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Human Resources Officer

Position Summary:

Creative Associates seeks a Human Resources (HR) Officer for an anticipated donor-funded project in Libya focused on stabilization and peacebuilding. The HR Manager leads HR practices and objectives that will provide a high-performance team culture that emphasizes employee engagement, performance management, and the recruitment and ongoing professional development of project staff. The HR Officer is responsible for the maintenance of processes and metrics that support the achievement of the project’s goals which includes ensuring compliance with Creative and donor/client human resources policies, procedures, and regulations.

Reporting & Supervision:

The HR Officer will report to the Deputy Chief of Party. The HR Officer will liaise regularly with the Regional HR Operations Manager on related project and corporate HR matters.

Expected Outcomes:

• Qualified staff are recruited to meet the needs of the project in a timely manner.
• The project is compliant with Libyan labor law and USAID and US government regulations.
• The project’s approach to personnel and management promotes equity, inclusion, and professionalism.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Manage HR office operations ensuring compliance with Creative and client HR rules and regulations.
• Lead/coordinate the full-cycle recruitment process including finalization of job descriptions, advertisement of vacancies, review of applicants, scheduling and conducting interviews alongside project senior management, checking candidate references, and collecting new hire documents.
• Onboarding/orientation of new project hires.
• Manage employee benefits enrollment and ensure all inquiries and challenges faced by employees regarding their insurances are handled.
• Coordinate the performance evaluation process.
• Provide information and advice to project staff regarding HR policies and procedure.
• Responsible for coordinating staff training and establishing staff development plans based on staff appraisals and evaluations.
• Receives and logs various grievances or complaints from employees; consults with Regional HR Operations Manager and legal counsel regarding difficult cases and provides recommended solutions prior to forwarding complaints to management for review.
• Provide oversight related to the updating of personnel files and other related HR documents including employment agreements, amendments, time sheets, calendar holidays and leaves.
• Provide information as required by Compliance Officers/Auditors during audits.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration or a related field is required.
• At least 2 years of HR experience with 4 years of general experience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent record keeping and documentation skills.
• Familiarity with donor/client rules and regulations.
• Familiarity with local employment law.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Fluency in Arabic required.
• Verbal and written working proficiency in English preferred.