People Partner

PEOPLE PARTNER
JOB DETAILS
LOCATION: Nairobi preferred or any
other established office location
CONTRACT TYPE: Open Ended
INTERNAL JOB GRADE: C2 DEPARTMENT and TEAM
Operations Department, People & Culture Function, People Partnering
Team
SALARY: HOURS (FTE)36 (1 FTE)
FLEXIBLE WORKING
We believe flexible working is key to building the Secretariat of the future, so we’re open to talking through the type of flexible arrangements which might work for you. We think this role would work particularly well as a Part-time, job share, or Compressed Hours. If a part time or job share request is made, the responsibilities of this role may be allocated across 2 head count.
COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organization.
DEPARTMENT PURPOSE: The Operations Department provides efficient, safe operational functions and
support grounded in Feminist Principles that enable OIS to play its role in the Confederation effectively and support the confederation to have greater impact through efficient and effective business support functions.
TEAM PURPOSE: The People & Culture function provides thought leadership, and operational support both across the Confederation, OIS, and countries and regions in: HR, Culture, and Diversity & Inclusion. The People Partner Team works with key stakeholders across OIS to provide day to day HR solutions across the areas of employee relations, reward and benefits, and employee experience. The team also works to identify trends, gaps, and areas for improvement across the People & Culture function and collaborates to design proactive solutions to support the delivery of the HR strategy.
JOB PURPOSE: The People Partner will flex across the areas of providing People Partnering support to their client group and working on priority projects and initiatives as defined by the Lead People Partner and People and Culture Director. This role will primarily support the OIS, but will also provide HR interventions and coordination as required to support country and region activities or across the wider confederation.
ROLE REPORTS TO Lead People Partner
ROLES REPORTING TO THIS POST N/A
BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY N/A
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)
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• Provide People Partner support to the allocated client group across the areas of employee relations
(including performance and grievance management), recruitment, remuneration and benefits, staff
development, policy application and implementation, and general HR advisory support
• In agreement with the Lead People Partner, and Head of HR Countries & Regions, and in consultation
with the Regional HR BP, provide support to the Regional Platform on specific cases.
• Work with the leadership team of the client group to identify strategic and operational HR needs such
as workforce planning, talent development, diversity and inclusion, (this list is not exhaustive) and then
translate these needs into action plans to be delivered
• Work with the Lead People Partner and others across the People & Culture function to identify trends,
gaps in policies and procedures, and development requirements for the OIS and feed these into the HR
work plan, ensuring alignment with HR work across the OIS, Confederation wide and in countries and
regions
• Under the direction of the Lead People Partner be the focal point (within the OIS and the
Confederation as required) on specific HR workstreams (e.g. induction & onboarding, Let’s Talk,
Diversity & Inclusion, building manager capability, reward and benefits, talent management)
• Under the guidance of the Lead People Partner, and in collaboration with key stakeholders both within
the People & Culture function and beyond, contribute to or lead HR initiatives across a range of HR
topics related to the employee experience (e.g. induction, onboarding, building manager capacity). It is
envisaged that these projects will be allocated across the team depending on the priorities and
available resources
• Lead on complex case management (investigations, grievances etc.) for the OIS and wider (as
applicable) with the support of the Lead People Partner and Director People & Culture
• Contribute to building a strong culture of customer service across the People Partner team and the
broader People & Culture function
• Contribute to the development and implementation of a suite of HR reports, designed to provide
accountability for HR delivery, and to inform organisational decision-making
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Most importantly, every individual at Oxfam International Secretariat needs to be able to:
• Live our values of INCLUSION, ACCOUNTABILITY, EMPOWERMENT, COURAGE, SOLIDARITY and
EQUALITY (read more about these here)
• Ensure you commit to our ORGANIZATIONAL ATTRIBUTES (including adhering to the Code of Conduct):
1. Be committed to our feminist principles, and to
applying them in your day-to-day behaviour and
your work. Be ready to keep learning, with
accountability to those who experience oppression
as a result of their identities, such as their gender,
race/ethnicity, disability, class, or LGBTQIA identity.”
2. Be committed to undertaking Oxfam’s
safeguarding training and adhering to relevant
policies, to ensure all people who come into Oxfam
are as safe as possible.
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EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE & COMPETENCIES
ESSENTIAL
• Self-Awareness
• Decisiveness
• Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity
• Demonstrated experience in delivering strong HR partnering support across all operational areas of HR
• Demonstrated experience in managing HR teams within an international context
• Ability to build and manage strong stakeholder relationships across all levels of the organisation
• Experience in delivering projects across a wide range of HR workstreams
• Ability to analyse a wide range of complex information in order to provide recommendations
• Strong knowledge of employee relations/performance management/performance development
practices, ideally within an international context
• Working knowledge of English
Desirable
• Working knowledge of French, Spanish, Arabic
SAFER RECRUITMENT: Oxfam is committed to preventing any type of unwanted behavior at work including sexual
harassment, exploitation and abuse, lack of integrity and financial misconduct; and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Oxfam expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment through our code of conduct. We place a high priority on ensuring that only those who share and demonstrate our values are recruited to work for us. Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks