Regional Human Resources Manager

Job TypeFull Time

QualificationMBA/MSc/MA , Professional Certificate

Experience8 years

LocationNairobi

Job FieldHuman Resources / HR

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Building and Strengthening Human Resources (HR) Capacity

• Provide strategic HR leadership across the Region and ensure alignment of HR activities with global HR strategies, standards, and frameworks.
• Establish and strengthen a cohesive HR structure that supports Regional Office and Country/Cluster Delegations.
• Manage and provide leadership to Regional HR teams, ensuring effective resource utilization and delivery of high-quality HR services.
• Provide line management, technical supervision, and capacity building support to HR Officers and HR focal points across multiple locations.
• Act as a key liaison between HRMD Geneva and the Region to ensure effective implementation of global HR initiatives, reforms, and organizational priorities.
• Support the rollout and implementation of HR transformation initiatives and organizational change programmes.
• Provide expert HR advisory services to senior management and line managers on complex HR matters.
• Strengthen HR capability through coaching, mentoring, and structured development of HR teams across the Region.
• Promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing within HR networks across the organization and wider humanitarian system.
• Provide direct HR technical support during emergency operations, including surge deployments and crisis response staffing.
• Strengthen HR-in-emergencies capacity and ensure readiness of HR teams for rapid response scenarios.
• Develop and maintain strong inter-agency HR networks to share best practices, policies, and innovations in HR management.

Recruitment and Selection

• Lead and coordinate regional workforce planning, staffing forecasts, and talent acquisition strategies across national and international positions.
• Ensure alignment of recruitment processes with global HR priorities, diversity objectives, and organizational workforce planning frameworks.
• Oversee full-cycle recruitment and selection processes, including job analysis, sourcing, shortlisting, interviewing, and selection.
• Manage the preparation, review, and quality assurance of job descriptions and recruitment documentation.
• Oversee background verification processes, including reference checks and compliance with misconduct disclosure requirements.
• Ensure adherence to safeguarding standards and ethical recruitment practices across all hiring processes.
• Support classification and grading of national staff positions in collaboration with global HR classification functions.
• Provide technical guidance on diversity, equity, and inclusion targets within recruitment processes.
• Coordinate emergency recruitment and rapid deployment processes in collaboration with HR emergency teams.
• Develop and enhance recruitment tools, templates, and systems to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Oversee onboarding and induction programmes, ensuring smooth integration of new staff into the organization and its values.

• Provide strategic HR leadership across the Region and ensure alignment of HR activities with global HR strategies, standards, and frameworks.
• Establish and strengthen a cohesive HR structure that supports Regional Office and Country/Cluster Delegations.
• Manage and provide leadership to Regional HR teams, ensuring effective resource utilization and delivery of high-quality HR services.
• Provide line management, technical supervision, and capacity building support to HR Officers and HR focal points across multiple locations.
• Act as a key liaison between HRMD Geneva and the Region to ensure effective implementation of global HR initiatives, reforms, and organizational priorities.
• Support the rollout and implementation of HR transformation initiatives and organizational change programmes.
• Provide expert HR advisory services to senior management and line managers on complex HR matters.
• Strengthen HR capability through coaching, mentoring, and structured development of HR teams across the Region.
• Promote collaboration and knowledge-sharing within HR networks across the organization and wider humanitarian system.
• Provide direct HR technical support during emergency operations, including surge deployments and crisis response staffing.
• Strengthen HR-in-emergencies capacity and ensure readiness of HR teams for rapid response scenarios.
• Develop and maintain strong inter-agency HR networks to share best practices, policies, and innovations in HR management.
• Lead and coordinate regional workforce planning, staffing forecasts, and talent acquisition strategies across national and international positions.
• Ensure alignment of recruitment processes with global HR priorities, diversity objectives, and organizational workforce planning frameworks.
• Oversee full-cycle recruitment and selection processes, including job analysis, sourcing, shortlisting, interviewing, and selection.
• Manage the preparation, review, and quality assurance of job descriptions and recruitment documentation.
• Oversee background verification processes, including reference checks and compliance with misconduct disclosure requirements.
• Ensure adherence to safeguarding standards and ethical recruitment practices across all hiring processes.
• Support classification and grading of national staff positions in collaboration with global HR classification functions.
• Provide technical guidance on diversity, equity, and inclusion targets within recruitment processes.
• Coordinate emergency recruitment and rapid deployment processes in collaboration with HR emergency teams.
• Develop and enhance recruitment tools, templates, and systems to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Oversee onboarding and induction programmes, ensuring smooth integration of new staff into the organization and its values.

• MBA/MSc/MA
• Professional Certificate