People & Culture Manager, WWF CAR

Position title: People & Culture Manager, WWF CAR
Reports to: Country Coordinator, WWF CAR
Supervises: People & Culture Assistant
Location: Bangui – CAR

Mission of the Department: In compliance with the Global WWF People and Culture
policies and standards, ensure that WWF CAR maintains the highest standards in People &
Culture management; fostering the embedding of a culture based on network citizenship;
respecting the ways of working; in order to support the achievement of the Country Office
conservation goals and objectives articulated in the Strategic Plan.
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I**. Major Functions**
Under the supervision of the Country Coordinator, the People & Culture Manager as a member
of the Senior Management of WWF CAR will:

• Implement the People and culture component of the WWF CAR Strategic Plan;
• Implement effective people, organizational and management structures, policies and processes in alignment with WWF guidelines, policies and procedures and CAR legal standards;
• Lead advisor to the Country Coordinator and his/her team in matters concerning people related risk management.
• Advise and support leaders in creating a culture of collaboration, innovation and results focus in WWF;
• Embed the desired organizational values and behaviours in all key People & Culture processes across the organization;
• Develop and embed the right People & Culture standards, policies, procedures and platforms in-order to attract, develop and retain the right people for the organization;
• Create and support the optimal working environment in which the staff are able to perform at the highest level and are able to maximize their contribution towards the conservation goals;
• Drive the WWF network towards a common approach to people development, global mobility, leadership development, rewards philosophy and gender diversity.

II. Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage recruitment processes in collaboration with hiring managers, ensuring compliance with standards in resourcing, recruiting, orientation/induction, contracting procedures;
• Support the development and implementation of succession planning for WWF CAR;
• Coordinate talent management efforts in line with WWF’s Talent management process;
• Coordinate the annual performance and development Journey process and ensure that all staff are evaluated;
• Together with SMT members to develop Organizational Development (OD) strategy for WWF CAR and implement the P&C’s annual work plan under OD strategy
• Develop and implement together with other SMT members policies on health, safety, diversity, equity and inclusion to ensure the compliance with WWF network standards and local laws and regulations;
• Act as the Fraud and Corruption/Compliance Focal point of the Country Office: trains and raises awareness to staff, including Induction to new staff about the Compliance and Ethical standard; investigates and reports on related incidents, recommends any improvement plans that may be necessary, to ensure that WWF CAR complies with WWF’s Code of Conduct;
• Develop and oversee the implementation of WWF CAR training and development plan, manage the leadership and management training programmes;
• Develop and support measures to improve and develop positive organizational culture and employee well-being;
• Ensure the regular review and appropriate application of salary reviews in line with the compensation & benefits guidelines, and oversee payroll management
• Advises Management and monitor staff related legal/disciplinary matters in line with the P&C Policies and local labour laws;
• Ensure proper staff welfare management including managing relationships with key partners e.g., labour authorities, social security, statutory agencies and service providers (Health Insurance, life and personal Accident insurance);
• Ensure that all Field programme locations adhere to the P&C policies and procedures and the local labour laws.
• Ensures and follow-up implementation of audit recommendations on P&C matters
• Ensure People & Culture needs are provided for on the annual and program budgets and support the fundraising team to look out for resources for people culture and development.
• Maintains employee contracts and ensures compliance with the WWF Policies and local labour laws;
• Assists the Country Coordinator in communication with all staff, in CAR Country office and field staff as appropriate, on people & culture matters that affect them;
• Manage the entire employee life cycle, induction, contracts management, separation and P&C policy compliance;
• Carrying out regular internal audits on field projects on People & Culture issues;
• Performs other duties as requested by the Country Coordinator.

III. Profile
Required Qualifications

• Masters’ degree in HR, administration, Business Management or other related fields;
• At least 8 years of professional experience in HR in CAR (min 3 years in a managerial position);
• Proven track record in Human Resources administration and management;
• Knowledge of the institutional, legal and policy framework of employment and HR management in CAR;
• Experience working with an International NGO is an added advantage.

Required Skills and Competencies

• Proven skills people management;
• Proven skills in change management;
• Proven skills in HR administration;
• Integrity, customer orientation;
• Good knowledge of Ms Office suite;
• Good oral and written skills in English and French;
• Strategic business partnerships;
• Experience in people programmatic policy based approach;
• Demonstrated experience in applying HR management protocols;
• Excellent inter-personal skills, and a good understanding of human relationships;
• Good guidance, counselling, conflict management, and negotiation skills, at all levels;
• Good abilities to work in a team;
• Experience of working in a matrix organization;
• Excellent oral and written communications skills;
• Identifies and aligns with the core values of the WWF organization: Courage, Collaboration, Respect & Integrity;

IV. Working Relationships
Internal: Reports to the Country Coordinator, interacts with Heads of Departments, all CAR
staff and teams on a daily basis, and as required coordinates and interacts with various
project teams, the Regional People & Culture Director and People & Culture team, WWF
International and other WWF Network staff.
External: Interacts with national governmental institutions, non-governmental
organisations, academic institutions, the media, donors, specialists / consultants, and other
stakeholders, in collaboration with the Country Coordinator.