Human Resources Assistant at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Action Against Hunger | ACF International, a global humanitarian organization committed to ending world hunger, works to save the lives of malnourished children while providing communities with access to safe water and sustainable solutions to hunger.

  • Experience 2 years
  • Location Borno
  • City Maiduguri

Key Responsibilities:

Mission 1: Office management and communication 

  • Daily, inspect and maintain the exterior premises (grounds and office building)
  • Liaise with Logistics to ensure that faulty and damaged equipment is replaced or repaired
  • Manage the stocking of the stationery store in coordination with Logistics, and place appropriate orders to restock supplies
  • Ensure sufficient supply of office cleaning items and materials, and work with the Officer to replenish them monthly
  • Handle accommodation bookings for ACF staff and guests visiting
  • Facilitate the integration of new employees and place orders for business cards and ID cards for new staff
  • Provide day-to-day management of staff directly under his/her responsibility (Janitors)
  • Educate new joiners about the ACF performance appraisal system and support adherence to timelines for individual action plans, monthly check-ins, probationary reviews, mid-term assessments, and annual appraisals.
  • Responsible for the monthly filing and archiving of all HR documents, such as training certificates, leave forms, extension letters, record updates, and completed performance records
  • Handle conference hall booking tracker
  • Support new staff documentations and the creation of personnel files
  • Regularly update and manage communication boards, contact lists, and the monthly trackers

Mission 2: General HR administrative support in the base

  • Support new staff onboarding, documentation, and creation of personnel files
  • Track and maintain participants’ records for training and Performance Appraisals.
  • Maintain a database of all staff information, documents, expiration dates, etc., and follow up with the appropriate staff member to get any missing documents or information
  • Provide administrative support for staff welfare programs/activities
  • Support the HR team in all aspects of recruitment when needed
  • Assist the base HR Officer in the practical organization of training as requested
  • Prepare HR files for audits and verification visits
  • Assist in travel management, including booking tickets and ticket reconciliation for finance documentation
  • Assist the base HR Officer in the practical organization of training as requested
  • Track and maintain participants’ records for training and Performance Appraisals (PAs, 10-minute conversation)
  • Assist in preparing reports such as immigration reports
  • Cover for the HR Officer while on leave or out of the office on any purpose

Mission 3: Support the HR Team in Casual workers and seconded staff management

  • Ensure all submitted daily hire activities documents are processed and submitted to finance promptly
  • Support for new seconded staff  and casual staff, verification, and documentation
  • Support in seconded staff monthly vetting payroll for payment
  • Ensure all submitted daily hire activities documents are processed and submitted to finance promptly
  • Support in the new seconded staff verification and documentation
  • Prepare payment schedules for daily workers, including seconded staff and hotel expenses.
  • Prepare HR files for audits and verification visits.
  • Maintain confidentiality regarding all HR-related matters.
  • Support the team to ensure proper administration for exiting staff, including issuing early notice, filing documents correctly, and conducting exit interviews.
  • Maintain the documents tracker for submitted  payment schedules
  • Maintain confidentiality regarding all HR-related matters

Additional responsibilities

  • This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and the employee will also perform other related tasks as required. The employee will be responsible for reporting and communicating progress and achievement of the specific assigned task.
  • Maintenance of high technical standards;
  • Professionally conduct all duties following Action Against Hunger Nigeria mission staff regulations, Action Against Hunger mandate and charter, including promotion of gender equality.

Position Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in fields related to HR, Administration and Management
  • 2 years’ work experience with at least 1 year in a related role; Previous experience working for INGOs an asset, particularly health-related INGOs
  • Understanding of national labor law and employment norms and practices;
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
  • Approachable, diplomatic, able to work effectively in diverse, cross-cultural teams in a complex, multi-site work environment;
  • Computer literate and proficient in MS Office, including all Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook);
  • Working experience with Homere payroll software.
  • Excellent attention to detail, highly organized, rigorous, self-motivated, strong sense of responsibility, ability to work independently;
  • Able to maintain confidentiality;

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Action Against Hunger | ACF-International on acfinternational.applytojob.com to apply

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