County Human Resources and Organisational Development Manager at Plan International Rwanda: (Deadline 17 September 2023)

County Human Resources and Organisational Development Manager at Plan International Rwanda: (Deadline 17 September 2023)

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls.

We believe in the power and potential of every child. But this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it’s girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, our supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges facing girls and all vulnerable children.

We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood. And we enable children to prepare for – and respond to – crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

We have been building powerful partnerships for children for over 85 years, and are now active in more than 80 countries.

ROLE PROFILE

ROLE PURPOSE

Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organisation working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years and are now active in more than 70 countries

Plan International Rwanda Strategy Statement

Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalised and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over five (5) years to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to achieving the sustainable development goals and the goals of gender equality. Our organisation is transforming itself to meet this enormous challenge everywhere we work.

The Country HROD Manager (CHRODM) will partner with CD and CMT to deliver the optimal organisation structure and expected work culture to enable programme delivery of the CS. The post holder will provide leadership and strategic direction for the HR and OD function maximising the opportunities to attract, build and retain an effective team supportive of Plan’s business needs while fully cognizant of the risks posed by the local context and the needs of staff in the changing environment. The incumbent will ensure that Plan’s HR policies are institutionalised and will be expected to develop tools and guidance proactively for challenging country-specific issues. They will also ensure that staff induction, welfare, and development are a priority for the country adequate support to projects.

CHRODM is expected to ensure that PlR’s HR function complies with local labour laws. The role is expected to uphold Plan Internationals” values, the Child Protection Policy, code of conduct and gender and inclusion as related to the local culture. The incumbent will advise management on issues to do with HR and OD, lead key resourcing strategies, advise on HR related matters for proposal development and ensure all staff contracts are up-to-date and will be expected to manage HR risks.

Management scope, reporting lines, key relationships

• Reports to the Country Director and supervises the HR team.
• Acts as a key member of the Country Leadership Team, providing effective HR business partnering support for all day-to-day decision making and long-term planning.
• Effectively identifies, monitors, and manages HR risks and opportunities related to the delivery of Plan International CO’s goals, including all HR related safeguarding, harassment, bullying, discrimination, anti-racism risks.
• Responsible for developing and implementing an HR strategy that will support the delivery of the Country Strategy and Program Unit Long Term plans and reflects regional and global Human Resource strategy/direction.
• Oversees the HR needs of all staff (international and local) as well as short term emergency deployments.
• Responsible for the implementation of effective, efficient and compliant HR systems which meet the needs of staff and managers, are fit for purpose and are in full compliance with all relevant Plan policies, including but not limited to Gender and Inclusion, safeguarding, CoC, SMHBD policy and Global Pay; and compliant with the local labour law.
• Provides leadership on training, learning and development for all Plan International CO staff.
• Ensuring Health and Safety policies and standards are in place for the Country Office and understood and adhered to.
• Upon delegation of the Country Director, the Head of Operations may approve financial obligations, disbursements and transfers to third parties up to a specified amount.
• Acts as an effective member of the Regional Human Resource network and Global Human Resource team, proactively sharing good practice across boundaries and providing advice and support to Human Resource colleagues or input into global/regional projects as requested.

Direct Reports – Country Human Resources Specialist and Country Human Resources Coordinator.

Key Relationships

Internal

• Country Leadership/Management Team members.
• Global, Regional and Sub-Regional HR networks as relevant.

External

• National and Local authorities, especially relevant ministers in the country, e.g.  Gender & Family Promotion, Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA).
• Civil Society/Partner organisations.
• Other INGO operations heads and functional managers and operations forums in-country;
• UN Agencies (with emphasis on UNDSS for security management), local Donor Offices and foreign missions (American Embassy for security management).

Location: Kigali-Country Office

Type of Role: Open-ended Contract

Reports to: Country Director

Grade: E

Closing Date: 17 September 2023

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates. 

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