International Planned Parenthood Federation People Partner, Africa & Arab World Jobs in Kenya

International Planned Parenthood Federation People Partner, Africa & Arab World Jobs in Kenya

Role Purpose and context

The job holder will be expected to develop and implement people plans that support our strategic framework objectives, deliver optimal performance and enable an environment that engages and develops diverse talent. The People Partner will be expected to take the following context into account;

As we transform the approach to people organisation & culture, we are looking to be more dynamic, agile and diverse.

Building consistency, keeping on the ‘front foot’ of evolving people practices and bringing a proactive approach to attracting talent, people performance and development, workforce planning and enhancing the employee experience journey.

Working collaboratively with the HR Operations Manager, People Partners and HR Focal points will develop processes, tools and platforms that are fit for purpose, support the Secretariat deliver the Strategic Framework and bring about visible change.

Each People Partner role will take the lead on one of the following aspects:

Talent Acquisition: Targeting methodologies, selection practices that enable diversity, interview training

Talent Development: Behaviours/competences, succession planning & career pathing, leadership development, performance & development training.

Engagement: working practices (e.g. hybrid); health & wellbeing

Employer Proposition: branding and induction content.

Role Deliverables

Develop and implement a rolling annual people plan that is part of the Secretariat People, Organisation & Culture 3-year plan and developed with Regional Director/Deputy Director and their senior management teams.

Devise, modify and manage the employee lifecycle journey to ensure a consistent and positive employee experience.

Plan and optimise recruitment to effectively attract and secure diverse talent, pro-actively advising on approach. Supporting selection directly and/or through training/coaching recruiting managers and providing objective validation on recruitment decisions in line with our goals and targets.

Pro-actively build, adapt and evolve performance and development to ensure capability is in place to deliver, including running and advising on the calibration of performance and development in your own regional areas, working with People colleagues to be consistent.

Optimise workforce planning with Heads of Corporate Services to integrate unrestricted and restricted resource ensuring within your own regional areas and in liaison with the HR Operations Manager.

Identify, mitigate and manage people and employee relations risks.

Manage and adapt the pay review cycle in line with Secretariat guidelines and working alongside People colleagues.

Lead the local adaptation, modification and implementation of people policies and procedures in line with Secretariat framework.

Lead on one of the key development areas listed above and contribute cutting edge insights to the global People platform.

Build trusted relationships at all levels to deliver IPPF’s People objectives while retaining line manager accountability through training/coaching support.

Recommend, devise and adapt interventions that improve engagement, wellbeing and support culture change.

Support

and enable a safe environment, adhering to the safeguarding reporting and monitoring requirements of this role.

Management responsibility:

The People Partner will report to the Regional Director, Arab World (RD, AWRO) and the Regional Director, Africa (RD, ARO)

All People Partners will have dotted line reporting of an HR Admin focal point who will provide support on the ground as part of their overall job purpose and deliverables.

Qualifications

Expertise

Qualified HR Professional with significant experience across the employee life-cycle.

Experience as an HR or People Business Partner working with Senior Management Teams.

Experience of advising and working across geographies and different legal jurisdictions internationally, particularly on recruitment & employee relations matters.

Track record of developing and delivering ambitious people plans and managing/delivering projects.

Demonstrable planning, organising skills with ability to adapt and flex to changing circumstances and deliver at pace.

Track record of working successfully with diverse, multicultural and multilingual groups and experience of supporting teamworking in diverse environments.

Creative problem-solver, who thinks ahead and pre-empts risks/issues.

Understands the external dynamics, political/social/economic shifts and keeps up to date with functional/sectoral/legislative changes.

Skills

Influencing skills with demonstratable ability to both constructively challenge and support with resilience and emotional intelligence.

Good judgment and decision-making distilling the key elements of a situation and context balancing the needs of the business and the needs of people.

Strong communication skills, verbal and written with experience of writing policies/procedures/contracts in a user-friendly way without technical jargon and in a tone of voice that supports the culture.

Excellent English speaking/writing; other language relevant to the region required are Arabic, French or Spanish.

Highest integrity and confidentiality, approachable and supportive.

Your Ethos:

Demonstrate an understanding of, and commitment to safeguarding in a local and international context.

Demonstrate ability and willingness to work in a diverse, multicultural, multilingual and intergenerational environment that is anti-racist and respectful of others.

An intersectional (pro) feminist passionate about sexual reproductive health care rights + justice, including safe abortion.

Supportive of people’s rights regardless of sexuality or gender identity or expression and supportive of workers’ rights and access to health care in sex work.

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; International Planned Parenthood Federation People Partner, Africa & Arab World Jobs in Kenya

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