ECOWAS COMMISSION VACANCY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) is a regional group of fifteen countries, founded in 1975. Its mission is to promote economic integration in “all fields of economic activity, particularly industry, transport, telecommunications, energy, agriculture, natural resources, commerce, monetary and financial questions, social and cultural matters Ecowas Commission is recruiting for,
(1) HR Officer (Job Evaluation)(1 Position)
Internationally recruited position.
Department: Administration and Finance.
Directorate: Human Resources.
Grade: P3Salary Scale: USD 63,067.27
Supervisor: Principal Officer Performance and Development.
Reference: ECW-COMM/REC/HR/004/2010
Duration: Two Years.
The Human Resources Directorate has focused on transforming the organisation to meet standards of best case practice within the sector. Top on its priority list is ensuring the organisation has a system and culture that attracts and retains the best brains of West Africa who consider a career opportunity with ECOWAS. To position the organisation as an employer-of-choice, it is apparent our compensation system is revised considering the increasingly competitive market for talents. The organisation must thus ensure it offers attractive salaries, benefits and working conditions and provide efficient quality service to its staff in order to achieve higher rates of retention, high motivation levels and quality delivery of work activities. In addition, the Directorate needs to ensure a proper administration/processing of compensation/benefits-related claims to ensure they conform to set policies and procedures.
Duties and responsibilities.
-Review existing job descriptions within the organisation and conduct job analysis where
necessary
-Conduct organisational assessments to identify structure issues and concerns as a result of
functional and role analysis, including overlap in accountabilities, duplication of work efforts and
overall organisation effectiveness
-Conduct in-depth analysis of organisational structures and roles to ensure full understanding of
job context, job content and to accurately assess work and job levels.
-Support Job Evaluation Consultants through the process of developing policy and procedures
for job evaluation.
-Perform job evaluation jobs within organisation using defined policy and
proceduresWork with Compensation and Benefits team to determine pay spines for each job
levelIn collaboration with Job evaluation consultants, define job classes, job groups or job
families and their charateritics.
Train staff on job classifications.
Qualifications/Experience/Skills
-Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in social sciences or related field.
-Minimum of five (5) years relevant human resources experience working with job evaluation
system.
-Must have training and or certification in a job evaluation methodology.
Competencies:
-Analytical Skills: Strong diagnosis and analytical skills and ability in effectively assessing organisational structures, differentiation of work complexity and consistent application of job evaluation methodology.
-Communication: Demonstrated ability to successfully communicate, verbally and in writing,
including use of persuasive presentation.
-Diversity Awareness: Understanding and ability to work effectively with individuals having diverse styles, abilities, motivations and background (including gender and cultural differences)
-Ethics and Integrity: Demonstrated practice of integrity and ethical behaviour in all
circumstances.
-HR Knowledge: Demonstrated knowledge of Organisation Design (OD) and Job Evaluation (JE) concepts and principles and ability to conduct research in those areas of expertise; good knowledge of HR programmes and processes and their linkage to the OD and JE functions.
-Innovation: Ability to be innovative, creating and sustaining a positive environment that supports calculated risk-taking.
-Organisational Knowledge: Ability to promptly understand organisation’s mission, vision and values and how this ties to meeting the organisation’s goals.
-Relationship Building: Demonstrated ability to build and sustain trust-based relationships, both individually and collectively over time.
-Strategic Thinking: Ability to link specific human resource initiative to the greater organisation mission and deliverables.
-Team Behaviour: Demonstrated understanding of team behaviour and ability to work in teams and ensure high performance.
Age
Candidate must not be fifty (50) years old or more at the point of recruitment and must be a citizen of one of the ECOWAS member states.
Languages
Proficiency (speaking, writing) in one of the three official ECOWAS languages- English, French, Portuguese. Proficiency in more than one is an added advantage.
Application deadline: 8th January, 2011
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