Human Resources Associate

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

Amman, Jordan

Experience: 0 to 3 Years

Skill Required: Human Resources

Responsibilities:

  •  Assists in the day-to-day operations of recruitment services and activities, whether preparing Job Openings, screening of applicants, inviting for tests and interviews or participating in interviews as HR ex-officio; coordinates and follows up on all administrative arrangements including archiving, support in the applicable e-recruitment system and preparing statistical reports, among others. 
  • Researches, extracts relevant facts, background information and practices; analyses and presents information with recommendations which can influence the quality of development and performance of other HR actions; prepares summaries in respect of various types of personnel cases; and support ad hoc HR projects.   
  • Responds, and drafts responses, to a wide range of correspondences, queries and other communications as assigned by the supervisor, uses standard word processing packages to produce a wide variety of documents and reports. 
  • Coordinates with other Units within the Department or with other Departments, in relation to HR functions; prepares regular and ad-hoc reports, including basic translation from Arabic to English and vice versa, as and when required. 
  • Performs office management and administrative functions in support of the designated Division/Section/Unit, as applicable, inter alia, supporting the preparation of budget, monitoring expenditures, ordering supplies and other procurement activities, initiating actions on HR information management system, as applicable.

Education:

A university degree from an accredited educational institution in human resources, business, or public administration, management, or a related discipline is required.

Work Experience:

  • At least two years of relevant experience in the application of the knowledge acquired in human resources management in governmental, international or medium/large commercial organization, including where applicable, relevant experience in recruitment is required.   
  • Experience and knowledge of standard computer applications, HR systems, Dashboards and MS Excel is required.   
  • Experience with HR Information Systems such as SAP and Dashboards is desirable.   

Languages:

  • English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat.
  • For this job opening, English is required.
  • Arabic is required.

Source: https://careers.un.org/jobSearchDescription/263604?language=en