Human Resources Officer

Action against Hunger is an international non-governmental, private, apolitical, non-religious and non-profit organization created in 1979. Its goal is to combat hunger and dangerous situations that threaten men, women, and children. Currently 500 expats and more than 5,000 employees are working for Action against Hunger in more than forty-six countries working in projects concerning four areas of focus: nutrition, health, food security and water and sanitation. 

In Lebanon, the Syrian crisis continues to generate political, social, and economic pressure due to the war in Lebanon and keeps more than 1.5 million refugees in a situation of increasing vulnerability. In this environment of political, economic and social uncertainty, our teams have maintained their high levels of humanitarian response and aid to Lebanon. Likewise, our interventions have been maintained in the Bekaa and northern areas, as well as in the south of the country, with a special focus on working in partnership or in consortium with other organizations and on institutional strengthening of the relationship with both donors. institutional, such as with local authorities and entities.  

The Human Resources Officer will be responsible:

• To support in implementing the current HR policies and package in Zahle. 
• To ensure proper administration for compensation and benefits, contracts Management, employment policies, personnel record-keeping, workers compensation and medical benefits. 
• Full Recruitment cycle.
• HR Archiving.
• Training follow up and support.

Objective 1: Recruitment processes in Zahle

• Work closely with the HR officer in Beirut for all recruitments in the base
• Shortlisting for suitable candidates
• Conducting interviews
• Conducting tests, reference checks, and administrative part of a recruitment process in the base.
• Prepare job offers for validation by HR Coordinator
• Effective and timely communication with all candidates
• Ensure recruitment procedures are properly followed and implemented at base level.
• Proper and timely reporting on recruitments to the coordination office, in addition to keeping updated tracks for all processes at the base
• Proper archiving and documentation for recruitment processes in HRIS and other platforms.

Objective 2: Contracts management 

• New contracts, contract extensions, and exits
• Employment letters.
• Follow up the NSFF requirement at base level and prepare all documents requested by employees
• Assist in payroll preparation for the base
• Share pay slips with employees on monthly basis and ensure they are all signed and kept in the file.
• Keep updated employment records
• Support in follow up for medical insurance at the base and timely coordination with the capital HR Manager in Beirut
• Proper archiving and documentation.
• Provide requested documents by auditor (internal and external)

Objective 3: Trainings at the base

• Collaborate with the HR Officer in Beirut in keeping updated training records and follow up including the annual training plan, feedback forms, and attendance sheets
• Proper archiving and documentation

Objective 4:  Onboarding and Induction

• Support in ensuring proper inductions and onboarding for all new employees at the base
• Keep updated onboarding checklist

Objective 5:  HR Initiatives

• HR tools: HRIS, Virtual campus, Payroll, excel trackers, power point presentations, organogram, contact list

Objective 6: Security

• Respect the security rules specified in the mission and base security plan, see to it that the team under his/her responsibility complies with the security plan and perform the security management tasks that can be assigned in its protocols.
• Communicate to the security managers of the working location any security related information or noncompliance with the security plan

Objective 7: Support humanitarian activities of Action Against Hunger

• Support the emergency interventions of the organization as per the employee’s abilities.
• Support any activity that helps reaching our humanitarian goals, as per the employee’s abilities.
• Promote Gender Balance in teams when recruiting  

Objective 8: Gender & Safeguarding

• Promote safe and equitable environments, through knowledge and application of the protocol against harassment and gender policy.
• Knowledge and compliance with safeguarding policy.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR Management, business administration, information management system, social sciences, or related discipline preferred. Post Graduate qualification in Human Resource Manager will be an added asset
• Ability to communicate and perform within an international and multicultural team. Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, to a diverse audience. 
• Plan, organize and prioritize work. 
• Assign and supervise the work of others. 
• Demonstrate the highest level of ethical behavior. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills to facilitate interaction with the workforce.
• At least 2- years of professional experience across all HR disciplines, including employment benefits, compensation, employee relations, training and development, workers compensation, health insurance, NSSF, and conflict resolution.
• Prior experience working with a non-profit community services corporation a plus.
• Compulsory: English and Arabic 

Action Against Hunger – Lebanon seeks to promote gender equality and is committed to empowering women to participate effectively in their communities, we strongly encourage women to apply.

We Strongly encourage people with disabilities to apply.

ACF has a zero-tolerance policy on sexual exploitation, sexual harassment, and abuse (SEA)