People and Culture Manager – Temporary (6 months)

About the role

Under the overall guidance of the Chief People and Culture and in close coordination with the Emergency Coordinator for the Ebola Response, you will lead the full people agenda of the Level 3 response. You will design and drive the workforce strategy, ensure rapid and compliant staffing, lead the dedicated P&C team and safeguard the wellbeing and duty of care for all deployed staff.

Key responsibilities

• Emergency workforce planning and strategic human resources leadership.
• Surge management and emergency deployments.
• Accelerated recruitment and non‑staff engagement.
• Onboarding, induction and integration of new personnel.
• Business partnering, performance management and HR troubleshooting.
• Staff wellbeing, duty of care and employee experience.
• Learning, mandatory training and deployment readiness.
• HR analytics, reporting and decision support.
• Coordination with Regional Office, Headquarters, surge mechanisms and GSSC.
• Compliance, risk management and internal control.
• Management and supervision of the response P&C team.

Required profile

• Advanced university degree (Master’s) in Human Resource Management, Business Administration or related field.
• Minimum eight years of progressive HR experience, including at least three years in an international organization.
• Demonstrated experience in humanitarian or emergency operations, including surge deployment and accelerated recruitment.
• Proven experience supervising and developing a team.
• Fluency in French and English.
• Sound understanding of UN/UNICEF regulations and fast‑track emergency HR measures (desirable).
• Strong analytical capacity and proficiency in HR information systems and dashboards.
• Ability to deliver under pressure and make decisions with incomplete information while maintaining integrity and compliance.