negotiating and Resolving Disagreements: Leveraging conflict in the interests of the organization & setting standards
- Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning: Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning
Functional Competencies (Related to the Post): Knowledge Management and Learning - Shares knowledge and experience;
- Encourages office staff to share knowledge and contribute to UN Women practice areas;
- Develops substantive knowledge of one or more Practice Areas;
- Promotes a learning environment in the office;
- Provides helpful feedback and advice to others in the office;
- Actively works towards continuing personal learning and development in one or more practice areas, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.
Development and Operational Effectiveness - Ability to perform a variety of specialized activities related to HR management, entitlements and benefits, contract management and reporting;
- Strong IT skills;
- Ability to provide input to business processes re-engineering, implementation of new systems.
Leadership and Self-Management - Focuses on result for the client;
- Consistently approaches work with energy and a positive, constructive attitude;
- Demonstrates strong oral and written communication skills;
- Remains calm, in control and good humored even under pressure;
- Demonstrates openness to change and ability to manage complexities;
- Responds positively to critical feedback and differing points of view.
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Education: - Secondary Education with specialized certification in HR;
- University Degree in HR, Business or Public Administration desirable, but not a requirement;
- Must have passed the United Nations Administrative Support Assessment Test (ASAT).
Experience: - 7 years of progressively responsible HR and/or administrative experience is required at the national or international level;
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc) and experience in handling of web based management systems.
Language Requirements: - Fluency in English is required. Fluency in other UN languages an advantage.
Note: In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment. All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment. |
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