People,
Organisational Development and Administration Manager – WaterAid – Malawi
Office – Lilongwe
Is responsible for
delivering outstanding people and organizational development (OD)support to
WaterAid Malawi Country Programme (CP)
Develop and
implement the Country Programme’s People and OD Plan to maximize CP’s
effectiveness ad capabilities within the wider WaterAid Global People Strategy
Work effectively as
part of the Senior Management Team to promote and embed WaterAid’s values and
leadership behaviours
Support change
management by supporting managers to drive, communicate and sustain change
implementation
Ensure effective
resourcing, identifying skills and capabilities required to deliver current and
future CP work and recruiting quality team members
Provide effective
induction to ensure new and transitioning employees receive a thorough
induction and coach managers on their role in delivering this
Embed performance
management to ensure a strong performance management culture and processes
Identify and
maximize potential supporting managers in identifying and maximising high
potential and succession planning in the CP
Provide learning and
development guidance, developing an annual CP learning and development plan,
supported by learning initiatives from the global people team and support
Leadership and Management Development by working with the Regional People Lead
Manage reward and
payroll and continuously improve CP reward ensuring an appropriate mix of pay,
benefits and non-pay rewards in line with WaterAid’s reward principles and
national legislation
Develop and maintain
people policies and processes in line with current legislation and WaterAid
global policies
Effectively manage
employee relations to resolve employee relations issues whit global policy and
national legislation
Encourage employee
engagement through example by following up on the global employee survey and
manage diversity, ensuring that diversity is recognized, respected and enabled
Do people reporting,
collating and analyzing people metrics for use within the CP and for regional
and organisational wide people reporting
Work with wider
Global People team – Spend approximately 10% of role supporting the development
and delivery of global and regional people projects
Administration –
Oversee the country programme’s administration function
Actively seeks to
develop understanding of the sector, the CP and WaterAid, Connects with peers
across the organization to bring best practice ideas to the CP, working in a
matrix management structure, Able to consider an issue or opportunity from a
wide and strategic perspective, Able to evaluate information and apply
intuition and strong judgement, Able to influence and support and challenge
senior managers and seen as a credible source of advice, Customer, solutions
and delivery focused with the ability to manage competing priorities and
deadlines, Proactive, flexible, resourceful and innovative, Demonstrates
continuous learning and fosters this approach in others, Makes effective
decisions, Effective and engaging communicator who tailors communications to
include and engage different audiences, Committed to effective performance
management and able to instill this commitment in managers, Able to promote
cross team collaboration and form effective working relationships with people
from across the organization, Holds a position with courage (when right thing
to do) but can also be flexible, Able to consult and research but can also make
quick decisions, Role models WaterAid values, Good organisational and
administrative skills
Analytical and
numeracy skills to produce and distil accurate information, Strong
communication skills in written and oral English, HR level qualification at
degree and/or postgraduate level, Substantial operational experience of working
within a busy HR team environment providing timely and high quality advice and
work in all aspects of HR (recruitment, reward, employee relations, employment
legislation, learning and development change management, policies and
processes), Strong knowledge in HR best practice and innovative new practices,
Experience of leading and effectively delivering People based projects, Strong
knowledge, understanding and application of Malawian Labour Law, Strong IT
skills particularly MS Word, Excel and Outlook with experience of using HR
databases, online recruitment tools and intranets
Interested
applicants should send their current CV with names of 3 traceable refs and a
motivation letter to WateraidMalawi@wateraid.org not later than 17th
April Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, Please note: in order to
apply for this role you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in
Malawi
WaterAid is an equal
opportunity employer, Qualified and experienced women and person with
disabilities are encouraged to apply
