Country: Switzerland
Closing date: 05 Aug 2018
Are you a highly skilled talent management leader with international experience and a global mind-set? Do you want to shape the future of talent management at the worlds leading humanitarian organization and truly make a difference?
Then this is your opportunity to join a team of highly motivated professionals in establishing a world class global talent management organization at the International Committee of the Red Cross.
What we do
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works worldwide to provide humanitarian assistance to people affected by conflict and armed violence. We take action in response to emergencies and at the same time promote respect for international humanitarian law. We are an independent and neutral organization, and our mandate stems essentially from the Geneva Conventions of 1949. We work closely with National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and with their International Federation in order to ensure a concerted, rational and rapid humanitarian response to the needs of the victims of armed conflict or any other situation of internal violence. We direct and coordinate the international activities conducted in these situations.
Purpose
The Head of Career Development Unit is responsible for the design and implementation of innovative and effective global strategies, actions and tools to drive talent development, engagement and retention of ICRC staff. It reports to the Head of the Global Talent Division which and is charged with establishing global talent management strategies, processes and practices at ICRC.
This role plays a critical part in the development of our global workforce by establishing enablers for growth of a strong ICRC leadership bench and a global talent pipeline, maximizing all employees’ potential to contribute and grow professionally. Leading the work on Performance Management, Succession Planning, Career Development, International Assignment Planning and Employee Engagement, this role takes an integrated approach to ensuring ICRC staff and leaders have the necessary competencies, skills and development opportunities to deliver on our mandate.
Key to success lies leading a team who all contribute as professionals to the establishment of strategies, processes and tools for talent development, as well as building strong partnerships with managers and HR staff worldwide for implementation. As part of the integrated talent management function, it draws upon synergies and opportunities within the Global Talent Management Division and operates both on the organizational level to build career development capacity in the HR community and with managers as well as with staff directly.
Main duties and responsibilities
Lead the Career Development Unit:
Lead the Career Development team, overseeing the delivery of results and ensuring engagement and excellence of the team members.
Develop and implement a global ICRC integrated career development approach and tools which reflect organizational needs, internal and external factors and strategic partnerships.
Coordinate effectively with HR Partners, Managers and technical Pools (Metiers) to ascertain institutional needs/requirements, and define talent development needs based on workforce segmentation and inventory of the skills, competencies, and experiences necessary for success.
Define and introduce KPIs for talent development purposes to measure organizational progress vs. objectives.
Lead the Career Development Unit
- Lead the Career Development team, overseeing the delivery of results and ensuring engagement and excellence of the team members.
- Develop and implement a global ICRC integrated career development approach and tools which reflect organizational needs, internal and external factors and strategic partnerships.
- Coordinate effectively with HR Partners, Managers and technical Pools (Metiers) to ascertain institutional needs/requirements, and define talent development needs based on workforce segmentation and inventory of the skills, competencies, and experiences necessary for success.
- Define and introduce KPIs for talent development purposes to measure organizational progress vs. objectives.
Succession Planning
- Gain an understanding of the ICRC Strategic priorities and global workforce talent development requirements.
- Lead the work to design and implement effective processes and tools for succession planning and strategic talent reviews including potential assessments and strategic processes for high potential development.
- Support the development of the HR community in implementation of these tools
Performance Management & Competency Management
- Oversee and enable the finalization of implementation of the new global Performance Management System, ensuring key enablers are in place for managers and staff to embrace new system, and for it to be embedded in people management practice.
- Oversee and support the implementation of the ICRC Key Competency Framework.
- Support the design and implementation of a new Technical Competency Framework.
- Support the development of the HR community in implementation of these tools
International Assignment Planning
- Oversee and support the ongoing development of the International Assignment Planning process to ensure a fully transparent and high quality process.
- Lead the work to design state-of-the-art tools to support for staff preparing to apply for positions in the International Assignment Planning Process (Compendium), such as strengths analysis, competency mapping and career planning, etc.
- Lead the work to design a suite of development interventions offering alternative options following unsuccessful participation in the International Assignment Planning Process (Compendium) for staff in between assignments.
Institutional Career Development Capacity Building
- Work with clients such as the HR community to integrate career development practices, tools and concepts across ICRC, introducing best practices and building skillsets.
- Design innovative and effective tools for career coaching, individual career planning and customised targeted development planning, enabling global reach and applicability for all staff- mobile and resident. These tools should enable and empower staff to assume responsibility for their own career.
- Design career development tools to enable managers and HR to hold effective and pragmatic career and development conversations with staff.
- Develop Career Development scenarios, collaborating with HR Partners, Talent Acquisition & Sourcing, Succession Planning and Learning and Development to identify talent gaps and develop strategies to address organizational needs.
- Support the development of the HR community in implementation of these tools
Employee Engagement
- Oversee and support the ongoing development of practices for employee engagement within the ICRC. This includes support to Employee Engagement survey process and follow up, as well as designing and supporting initiatives for staff engagement which can be deployed globally.
- Support the development of the HR community in implementation of these tools and practices
People management responsibilities
Yes
Scope & Impact
- Remit: Global.
- Manages a team of 6 people as well as some senior consultants.
Certifications / Education required
- University degree or equivalent within a quantitative discipline in Human Resources, Management, Business or related discipline.
- Fluent in English or French with working knowledge of the other.
- Computer proficiency.
Professional Experience required
- Demonstrated people management experience, with ability to influence and engage stakeholders.
- Approximately 7 to 10 years of international experience in HR role(s) focusing on talent management, with experience implementing succession planning processes as well as performance management systems, and/or career management processes.
- Demonstrated expertise and ability to understand organizational talent management needs and translate them into strategic people development practices and tools.
- Experience in designing and implementing career management tools and processes
- Leverage change management and project management skills to effectively design and implement best practices within ICRC; build and maintain credibility throughout HR as a trusted partner and team player.
- Management experience in an international organization with a global presence an advantage.
Desired profile and skills
- Strongly motivated by humanitarian work
- Able to work under pressure
- You are passionate about talent management and see capacity building and team excellence as key levers to embedding sustainable talent management practices organization wide.
- You have a global mindset and are a strategic thinker who sees the big picture, balances short and long term objectives and actively translates them into pragmatic talent management solutions
- You enjoy implementing new initiatives and driving change by developing strong cross-functional partnerships in a fast paced global environment.
- You are a self-starter who is comfortable leading in ambiguity and managing dynamically changing, competing priorities and deadlines.
- You have experience directly leading a team of professionals and working alongside field HR staff for implementation.
- You put clients in focus and have an affinity for transcending the impact of your work throughout the organization in partnerships with others.
Additional information
- Location: Geneva, Switzerland
- Type of contract: open-ended
- Activity rate: 100%
- Estimated start date: 01.10.2018
- Application deadline: 05.08.2018
How to apply:
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