People and Culture Manager P-4 FT, Bamako, Mali

## People and Culture Manager P-4 FT, Bamako, Mali - Organization:UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund People and Culture Manager, P-4, FT, #052227 Bamako, Mali-WCAR Position type:Fixed Term Appointment Division/Equivalent:Dakar (WCAR), Senegal Department/Office:Bamako, Mali Categories:Human Resources UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children's lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence. At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job - it is a calling. UNICEF is a place where careers are built we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package. Visit our website to learn more about what we do at UNICEF. For every child, the right to Care In Mali, UNICEF works with government, civil society, communities and partners to support children and families affected by overlapping development and humanitarian challenges, including insecurity, displacement, limited access to basic services and climate-related pressures. In this context, the strength, agility and wellbeing of UNICEF's workforce are central to programme delivery. The People and Culture Manager will play a critical role in ensuring that UNICEF Mali has the right people, capabilities, systems and culture to stay and deliver for every child. The People and Culture Manager, P4 Reports directly to the Mali Country Representative, and will partner with senior management and programme leaders to align people strategies with country priorities; strengthen workforce planning, talent, performance, learning and organizational design; and promote a workplace culture grounded in UNICEF's values of care, respect, integrity, trust, accountability and sustainability. Furthermore, the position is responsible for planning, organizing and supervising a team of HR staff as well as for managing broad and complex projects. How can you make a difference? You are accountable for implementing HR services that enhance the capacity of their clients to deliver on their business goals and objectives. In doing so, you demonstrate the ability to anticipate HR-related needs and develop subsequent plans and solutions that align HR management with business objectives. Summary of key functions/accountabilities: - Technical HR Leadership - Strategic Human Resources - Implementation of assigned Human Resources Services - Learning and Capacity Development If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: People and Culture Manager Level 4_Mali.pdf To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have... Minimum requirements: - Education:An Advanced University Degree in human resource management, business management, international relations, psychology or another related field is required. - Work Experience:Eight years of professional experience in human resource management in an international organization and/or large corporation is required. - Skills:Managerial: The ability to allocate appropriate time and resources for successful achievement of goals, and foresee risks and allow for contingencies when planning. Ability to implement clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies, identify priority activities and assignments, adjust priorities as required.Strategic: Experience and ability to help design and implement targeted and innovative human resources strategies to address clients' people-related needs. Ability to help design and implement innovative HR programs within a fast paced, evolving, and wide organizational setting.Technical: Authoritative technical knowledge of the principles and concepts of human resources management. Capacity to adapt policies, approaches and models to meet emerging needs. Ability to identify and analyze systemic issues, formulate opinions and make conclusions and recommendations to resolve same. Excellent knowledge of organizational and HR information technology systems and tools.Interpersonal and Communication: Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in a diverse organization tailoring language, tone, style and format to match audience. Ability to empathize with client managers, supervisors and staff while advocating for consistent and equitable applications of promulgated HR regulations and rules. - Managerial: The ability to allocate appropriate time and resources for successful achievement of goals, and foresee risks and allow for contingencies when planning. Ability to implement clear goals that are consistent with agreed strategies, identify priority activities and assignments, adjust priorities as required. - Strategic: Experience and ability to help design and implement targeted and innovative human resources strategies to address clients' people-related needs. Ability to help design and implement innovative HR programs within a fast paced, evolving, and wide organizational setting. - Technical: Authoritative technical knowledge of the principles and concepts of human resources management. Capacity to adapt policies, approaches and models to meet emerging needs. Ability to identify and analyze systemic issues, formulate opinions and make conclusions and recommendations to resolve same. Excellent knowledge of organizational and HR information technology systems and tools. - Interpersonal and Communication: Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in a diverse organization tailoring language, tone, style and format to match audience. Ability to empathize with client managers, supervisors and staff while advocating for consistent and equitable applications of promulgated HR regulations and rules. - Language Requirements: Fluency in French is required. - Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or a local language. Intermediate level of English is highly desirable for effective engagement in regional and global operating context. - Strong familiarity with HR data systems, workforce dashboards and evidence-based people management approaches. - Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts. - Experience supporting emergency operations, scale-up recruitment, rapid workforce planning or organizational change in complex environments. - Experience working in Francophone contexts, particularly in WCAR and the Sahel, would be an advantage. UNICEF's Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values UNICEF competencies required for this post are... (1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness (3) Drive to achieve results for impact (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others (8) Nurtures, leads and manages people Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels. UNICEF promotes and advocates for the protection of the rights of every child, everywhere, in everything it does and is mandated to support the realization of the rights of every child, including those most disadvantaged, and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, minority, or any other status. UNICEF encourages applications from all qualified candidates, regardles