A HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

About : Action contre la Faim

Créée en 1979, Action contre la Faim est une organisation non gouvernementale internationale qui lutte contre la faim dans le monde. Sa charte des principes humanitaires – indépendance, neutralité, non-discrimination, accès libre et direct aux victimes, professionnalisme, transparence – fonde son identité depuis plus de 40 ans. Sa mission est de sauver des vies en éliminant la faim par la prévention, la détection et le traitement de la sous-nutrition, en particulier pendant et après les situations d’urgence liées aux conflits et aux catastrophes naturelles. Action contre la Faim coordonne ses programmes autour de 5 domaines d’activités : Nutrition et Santé – Santé Mentale, Soutien Psychosocial et Protection – Sécurité Alimentaire et Moyens d’Existence – Eau, Assainissement et Hygiène – Plaidoyer. En 2022, Action contre la Faim est venue en aide à plus de 28 millions de personnes dans 46 pays à travers le monde. www.actioncontrelafaim.org

Mission :

Under the supervision of the Deputy Country Director Support, your role will be to define the Country Office’s Human Resources policy and coordinate its implementation and deployment on all bases in order to provide the best possible support to programs.
More precisely, you will be in charge of:
Contributing to defining mission strategy, supervising the staff administration and payroll.
Managing the Human Resources team at Capital and providing technical support to Human Resources team in the bases.
Providing the recruitment and training of all employees and promote career development.
Ensuring a coherent organization of work and establish a policy of compensation and benefits.
Implementing collective rules and communicating these internally.
Promoting and coordinating Human Resources with the mission’s partners.
Preventing and managing cases of fraud and corruption.
Managing the Human Resources team and the home staff in capital and be support/technical Manager for Human Resources Managers in the bases.

This position is eligible for both international and national (Nigerian) candidates.

12 months of fixed-term contract under French law (for international candidates) or Nigerian law (for national candidates).
Remuneration according to ACF’s policy

ACF is committed to people with disabilities and actively fights against all forms of discrimination.

Profile :

You have a Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Social Science or International Relation. Human resources professional qualifications and training is an added advantage.
You have at least 3 years of relevant experience as a HR professional with experience in the INGO sector preferably as part of a senior management team.
You have an experience in Emergency and Humanitarian contexts.
You are knowledgeable in all aspects of Human Resource Management including team management and working in an intercultural environment.
You are highly organized, disciplined, detail oriented and work well under pressure.
You are self motivated and capable to analyzing information with the aim of arriving at conclusions with minimal guidance.
You have excellent written and verbal communication as well as be computer literate especially when it comes to report writing and analysis.
Experiences with ACF is an added advantage.