
1001 - 5000 employees
Founded 1945
📚 Education
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Education • Non-profit • Social Impact
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting international collaboration in the fields of education, culture, natural sciences, and social sciences. It works to foster peace, development, and sustainable practices through educational programs and cultural initiatives. UNESCO advocates for equal access to education and cultural preservation around the world, leveraging its partnerships with various entities, including governments and institutions, to achieve its goals.
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🇫🇷 France – Remote
⏳ Contract/Temporary
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
👩👩👧👦 Human Resources (HR)
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1001 - 5000 employees
Founded 1945
📚 Education
🤝 Non-profit
🌍 Social Impact
Education • Non-profit • Social Impact
UNESCO is a specialized agency of the United Nations aimed at promoting international collaboration in the fields of education, culture, natural sciences, and social sciences. It works to foster peace, development, and sustainable practices through educational programs and cultural initiatives. UNESCO advocates for equal access to education and cultural preservation around the world, leveraging its partnerships with various entities, including governments and institutions, to achieve its goals.
• Conduct HR policy research, analysis and benchmarking • Identify policy gaps and inconsistencies • Collaborate with policy owners and interest groups • Prepare proposals, recommendations and reports • Develop HR policy revisions, technical proposals, guidelines, procedures and toolkits • Analyze quantitative and qualitative data and lessons learned to inform policymaking • Draft findings and recommendations • Participate in HR policy consultations with interest groups, consultative bodies and staff associations • Develop capacity-building, change management, awareness-raising and communication materials • Translate complex policy and change provisions into clear, accessible learning and communication products • Provide guidance on the interpretation and application of HR policies, regulations, rules and administrative issuances • Conduct policy and legal analysis of individual cases and HR matters • Formulate reasoned recommendations for decision-making • Review requests for exceptions, derogations, extensions and other HR measures for regulatory compliance • Occasionally conduct legal research, analyze cases and jurisprudence, provide legal advice, and draft or review legal documents and correspondence
• Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in human resources management, business or public administration, law or a related field • A first-level university degree (Bachelor's degree or equivalent) plus a minimum of two additional years of HR Policy-related professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree • Minimum five years of progressively responsible experience in human resources management, policy development, administration of entitlements and benefits, conditions of service and compensation or a related area • Experience in the development of human resources policy for international organizations • Experience in the application and interpretation of staff rules and researching human resources-related issues in international organizations • Experience in administrative law or administration of justice, or a relevant field, would be an asset • English proficiency, both oral and written • Highly developed drafting and analytical skills in English • Knowledge of French is highly desirable
• Assignment periods of one to eleven months, on a part-time or full-time basis • Remote work with no requirement to relocate • Opportunity to contribute to strengthening human resources governance and UNESCO’s mission • Opportunity to work with global UNESCO teams and international organizations • Capacity-building, change management, awareness-raising and communication materials development experience
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