HR Officer

NATIONAL APPLICANTS ONLY. THIS IS A RAPID RECRUITMENT - WE WILL UNDERTAKE SHORTLISTING AND INTERVIEWS AS APPLICATIONS COME IN AND MAY APPOINT BEFORE A CLOSING DATE.

People with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

As HR Officer, you will provide essential administrative and operational support to the Country Lead and HR Manager, ensuring smooth HR processes and compliance with Oxfam policies and national laws.

Key Responsibilities:

• Onboarding and Offboarding:

  • Conduct employee inductions, update records for new staff, and ensure completion of probation documentation.
  • Manage leaver processes, arrange debriefings and exit interviews.

• Administrative Support:

  • Provide comprehensive administrative support to the Country Lead, including updating team contact details.

• HR Policy and System Management:

  • Apply and inform others about Oxfam HR policies, procedures, processes, systems, and national laws.
  • Conduct contract briefings and use the GOLD HR System for salary/payroll issues, including monthly payroll and end-of-contract payments.
  • Maintain effective record-keeping systems, both electronic and manual.

• Recruitment Assistance:

  • Assist in the recruitment process for the Ukraine response, ensuring adherence to procedures and best practices.
  • Advertise vacancies through e-Arcu and national external sites, and promote them via the GHT vacancy bulletin.
  • Facilitate longlisting with recruiting managers and ensure timely interview scheduling.
  • Participate in interview panels and manage reference requests and approvals for all recruitments, including headhunted, secondments, and consultants.

• Understanding of Humanitarian HR issues and international development/humanitarian work.
  
• Experience in project management with a proactive approach to achieving defined goals.
  
• Knowledge and experience in operational HR issues and people management.
• Strong interpersonal, relationship building, and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Logical and clear approach to managing workload.
• High accuracy, attention to detail, and good organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member and operate flexibly.
• Gender and cultural sensitivity with a commitment to Oxfam’s values and equal opportunity principles.
• Good level of numeracy and ability to produce and interpret management information.

• Proficiency in English (written & spoken)

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 committed to promoting the welfare of children, young people, adults and beneficiaries with whom Oxfam GB engages. 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.