This
position is responsible for the administration and management of staff welfare
and supports recruitment including conducting (QC) quality control of HR
documents and procedures. The HR Officer operates as a generalist and carries
out responsibilities in the following functional areas: departmental
development, Human Resources Information System (HRIS), supports recruitment
and retention, employee relations, training and development and benefits
administration. The HR Officer manages the administration of the human resources
policies, procedures, and programs. The Human Resources Officer coordinates
implementation of services, policies, and programs through Human Resources
staff. Tasks listed below:

• Develop,update and ensure effective implementation of new hires on-boarding and

  training programs.

• Conductnew hire onboarding ensuring the new hires have understood the policies

  and procedures, sign offs and other onboarding materials.

• Conductquality check before a new employee reports to work by verifying the reference

  checks, Certificate of Good

  Conduct/Police Clearance Certificatee

  (for international staff) and

  conduct background checks .

• Ensuretimely and accurate entry of employee data regarding initial hire,

  transfers, promotion and terminations, on to the established Human

  Resource Information Systems (HRIS), and ensure the same is captured in

  the payroll system once in place.

• Workwith HR Assistant in the Regional Office and

  the administrator in Sudan office to ensure that the staff list is up to date when there has been staff changes

  (new hires, promotions, deletions, etc. and save the same by end of every

  month.

• Ensurestatutory documents are provided and relevant forms filled by the new

  staff.

• Workwith the different departments in regards to updating the JDs, placing adverts

  and take through the entire recruitment and hiring process including

  participating in interviews.

• Preparestaff contracts and monitor expiry of the same. Liaise with managers

  to update them of the

  same.

• Workwith your supervisors, to identify and notify staff in advance of the

  contracts that are not being renewed.

• Trackapplicant flow, maintain eligibility list of qualified candidates for future consideration,

  help collect and analyze recruitment data.

• Performother duties that may be assigned to ensure effective administration of

  SIHA Sudan Human Resources

  section so as to meet the program’s objectives and maintain high

  professional standards.

Qualifications Education:

·       Bachelor’s Degree in Human resource management or
related field / Higher
Diploma in Human Resource is strongly preferred.

Experience:

·
Eight (8)
years of paid work experience required.

·
Two (4) years’ work experience in a HR position in a busy HR
office is required.

·
One (2) year managing recruitment both nationally and
internationally preferred.

·
Previous
experience working with an International NGO strongly desired.

·
A member
of Human Resource Management association or related preferred.

Knowledge/Skills:

·      Highly
proficient in Excel and PowerPoint

·      Skilled at learning new technologies quickly.

·
Skilled
at analyzing processes and translating them into automated solutions.

·      Committed
to exceptional customer service.

·      Skilled
at multi-tasking and comfortable with ambiguity.

·      Skilled
at working in a matrix structure (where there is more than one
manager to be accountable to)

·      Highly
collaborative.

·      Committed
to and conform with the organization’s mission.

Abilities:

The Human Resources Officer must have the ability to:

·      communicate
effectively both orally and in writing in Arabic
and English language;

·      maintain
high level of confidentiality and integrity of personnel records;

·      interpret
and apply good HR practice and principles with good judgment;

·      manage large and diverse workload under
pressure with competing priorities;

·      Demonstrated
strong computer skills, especially Microsoft Excel

·      Demonstrated
organizational and time management skills

·      Ability
to work as a member of a team in a multi-cultural environment

·      Ability
to manage a large and diverse workload under pressure with competing priorities

·      Ability
to maintain high performance standards with strict attention to detail

·    Ability
to follow instructions from the Supervisor with a positive and receptive
attitude

·      Ability to conduct oneself in a professional
and courteous manner to represent the best interests of SIHA
Network

PROFILE

SIHA is a feminist, movement-building organization
that works to promote the rights of women and girls across the Horn of Africa
and beyond.  Through all of its
activities, SIHA is committed to promoting gender equality, justice and
respecting human diversity.

It is therefore expected that the values of SIHA will
be considered and upheld during the term of employment.  The values SIHA works to uphold include a
woman’s right to self-determination over her life and body; a respect for
religious diversity; a respect for gender diversity, including the rights of
the LGBTQ community; respect for religion and beliefs regardless of your
personal belief and a commitment to ending discrimination in all its forms.

We are committed to providing an environment of mutual
respect.

Organizational Profile

The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) is a coalition of civil society organizations from Sudan, South
Sudan, Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia and Somaliland. SIHA was founded in 1995 by a collection of women’s groups with the view of strengthening the capacities of women organizations in the Horn of Africa countries. SIHA advocates for social change and gender equality for men and women in the Horn region and works specifically on: gender equality, women rights activism, women economic empowerment, eliminating violence against women and girls, promoting human rights, peace building and conflict transformation, enhancing women’s leadership and political participation and the production and dissemination of knowledge. More information about SIHA is available at

Our Values:

Equality, Solidarity, Ethical, Diligence,
Transparency, Humility, Resilience, Critical-thinking, disciplined, Courageous,
Integral, Empathy, Collectiveness, determination, Rationality, Diversity,
Innovation, Democracy, learning, Self-critical

SIHA encourages potential competent women candidates
with strong relevant experience to apply for this position.

Interested Candidates are asked to provide their
current CV and Cover Letter, expressing her/his motivation in applying and
relevant experience/expertise, to SIHA’s Human Resources Department HUMAN.RESOURCES@SIHANET.ORG / humanresourcesiha@gmail.com   by 10th August 2021. Please enter “Application Materials:
SIHA Sudan Human Resource Officer” in the subject line. SIHA may, because of the
immediate need of the recruitment, contact shortlisted candidates before 10th August 2021. Due to the anticipated volume of
applications, please note that SIHA will contact only shortlisted candidates.
We thank you for your interest in joining SIHA