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Deadline of these Jobs: 20 December 2022
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
Deadline of these Jobs: 20 December 2022
The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way - Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
Job Description
The HR Onboarding Associate, as part of the HR team in I-Hub, guides candidates through the new hire experience and acts as a guide throughout the pre-employment and onboarding process in partnership with Recruiting Associates, HR Partners, HR Focal Points and hiring managers.
This role will complete assignments and tasks by set target dates, including data entry, and ensuring forms, documents and processes are complete and properly updated.
The Onboarding team is a new hire’s main point of contact after accepting an offer and the Onboarding Associate must be customer service focused striving to make the process easy while ensuring the process is aligned with local labor practices.
Major Responsibilities:
• Proactively engaging with the candidate after the offer is signed.
• Tracking onboarding tasks which includes new hire communications, data collection and management, compliance acknowledgements, and orientations.
• Support new hire orientation
• Other responsibilities and projects as assigned to include improving processes and procedures
• Creating policies and handbooks that detail company operations.
• Emailing new hires with details about the company, including parking information and work schedules
• Welcoming new hires with prepared onboarding kits and an office tour.
• Introducing new hires to their team members.
• Ensuring new hires have the necessary technical assistance to set up their hardware and software.
• Gathering and filing all paperwork related to new hires, including contracts and bio data
• Conducting exit interviews with departing employees to learn about their reasons for leaving the company
Job Requirements:
Work Experience:
• Two plus years of HR Coordination/Specialist experience required
• Experience in a customer service environment with demonstrable experience in active listening and problem-solving skills
• Experience in HR concepts and Employment laws and regulations a plus
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies and Qualifications:
• Ability to work under limited direction with sound sense of accountability and aim for results
• Provides outstanding customer service by consistently going above and beyond in building trust and respect among customers.
• Have a Bachelor’s degree in any of the following disciplines: Human Resource Management or equivalent qualifications from a recognized institution
• Membership of the Institute of Human Resource Management in good standing.
• Strong interpersonal skills - able to work effectively with other employees and external parties
• An effective communicator
• Skilled in Microsoft Office applications (Excel a must)
• Confidentiality and sensitive information handling skills.
• Must be very organized and detail oriented with the ability to shift priorities as needed
• Workday, Cornerstone experience a plus
Job Overview/Summary:
The Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (GEDI) Intern will serve as a key source of support to the Regional GEDI Director based in Nairobi, Kenya collaborating with IRC counterparts within the Great Lakes region (Tanzania, Burundi, DRC, CAR, Chad, and Cameroon). The position is focused on supporting IRC GEDI unit efforts with research, coordination, logistics, graphic designing, and capacity building of different staff in different country programs. The GEDI Intern will be managed by the Regional GEDI Director, who will work to building on the GEDI Intern’s individual strengths when identifying work responsibilities through the internship period.
Essential Job Functions:
• Assist in preparation and analysis of briefing notes and communication materials.
• Calendar management, including scheduling and organizing meetings/workshops when required.
• Contribute to designing and implementation of initiatives, projects, or program.
• Assist in preparation of the relevant communications materials (for example<-Country GEDI Factsheets,
• Maintain tracking system of activities of GEDI champions, and Employee Resource Groups such as Women at Work (W@W) groups across the region and contribute to their visibility.
• Support the updating and adaptation of training and orientation material to the regional context.
• Provide administrative support on an as needed basis
• Support other activities as requested.
Job Requirements:
Education:
• Required: Bachelor of Arts Degree in Gender, Development Studies, Public Health, African Studies, BA’s program in the areas of international development, gender studies, and other relevant disciplines.
Work Experience:
• Volunteer, research, and/or professional work experience in at least one of the following areas: gender equality including- feminist movements, youth justice, antiracism, diversity, equity & inclusion
• Experience working collaboratively in a team structure in a multicultural environment is desirable.
• Experience conducting research, writing, and editing reports, creating presentations, and basic statistics knowledge.
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills: ability to work effectively across and within a large, complex non-profit organization, both laterally and vertically, and diplomatically communicate with a variety of people in a multi-cultural environment.
• Excellent organizational skills: the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment and efficiently organize the workflow of a fast-paced team.
• Proven attention to details: the ability to track and process multiple details simultaneously and accurately.
• Solid writing and editing skills: the ability to draft and edit professional documents and correspondence in French.
• Strong visual skills: the ability to assist with preparation of charts and graphs in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Flexible work attitude: the ability to work productively in a team environment and independently.
• Trustworthy with an ability in maintaining confidential information.
• Strong computer skills: ability to work effectively and accurately with MS Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and to adapt to new applications.
Language Skills:
English language proficiency and native French speaking required. Swahili as an added benefit
English language proficiency and native French speaking required. Swahili as an added benefit
Job Info
Job Category: Several Jobs in one Advert jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 20 December 2022
Duty Station: Several locations
Posted: 07-12-2022
No of Jobs: 2
Start Publishing: 06-12-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 06-12-2066
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