Operations Analyst, Regional Talent Acquisition - Panamá - United Nations Volunteers (Germany)

Descripción

Background

The UNV Regional Offices (RO) provide oversight and strategic guidance to the UNV Field Units in their respective geographical assignments and are mainly accountable for the placement of UN Volunteers mobilized for UN Agencies, Funds, and Programmes focused on peace, development, and humanitarian needs.

Furthermore, the Regional Offices represent, and strategically position, UNV and bring UNV's services and solutions closer to its partners from governments, UN entities, civil society and private sector.

The Regional Offices also lead in scoping and delivering UNV's advisory service offer on volunteer infrastructure.


Responsibilities:

• Development and implementation of regional talent acquisition activities

Develop and implement targeted regional talent acquisition activities as per the UNV talent acquisition plan to attract and retain onsite and online volunteer talents meeting the demand of UN partners in the region and globally

Identify and monitor national and international volunteer recruitment trends and set outreach priorities for the region based on regular demand and supply analysis, as well as volunteer mobilization forecasts

Identify local talent sourcing channels and build solid relationships with talents providers, especially for hard-to-fill profiles on demand, record talent sources and track sourcing activities through UNV CRM and and pilot new sourcing techniques as relevant

Report on local outreach and talent sourcing quantitative and qualitative results and take corrective actions as required

Provide input to the corporate talent acquisition plan, success indicators, targets and results reporting

Advise Field Units on questions related to local talent acquisition and outreach and foster cross-country synergies and learning

Back-stop Operations Analysts, Regional Talent Acquisition in other regions as required.

• Contribution to UNV's employer branding and volunteer value proposition

Support the creation of realistic Descriptions of Assignment (DoAs) that meet the host entity's needs, attract suitable volunteer talents, and can serve as a basis for a successful volunteer assignment

Work with and advise Communications colleagues on creating attractive outreach materials that strengthen UNV's employer branding and convey UNV's volunteer value proposition

Collaborate with the Volunteer Advisory Services Section (VASS) to develop key volunteerism messages that resonate with target audiences and support talent attraction at the regional level

Competencies

Core Competencies

Achieve Results

Plans and monitors own work, pays attention to details, delivers quality work by deadline

Think Innovatively

Open to creative ideas/known risks, is pragmatic problem solver, makes improvements

Learn Continuously

Open minded and curious, shares knowledge, learns from mistakes, asks for feedback

Adapt with Agility

Adapts to change, constructively handles ambiguity/uncertainty, is flexible

Act with Determination

Shows drive and motivation, able to deliver calmly in face of adversity, confident

Engage and Partner

Demonstrates compassion/understanding towards others, forms positive relationship

Enable Diversity and Inclusion

Appreciate/respect differences, aware of unconscious bias, confront discrimination

Cross-Functional & Technical competencies

Talent sourcing and outreach

EVP management and marketing

Ability to create and manage employer value proposition and align it to the needs of the organization and the workforce.

Marketing

Ability to communicate the value of a product or service.

Data literacy

Understand the potential as well as the limitations of using data driven innovation;

Ability to use a mix of data sources (quantitative, qualitative or real-time techniques) to develop understanding, identify patterns to inform decision making or identify opportunities for further exploration.

Required Skills and Experience


Education:

Master's degree in human resources management, social sciences, public/business administration, industrial psychology or related fields;

A Bachelor's degree in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master's degree.

Experience:

2 years of relevant experience in talent acquisition, sourcing, recruitment and management or human resources;
Experience in working with volunteers would be an asset;
Skills and experience in visual design and related software would be an asset;
Experience in the usage of Office 365 (MS Word, Excel, etc.);
Experience in handling web-based management systems;
Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
Fluency in English and Spanish;
Working knowledge of French would be an asset.