International Rescue Committee · Pakistan
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking a People & Culture Officer to support provincial staff in Punjab. This role involves recruitment, orientation for new employees, maintaining performance management systems, and ensuring compliance with IRC policies. The officer will also manage staff benefits, maintain personnel files, and foster professional relations among staff. Ideal candidates will have a background in HR management and experience in international NGOs.
Candidate Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in HRM, BBA/MBA/MPA or equivalent
Minimum 3 years of experience in HR management
Excellent knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
Experience in data analytics
Strong drafting and reporting skills
Ability to conduct data analysis
Knowledge of local languages
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Act as P&C; focal person for provincial staff in Punjab, respond to staff queries, and facilitate staff in P&C; related matters.
• Responsible for recruitment for the provincial offices in Punjab while ensuring a fair and transparent process and in line with the IRC global P&C; policies and procedures.
• Arranging for and providing orientation to newly joined employees, this includes but not limited to scheduling inductions, inducting new employees into IRC ways, culture, HR policies and procedures.
• Maintain Performance Management System to ensure that the system is implemented in its true spirit.
• Promote and uphold THE IRC WAY (codes of conduct). Ensure that all newly recruited staff understand these codes and sign the acknowledgment for record.
• Ensure all staff have access to the IRC learning portal and courses available online.
• Assist the Senior P&C; Officer in the administration of EOBI, Life and Health Insurance.
• Responsible for monthly salaries and benefits of the staff. Also process final settlements in consultation with Senior P&C; Officer.
• Maintain and update time sheets and leave record of IRC staff with proper filing; share the monthly time sheets update and leave status.
• Maintain staff personnel files in a confidential manner and ensure that all personnel files are complete.
• Reporting to Senior P&C; Officer for payments, recruitment, benefit and compensation.
• Manage staff health and life insurance such as liaising with insurance companies, processing staff medical claims etc if applicable.
• Foster and facilitate the development of cooperative professional relations between and among staff at all levels.
Education:
Bachelors; Preferably in HRM, BBA/MBA/MPA or equivalent.
Experience:
• Minimum 3 years’ of progressively responsible experience in administration and human resources management. (Previous working experience of International NGO / similar set up)
Skills:
• Excellent knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint required.
• Experience in data analytics.
• Excellent drafting, formulation, reporting skills.
• Ability to extract and format data and conduct data analysis.
Competencies:
• Thinks and acts strategically: Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements.
• Adapt with Agility: Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible.
• Enable Diversity and Inclusion: Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination.
• Creative Facilitation: Ability to design process that considers one click access; set out clear objectives and engaging activities; select appropriate methods that are needed to enable or support the HR tasks efficiently.
• Languages: knows local languages.
Note:The interviews will be conducted on rolling basis, and only shortlisted candidates will be called for an interview.
Professional Standards:All International Rescue Committee workers must adhere to the core values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct . Our Standards are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Safeguarding , Conflicts of Interest, Fiscal Integrity, and Reporting Wrongdoing and Protection from Retaliation. IRC is committed to take all necessary preventive measures and create an environment where people feel safe, and to take all necessary actions and corrective measures when harm occurs. IRC builds teams of professionals who promote critical reflection, power sharing, debate, and objectivity to deliver the best possible services to our clients.