Director of Human Resources, Learning and Organizational Development - EMEA

Use your expert HR and organizational development skills to build a world where everyone has a decent place to live; consider joining our team at Habitat for Humanity International!

Founded in 1976, Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI) is a Christian housing organization serving families in more than 70 countries around the world who are living in sub-standard housing. Since our founding, we have built or repaired over 1 million homes, providing more than 5 million people with safe, decent, affordable shelter!

JOB LOCATION: Bratislava, Slovakia OR Pretoria, South Africa

We have an exciting career opportunity for an experienced global HR leader to direct the HR and organizational learning activities for our Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regional offices. Reporting to the Area Vice President for the EMEA region and cross-functionally to the Senior Director of International HR, the Director of Human Resources, Learning and Organizational Development is also responsible for advising our 30+ national organizations with regard to strategic HR activities. The director serves as a key business partner to other department heads at the EMEA regional offices and manages six HR and Learning and Organizational Development (LOD) staff based in Slovakia and South Africa.

This position may be based at our regional headquarters office in Bratislava, Slovakia or our office in Pretoria, South Africa. Local candidates who are currently eligible to work in each location will be given first priority.

The successful candidate is a savvy leader who understands the importance of being a good business partner and who can lead by influence, rather than direct line management. You have worked in an international context and manage complex relationships with ease, working cross-functionally with HQ in the USA, diverse country leadership across the region and external vendors and organizations. You are a critical listener and also a strong negotiator who demonstrates integrity and respect in your interactions. You navigate freely between strategic and more operational points of view and thrive in a changing, fast-paced environment.

The position offers a competitive compensation and benefits package in the international non-governmental organization market.

LEADERSHIP
• Lead advocacy for HR, LOD, knowledge management and sharing; promote global policies, norms and standards.
• Play a key role in the EMEA senior management team to ensure HR/LOD is represented.
• Represent EMEA and support global initiatives on HR, and knowledge-sharing, knowledge management and organizational development.
• Lead partnership building with international non-governmental organizations, global institutions and multi-lateral institutions in EMEA.
• Actively represent the area office in relevant global networks and working groups.

STRATEGIC HR MANAGEMENT
• Build the HR strategy for the region.
• Ensure that compensation structures, employee benefits, practices and HR programs are in compliance with standards, procedures, guidelines and policies of HFHI and local laws.
• Coach and training on all aspects of HR. Act as a primary source of HR practices for the region.
• Actively promote and contribute to the establishment of HR standards and baselines and standardization of HR policies and practices; formulate new policies; promote consistency.
• Coach line managers on effective performance feedback, set clear guidelines, and ensure completion of performance results using HFHI online system and tools. Oversee individual training and development needs plans.
• In partnership with HQ, oversee full-cycle recruitment, selection and hiring of new local and international staff. Oversee on-boarding and exit interviews.
• Work actively with stakeholders to resolve employee relations concerns by the statutory requirements of the labour laws and HFHI policy, as well as grievance procedures, terminations, redundancy, etc.
• Lead HR Audits at the national organizations with the intention to develop and support HR capacity, succession planning, staff retention, occupational health and safety, competency profiling and workforce planning.
• Maintain relationships with HR practitioners within and outside HFHI and EMEA, ensure alignment with the latest HR development processes. Act as a primary liaison for HR for HFHI and national organizations in the region. Ensure HFHI is operating within the statutory requirements of local labor laws.
• Oversee the International Volunteer Program in EMEA; maintain relationships with other volunteer organizations; represent and promote HFHI in the voluntary sector.

LOD AND STRATEGIC HR SUPPORT OF NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• Build the LOD strategy for the region.
• Lead the development of a knowledge management framework.
• Analyze organizational development needs and develop training/capacity building plans of national programs and key staff.
• Carry out proposals for capacity development of national organizations and oversee implementation of trainings.
• Oversee EMEA input to global development of the knowledge center applications.
• Support development of national organizations to meet the capacity building goals of the regional strategy.
• Help analyze needs of national board development, design models of national organizations and boards.
• Develop policies and procedures for national board members and leadership recruitment, orientation, development, etc.
• Advise national organizations on development of HR systems, processes and policies.

HOW TO APPLY:

Apply via our career site today!
http://www.habitat.org/job/director-human-resources-learning-and-organizational-development-0


HFHI is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to employ and assign the best qualified personnel for all our positions in a manner that does not unlawfully discriminate against any person because of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, veteran/reserve national guard status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law.