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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees HR assistant Tunisia UNHCR Jobs 2024

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees looking for “HR assistant”. Applicants with a High School Diploma may apply on or before 06-Jul-24.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has published a job vacancy announcement on 02/07/2024 for qualified applicants to fill in the vacant post of HR assistant to be based in Tunis , Tunisia. For more jobs, please visit https://unjoblink.org

Company Name: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Job Title: HR assistant

Duty Station: Tunis , Tunisia

Country: Tunisia

Application Deadline: 06-Jul-24

Responsibilities:

– Provide clerical support in the recruitment, assignment, reassignment and separation of local general service staff.
– Assist in processing local staff members’ contracts, entitlements and benefits in accordance with Staff Rules and established HR procedures.
– Provide advice to staff members on their rights, obligations, benefits and entitlements according to the UN/UNHCR staff rules and regulations.
– Assist newly arrived international staff with administrative formalities related to their accreditations, security/ground passes, arrange travel and hotel reservations. Assist with shipment of their personal effects in coordination with the logistics section.
– Provide administrative support to staff and dependants in case of medical evacuations, as well as security evacuations/relocations.
– Maintain personnel records in the office, including maintenance of the attendance, overtime and leave records.
– Initiate calculations for payments related to personnel issues such as settlement of travel claims, overtime claims, hazard pay, MIP reimbursements, medical and security evacuations, shipment costs.
– Initiate routine correspondence on HR matters for the authorizing officer’s approval.

– Support the identification and management of risks and seek to seize opportunities impacting objectives in the area of responsibility. Ensure decision making in risk based in the functional area of work. Raise risks, issues and concerns to a supervisor or to relevant functional colleague(s).
– Perform other related duties as required.

Requirements:

Education & Professional Work Experience
Years of Experience / Degree Level
For G4 – 1 year relevant experience with High School Diploma; or Bachelor or equivalent or higher

Field(s) of Education
Not specified.

Certificates and/or Licenses
Not specified.

Relevant Job Experience
Essential
Not specified.

Desirable
Field experience with UNHCR and/or with other humanitarian organizations is an asset. Good knowledge of UNHCR administrative procedures and processes and exposure to provision of support services in an international organization. High IT affinity and working experience of ERP systems.

Functional Skills
UN-UN/UNHCR Administrative Rules, Regulations and Procedures
IT-Computer Literacy
IT-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
(Functional Skills marked with an asterisk* are essential)

Language Requirements
For International Professional and Field Service jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English.
For National Professional jobs: Knowledge of English and UN working language of the duty station if not English and local language.
For General Service jobs: Knowledge of English and/or UN working language of the duty station if not English.