International Alert Recruitment for Policies Officer (HR) 2023/ 2024- Apply Here

International Alert is one of the world’s leading peace-building organizations, with over 30 years of experience supporting communities, and advising governments, organizations, and companies on how to build peace. Alert works with people in conflict-affected and threatened areas to make a positive difference for peace; to improve the substance and implementation of international policies relevant to peace-building; and to strengthen the peace-building sector.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Policies Officer (HR)

Location: Nigeria (Any of Alert’s registered offices)
Employment Type: Fixed-term contract, 4 months
Reports to: Head of People

Job Description

• This is an exciting opportunity for an HR professional to support an international charity to refresh its organizational policies.
• Reporting to the Head of People, you will work closely with colleagues across the organization, including our senior management staff and staff in all our offices.
• You’ll review and re-draft our HR policies, ensuring they reflect best practices in people management. You’ll establish and coordinate working groups of staff drafting and inputting into policy change.
• We are seeking a candidate with Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) or equivalent Level 3 qualified or relevant experience, bringing a good knowledge of HR principles, policies, and procedures.
• Your experience developing people policies and procedures which reflect and comply with legislation and business needs will be essential for this role.
• Fluent in English, your excellent interpersonal skills will help you relate to people at all levels and from diverse backgrounds, as will your experience in stakeholder relationship management.
• We will benefit from your attention to detail and ability to plan and prioritize.
• Experience working for a charity or in an international context is desirable but not essential.
• Fluency in French or experience undertaking trade union consultation on people policy development is similarly beneficial but not essential.

Role duties and responsibilities

• Review Alert’s organizational policies and make factual and formatting edits to ensure they are up-to-date and accessible to all staff.
• Review HR policies and draft revised HR policies in close collaboration with the Head of People, to ensure they remain fit for purpose and reflect the latest developments in effective people management.
• Ensure that people policies and procedures are clear, well-researched, and comprehensive from the perspective of managers and staff.
• Working with the Partnerships Process Working Group, support the update of our partnership procedures, through drafting procedure documents and coordinating staff contributions.
• Prepare revised policies for presentation to the Executive Team (XT) by the Director of Global Delivery or Head of People, Finance, or IT and attend Executive Team (XT) discussions of policy revisions.
• Establish sustainable processes for the finalization of Alert’s organizational policy review once the role closes.
• Undertake other tasks requested by the Director of Global Delivery or Head of People.
• Working with the Head of People, support consultation with members of the Community Forum on people policies and procedures.
• In consultation with the Head of People and Gender, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Steering Committee, establish a People Policies Working Group to support the review of policies affecting people.
• Coordinate the People Policies Working Group: organize monthly meetings, circulate papers and minute meetings.
• Coordinate small groups of Finance and Operations staff to support the drafting of key sections of finance, security, compliance, IT, and environmental policies.

Essential Requirements

• A relevant Degree or Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) or equivalent Level 3 qualified or relevant experience.
• Fluency in English (written and oral skills), including policy and procedure drafting.
• Attention to detail and accuracy and an ability to plan and prioritize
• The existing right to work in the requested country in which Alert has a registered office.
• Good knowledge of HR principles, policies, and procedures
• Experience developing people policies and procedures which reflect and comply with legislation and case law and meet business needs.
• Experience in stakeholder relationship management
• Proficient in HR software systems and MS Office applications
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to relate to people at all levels and from diverse backgrounds

Salary
Competitive salary (if UK-based: circa £32,311).

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How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:  Click here to applyNote

• All applicants must have the existing right to work in the country they wish to be based in.
• International Alert prides itself on being an Equal Opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from underrepresented people including Black, Indigenous and people of color, LGBTIQ+, people with disabilities, and other historically marginalized people. We particularly encourage applications from the Global South.
• While International Alert will endeavor to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources.  Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful.

Application Deadline 6th September 2023.