Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. UN Women is dedicated to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women globally. They are seeking a Human Resources Retainer Consultant to provide technical support in recruitment processes, focusing on application screening, longlisting, and interview documentation in compliance with UN Women policies and standards.
Responsibilities
- Conducting the initial screening of applications against the minimum eligibility requirements and mandatory criteria outlined in vacancy announcements
- Assessing eligible applications against the required qualifications, experience, competencies, and other established selection criteria
- Preparing objective and well-documented longlisting matrices and candidate assessment summaries, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and transparency throughout the screening process
- Ensuring due consideration of gender and geographical representation, where applicable, in line with UN Women recruitment principles
- Submitting longlists, screening matrices, and supporting documentation to the designated HR Business Partner for review and validation
- Maintaining complete, accurate, and confidential recruitment records related to the screening and longlisting process
- Preparing interview documentation, candidate packages, interview guides, evaluation forms, and other recruitment materials
- Participating in interview panels as the designated ex-officio/note-taker, capturing accurate, comprehensive, and impartial interview notes and panel deliberations
- Preparing interview reports by consolidating panel evaluations, interview notes, and recommendations in accordance with UN Women recruitment requirements
- Maintaining complete and confidential records of interview proceedings and recruitment documentation
- Performing other recruitment-related assignments as requested by the HR Business Partner to support the timely completion of recruitment processes
Skills
- Completion of secondary education required
- Bachelor's degree in human resources management, business administration, public administration, or a related field is desirable
- At least 6 years of progressively responsible work experience in human resource administration is required
- Experience in the usage of computers and office software packages (MS Word, Excel, etc.) and spreadsheet and database packages, and experience in handling web-based management systems is required
- Fluency in English is required
- Experience in the use of a modern web-based ERP System, preferably Oracle Cloud, is desirable
- Experience in UN system HR administration is desirable
- Knowledge of any other UN official language is an asset
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