Save the Children ‘s origins lie in emergency response and it has remained central to our work ever since. Our approach integrates our emergency and development work, through the medium of our country programmes. With the increasing frequency and severity of emergencies world-wide the organisation is in the process of increasing its capacity to support programmes in both sudden onset and chronic emergency situations.
Emergency Response Personnel (ERP) staff play a key part in Save the Children in this strategy.
This is a great opportunity for a committed individual looking to develop a career in the Humanitarian sector in the area of Human Resources . It will enable you to gain a thorough understanding of how a busy HR Humanitarian Department operates by supporting the Humanitarian HR Coordinator in their day to day responsibilities.
During this time, you will attend Save the Children ‘s compulsory induction courses to get a wider understanding of how we work practically and theoretically in emergencies.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
• Providing support and extra capacity to the Humanitarian HR team by supporting the coordination and deployment of Emergency Response Personnel (ERPs).
• Providing support to the HR Coordinator in collecting and inputting information to enable the cost recovery of the ERP team.
• Proactively seeking accurate information to maintain and update the various tracking tools in use for the ERP scheme, these include deployment requests, annual & sick leave and personal contact information.
• Assisting the HR Coordinator in preparing, requesting, tracking and filing accurate paperwork for each ERP deployment.
• Liaising with the Travel Administrator to ensure that ERPs are deployed quickly and have the right visas/work permits
• Keeping track of deployment debriefing information to support the HR team in the monitoring and evaluation of the scheme.
• Researching, updating and maintaining ERP policy documents and promotional material for the various stakeholders of the scheme.
• Other ad hoc projects for the HR team.
• General administration tasks as they arise.
How to apply:
Please visit our website www.savethechildren.org/jobs for more information and to apply. Reference Number: 6995
Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 February 2012
