HR & Admin Manager x2 – Gaziantep and Hatay

The Opportunity

The HR Manager will be expected to lead on HR assessments, HR strategy, coordinating recruitment, developing robust systems, policy and practice on people management in complex emergencies. In most circumstances, the post-holder will be expected to mentor and/or capacity build existing country programme staff.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

Essential

• A human resource management/development qualification from a credible institution (such as CIPD)
• Prior NGO experience at management level within a complex country programme in emergency response/humanitarian environments
• Experience of working in remote field bases with limited infrastructure
• Proven operational HR track-record – experience of providing a senior generalist HR service to managers across a full range of HR issues
• Excellent skills in handling and advising on complex people management issues
• Experience of and well developed skills in recruitment and selection
• Good attention to detail
• Understanding staff care for humanitarian staff, in particular approaches to welfare, stress, R&R and debriefing
• Good facilitation skills and ability to deliver induction briefing/training
• Strong communication (written and spoken), and interpersonal skills in English and Turkish, with experience in managing multicultural teams

Desirable

• Experience of a range of assessment techniques (including assessment centres)
• Fluency in Arabic will be an asset

Position holders will be based in Gaziantep and Hatay, therefore legal right to work in Türkiye is necessary at the time of application.

The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Save the Children is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve children better. Therefore all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.