Policies Officer (HR) at International Alert

International Alert is one of the world's leading peacebuilding  organisations, with over 30 years of experience supporting communities,  advising governments, organisations and companies on how to build  peace. Alert works with people in conflict-affected and threatened areas  to make a positive difference for peace; to improve the substance and  implementation of international policies relevant to peacebuilding; and to  strengthen the peacebuilding sector.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Policies Officer (HR)

Location: Nigeria (Any of Alert’s registered offices)
Employment Type: Fixed term contract, 4 months
Reports to: Head of People

Job Description

• This is an exciting opportunity for an HR professional to support an international charity to refresh its organisational policies.
• Reporting to the Head of People, you will work closely with colleagues across the organisation, including our senior management staff and staff in all our offices.
• You’ll review and re-draft our HR policies, ensuring they reflect best practice in people management. You’ll establish and coordinate working groups of staff drafting and inputting into policy change.
• We are seeking a candidate with Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) or equivalent Level 3 qualified or relevant experience, bringing a good knowledge HR principles, policies, and procedures.
• Your experience developing people policies and procedures which reflect and comply with legislation and business needs will be essential for this role.
• Fluent in English, your excellent interpersonal skills will help you relate to people at all levels and from diverse backgrounds, as will your experience of stakeholder relationship management.
• We will benefit from your attention to detail and ability to plan and prioritise.
• Experience working for a charity or in an international context is desirable but not essential.
• Fluency in French, or experience undertaking trade union consultation on people policy development are similarly beneficial but not essential.

Role duties and responsibilities

• Review Alert’s organisational policies and make factual and formatting edits to ensure they are up to date and accessible to all staff.
• Review HR policies and draft revised HR policies in close collaboration with the Head of People, to ensure they remain fit for purpose and reflect the latest developments in effective people management.
• Ensure that people policies and procedures are clear, well researched and comprehensive from the perspective of managers and staff.
• Working with the Partnerships Process Working Group, support the update of our partnership procedures, through drafting procedure documents and coordinating staff contributions.
• Prepare revised policies for presentation to the Executive Team (XT) by the Director of Global Delivery or Head of People, Finance or IT and attend Executive Team (XT) discussions of policy revisions.
• Establish sustainable processes for finalisation of Alert’s organisational policy review once the role closes.
• Undertake other tasks requested by the Director of Global Delivery or Head of People.
• Working with the Head of People, support consultation with members of the Community Forum on people policies and procedures.
• In consultation with the Head of People and Gender, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Steering Committee, establish a People Policies Working Group to support the review of policies affecting people.
• Coordinate the People Policies Working Group: organise monthly meetings, circulate papers and minute meetings.
• Coordinate small groups of Finance and Operations staff to support drafting of key sections of finance, security, compliance, IT and environmental policies.

Essential Requirements

• A relevant Degree or Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) or equivalent Level 3 qualified or relevant experience.
• Fluency in English (written and oral skills), including policy and procedure drafting.
• Attention to detail and accuracy and an ability to plan and prioritise 
• Existing right to work in the requested country in which Alert has a registered office.
• Good knowledge of HR principles, policies, and procedures 
• Experience developing people policies and procedures which reflect and comply with legislation and case law and meet business need.
• Experience of stakeholder relationship management
• Proficient in HR software systems and MS Office applications
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to relate to people at all levels and from diverse backgrounds

Salary
Competitive salary (if UK-based: circa £32,311).

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply

Note

• All applicants must have existing right to work in the country they wish to be based in.
• International Alert prides itself on being an Equal Opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from underrepresented people including Black, Indigenous and people of colour, LGBTIQ+, people with disabilities, and other historically marginalised people. We particularly encourage applications from the Global South.
• While International Alert will endeavour to contact all candidates within a reasonable time, this may not always be possible due to limited resources.  Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, you can assume your application has, on this occasion, been unsuccessful. 

Application Deadline 6th September, 2023.