HR coordinatorCaption An MSF HR Coordinator goes through a batch of applications with a colleague in Conakry, Guinea.
© Laura Bianchi/MSFOur human resources coordinators provide essential expertise to ensure that our staff are happy in their work.Whether going out to the projects to provide training and support for the HR field staff or working in the capital city developing a national staff HR policy, HR coordinators provide the essential technical expertise to ensure that Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) national and international staff enjoy a safe and fair workplace and build successful careers with MSF.This page gives a general overview of the role of HR professionals in MSF's work overseas, including HR managers and HR policy specialists.ResponsibilitiesOur HRCOs often work in the capital, managing administration teams in all the projects in that country.It's a diverse and stimulating role and you would be responsible for some or all of the following: Working with senior management team in country, providing HR advice on a wide variety of HR issuesWorking closely with HR teams in HQ to ensure resourcing needs for medical programmes in country are met (both national and international staff)Creating and reviewing HR policies and processes and overseeing their implementation across all projectsSupporting and advising on learning and development of staffEnsuring MSF operates within local labour laws in the project countryManaging, training and supervising locally recruited HR staffSupporting proper management of HR across the board and assuming full responsibility of all administration and legal issues in the missionApplication guideRead our guide on the application process for all overseas rolesRead our guide >Role requirementsEducated to degree level and CIPD qualified (or equivalent)Significant experience in a generalist HR role, preferably within a multicultural context and multidisciplinary teamsAbility to communicate at a variety of levels and with diverse groupsAbility to adapt HR practices to very different working environmentsGood interpersonal skills, particularly listening, persuading, influencing and motivating; flair for building and maintaining good relationshipsGood time management combined with strong organisational skills, and ability to multi-task and work under pressureAbility to demonstrate creative solutions to problems and effectively manage changeDemonstrable experience in conflict managementExperience in training, coaching, mentoring and supervisingWilling to work in unstable areas and ability to cope in a difficult and unpredictable environmentAvailable for a minimum of nine to twelve monthsMinimum three months' work, volunteering or travelling experience in developing countriesFluency in English?Languages?We're currently looking for HR coordinators with good French or Arabic skills.If you can speak French or Arabic you're much more likely to be accepted onto our register.Your language level may be tested during the recruitment process.