RECRUITMENT & MOBILITY OFFICER

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), an international medical humanitarian association founded in 1971, provides medical assistance to populations whose lives are threatened: mainly in cases of armed conflict, but also epidemics, pandemics, natural disasters or exclusion from care.

MSF WACA (West and Central Africa) was created in 2019 and aims to bring about a change in the dynamics of the MSF movement. WACA is driven by a significant number of doctors and humanitarians of Doctors Without Borders from West and Central Africa who wish to be heard, to contribute and above all to proactively assume responsibility for the humanitarian mission of the organization. WACA reflects an identity of humanitarians, an aspiration for MSF, a truly inclusive movement of people who share the values of empathy for others. Its strength is based on other MSF associations and its associative fiber is amplified by concrete operational objectives.

We are looking for : RECRUITMENT &MOBILITY OFFICER

Direct Manager: Head of recruitment & Pool Management

Working : 100%

Position based in: Abidjan

Mobility: in the region for HR marketing activities and recruitment campaigns

Type of contract: Fix Term contract (renewable)

**Duration:**10 months (till June 2023)

Position to be filled on: 1st August 2022

Global Mission

• Develop and implement effective recruitment processes and efficient pool management for the successful conduct of WaCA activities: By optimizing and adapting recruitment strategies to the type of profile needed
• Organizing the management and monitoring of the pools under its responsibility in order to build loyalty and support the development of its members’ skills;
• By accompanying and building the individual career paths of expatriates in relation to the operational needs of the organization.

Specific responsibilities:

1. Understanding and formulating field HR forecast

• In collaboration with the HR Opé teams, collect the operational HR needs for the fields in order to be able to propose the appropriate profiles and help define the recruitment criteria
• work closely with the Technical referent in order to ensure an optimal technical validation
• Ensure continuous contact with the pool manager to understand the state of the pool
• Work towards sourcing the future talent and

2. Implementation of recruitment processes

• Guarantee the application of recruitment procedures and process.
• Ensure and conduct the recruitment of international field staff and mobile national staff with a view to building a pool of people ready for deployment according to WaCA operational needs:
• Support the definition of WaCA recruitment strategy adapted to the position and implement measures to achieve the objectives related to recruitment;
• Ensure creation and publication of job advertisements,
• Coordinate and manage the recruitment process and the link with technical referent
• Study and evaluate new recruitment channels, identify new potential sources to attract candidates, including through the support to the creation of partnerships and mutualization
• Identify interesting profiles via platforms such as LinkedIn and carry out, if necessary, active research of candidates;
• Develop and contribute to projects and initiatives to optimize the recruitment service;
• Promote WaCA via participation in conferences, seminars and meetings
• Organize, lead and facilitate information sessions for the general public in person or via webinar
• Facilitate WtMSF sessions in person or via webinars

3. Managing the international mobility (Expatriate and detachment)

• Know the pool members, their career paths and their wishes ;
• Deploy communication tools whether they are off-duty or on assignment, in order to maintain a dynamic of potential employment and active career path monitoring ;
• Accompany pool members on their journey with WaCA;
• Share knowledge of pool members with the desks and contribute to the transcription of information into the HR database;
• Organize and lead meetings to monitor individuals and career paths with the relevant groups of technical referents in order to share and cross-reference information, improve monitoring, detect specific talents, make decisions ;
• Collaborate fully with the technical lead of each pool;

4. Other

• Ensure reporting on quantitative and qualitative statistical data on the activity
• Participate in the unit team meetings and all events related to recruitment and mobility
• Ensure guidance to the HR assistant
• Can represent the Unit in HQ working groups,
• Can support the field team in specific recruitment such as coordo/manager positions, bulk recruitment
• Provide advice on recruitment and pool management issues to head of Unit

Why join us ?

You will find yourself a rich multicultural environment embellished with many relaxation areas to exchange or just create. The opportunity to test and learn. Every idea is welcome, your comments and opinions will be appreciated at all levels of the organization. The chance to be a key player in a growing and highly qualified team

And most importantly, great colleagues in a healthy work environment… (yes, yes..)

Education / Qualification / Pre-requisites:

The candidate must hold at least a Bac + 3 degree in Human Ressources, Management, Administration and experience in bulk recruitment- and manager recruitment.

Professional experience required/ Who are we looking for?

• Demonstrated experience (minimum 2 years) in a similar position or equivalent experience;
• Good knowledge of recruitment procedure and process
• Experience in an international organization, humanitarian and/or multicultural environment is an asset

Language skills

Fluency in English and French (ability to conduct interviews and to write reports in both languages)

Aptitudes – Soft Skills

Autonomy, professional rigor and ability to manage own stress

• Good interpersonal abilities, flexibility and cultural awareness
• Good communication and easy public speaking skills
• Analytical thinking and synthesis ability
• Strong organizational skills
• Commitment for association and humanitarian action
• Proactivity and to be solution oriented
• Ability to think out of the box and to be creative

Computer skills

Proficiency and excellent knowledge in computers and Microsoft office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, …)