Project Brief

The role is part of the Country Office HR team and provides excellent HR services to both the Country Office units and more importantly the projects runned by GIZ Ghana. The role is to support the HR to implement good HR services and practices in the Country Office in alignment with GIZ HR Strategy in recruitment, employee relations, interviews, contract management, support to the Head of HR and the entire HR Team.

Scope of Role

We are looking for a HR professional with the zeal, qualification and experience to add to the HR Team in the delivery of HR service experience to our clients (both internal and external) This person will handle resource planning, job adverts, shortlisting, interviews, contract negotiations, contracting, contract management. This person must be well experienced in these areas and add value to the overall HR value chain.

Tasks:

• Organizes and directs the recruitment and hiring process in accordance with GIZ standards compliant to National Labour Laws.
• Assists in developing/updating job descriptions and required profiles and ensure publication in appropriate media platforms.
• Shortlists incoming applications based on requirements or hiring criteria and organizes the selection process (e.g. interviews) in conjunction with recruiting managers/projects.
• Notifies successful and unsuccessful applicants, document the selection process and archive the documentation appropriately.
• Draws up the appropriate contract based on national labour laws and the GIZ standards and procedures.
• Assists with all other organizational and administrative processing stages, e.g. monthly update of entries in SAP HR application for national personnel.
• Updates information on employment conditions for national on personnel file in consultation with the Head of HR.
• Maintains employee files and ensuring they are up to date with all required documentation.
• Creates, implements and manage onboarding plans from inception to completion for all new employees including NMAs, AMAs, NSPs and Interns.
• Provides support and advise management in appropriate resolution of employee relations issues in consultation with Head of HR.

Qualification Required & Experience

• Minimum of a Bachelors’ degree preferably in Human Resource Management or a related field.
• Partly Certified or Fully Certified HR Practitioner.

Professional Experience

• At least 5 years of professional experience in a comparable position
• Experience with recruitment planning, back-stopping
• Shortlisting, interviewing and placement
• Experience in similar environment as GIZ
• Experience with HRIS/Applicant Tracking databases is a plus

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Interested and suitable applicants are to forward their detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) and a one-page cover letter to:

hr-ghana@giz.de quoting the Job Code 2022/CO/11/01 in the subject line. If you do not hear from us two (2) weeks after the deadline, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Closing Date: 11 November, 2022

GIZ is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity. All qualified candidates regardless of age, sex, ethnicity, race, and religion
are encouraged to apply.