Current Vacancies at Handicap International (HI)

The HR department in East Africa Division will be composed of approximately 15 staff based in the different countries. The Regional HR Manager will be the line Manager of country HR teams and will be part of the SMT (Senior Management Team) at regional level.

Your key Responsabilities at regional level:

Management & Leadership :

• Embody and promote the organization’s values, lead and develop local HR teams, foster innovation and change management.

HR Strategy :

• Develop, implement, and oversee the regional HR strategy, translating operational objectives and field needs into action plans.
• Advise leadership on HR matters, especially during organizational restructuring.
• Advise the Regional Director during major reorganizations, producing and analyzing HR indicators, managing HR risks, and representing HI on HR matters externally.

HR standards, contribution to HI's expertise and accountability within its scope:

• Deploys and monitors the quality of all HI HR policies, processes, and framework documents, ensuring compliance and supporting the team in adapting these frameworks.
• Oversees legal and regulatory compliance, along with the quality of audit, internal control, and archiving procedures

Operational Management and Support :

• Supports the Executive Team with communication, decision-making, HR planning, budget management, remuneration, benefits, diversity policies, recruitment, and local partnerships.
• Coordinates HR reporting, implementation of the HR cycle including career management, skills development, administrative management, and payroll and health policy compliance.
• Manages contractual systems for national staff, international staff movements, document archiving, and supports HR managers with public administration matters.
• Ensures legal compliance, staff representation, handles litigation cases, and maintains contracts with legal advisors specializing in social law.
• Supports program managers and regional directors by communicating HR policies, monitoring policy compliance, and deploying institutional policies including Code of Conduct, PSEA, and Fraud and Corruption Policy.

Emergency Management :

• Lead HR preparedness and response in emergencies, adjusting priorities to meet humanitarian needs.

As part of the regionalization process of the East Africa zone, the following will be a priority:

• Support HR teams and all managers in the region in developing their hierarchical and functional collaboration skills.
• Evaluate human resources policies and processes in the six/seven countries to propose standardized practices.
• Assess human resources standards in each country and propose improvements with a view to greater subsidiarity.
• Assess skills and develop capacity building for each team member with the support of the Human Resources specialist.
• Create a human resources governance system for internal communication, information sharing, capacity building and team coordination.
• Promote the development of strong functional links between shared service managers at the affiliate country level.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POSITION:

The security situation in the region varies from country to country, with some areas affected by tensions or travel restrictions, particularly in Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan. Appropriate risk management mechanisms are in place to ensure the safety of teams.

Requirements

• At least 5 years’ proven experience in HR and team management in an international context, preferably humanitarian or non-profit
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to work with multicultural teams.
• Strategic thinking and capacity to develop HR action plans aligned with overall strategy.
• Mastery in administrative, remuneration, and HR frameworks (policies and legal).
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to advise senior management.

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Your responsibilities at a regional level

• Management & Leadership
• Embodies and promotes the organization’s values, leads and develops local finance teams, fosters innovation and change management
• Operational Implementation
• Ensures and coordinates financial and budget management
• Ensures and coordinates account management
• Ensures and coordinates the financial management of institutional fundings in compliance with “donor” guidelines and contractual obligations
• Standards and expertise
• Oversees the deployment and monitors compliance with all of HI’s financial policies, processes and tools
• Directs and controls HI's compliance with the legal framework of the country or countries of intervention and monitors changes in standards and case law and in the practices of other stakeholders working in the finance field
• Ensures the production and filing of financial documents ensuring the legality of HI's operations in the country or countries of intervention
• Profession facilitation
• Monitors the dissemination, use and contribution to revisions of standards, monitoring of recommendations for the skills development of the teams
• Fosters a team spirit and ensures the inclusion of all team members by encouraging regular contributions, especially through practice-sharing
• Develops a pool of local talent. 
• Provides briefings and debriefings on financial aspects for the people working within its area of responsibility. 
• Participates in the training of peers. 
• Participates in the recruitment and organises the induction of new team members. 
• Ensures continuity of service within the area of responsibility of his/her team
• Internal control
• Identifies risks and contributes to risk mapping within his/her area of responsibility
• Checks compliance with HI processes and policies
• Reinforces the rules of internal control according to the context of intervention
• Financial strategy
• Contributes to the regional operational strategy within his or her scope of responsibilities
• Emergency management
• Leads the emergency preparedness actions in the finance department

Requirements

• At least 5 years’ proven experience in Finance and team management in an international context, preferably humanitarian or non-profit
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to work with multicultural teams
• Strategic thinking and capacity to develop financial action plans aligned with overall strategy
• Mastery in financial management of institutional fundings and budget management