Mission of the position:
The Human Resources Development for Alternative (AC) Advisor supports the Human Resources Manager in ensuring the implementation of the Human Resources department plan, the SOS CVI policies and guidelines and that all administrative issues such as income tax and National Social Security Fund (NSSF) are carried out in strict compliance with the national legislation and Labour Law as well as with SOS internal guidelines and in implementing and monitoring standards that relate to the professional recruitment and development of child and youth care practitioners in Alternative Care (SOS Parents, SOS Aunts/Family Assistants, Foster parents, Youth Care co-workers, Social Workers, etc.)
SOS Children’s Villages has zero-tolerance policy towards sexual exploitation, harassment, abuse, fraud, and corruption, among other safeguarding aspects. We also provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, age, disability, or marital status. SOS Children’s Villages complies with all applicable laws related to non-discrimination in employment.
Key performance areas and main responsibilities:
HR areas based on the HR cycle
- Drafts staffing patterns of care professionals, child development co-workers according to regional standards, national legal and organisational requirements. Processes the approval procedure in accordance to programme development.
- Supports the responsible leaders in updating SOS parents, Youth care co-workers job profile and job description according to HR standards and keeps an overview on quality.
- Designs recruitment processes for care professionals based on needs and requests.
- Follows up the alignment of national recruitment documents and processes for main care givers with regional and global reference documents.
- Supports in the development of onboarding programme upon request and follows up.
- Designs and organises theoretical and practical training for care professionals according to global and regional documents and selects qualified trainers in close cooperation with AC Advisor; Follow up of the implementation.
- Monitors PAT implementation for care professionals.
- Supports responsible leaders in PAT implementation.
SOS Parents
- Documents and analyses SOS parents’ turnover. In case of high turnover (10% and more) develops an action plan to reduce turnover in close cooperation with AC Advisor.
- Concept on employing SOS Couples covers all related care aspects and is developed in accordance with international reference document. Cooperate with AC Advisor in these aspects.
- Leads the recognition process of the SOS parent’s profession and monitors actions.
- Supports co-workers in their responsibility to provide support to SOS Parents in HR field.
- Keeps overview, follows up implementation quality of supporting SOS caregivers’ standards.
- Supports finalising careers of SOS Parents/Aunts in a planned and structured way according to SOS standards and national requirements.
- Supports and organises the finalising SOS Mothers/Aunts career process according to SOS Standards, all in close cooperation with AC Advisor.
Audits
- Supports audit preparation, conduct and develops an action plan based on audit recommendations and supports implementation.
FBC
- Supports AC Advisor in developing and implementing an action plan for further development and improvement of the quality of AC.
Capacity building and networking
- Cooperate with the regional HROD Department within the regional network, participates in network meetings, working groups, projects etc.
Value Based Conduct
- Responsible for implementing and monitoring of Value Based Conduct policies and tools. S/he works closely with other functions in SOS Children’s Villages Lebanon (SOS Lebanon) to build their capacity in implementing HROD strategic objectives and global policies, processes and projects of the Safeguarding principles and approved PSHEA regulation as well as Code of Conduct and gender policy.
PSHEA
- Implements PSHEA regulation in SOS Lebanon.
- Monitors the progress of the safe recruitment procedures in SOS Lebanon.
- Supports the capacity building on PSHEA regulation in SOS Lebanon towards co-workers.
- Acts as Focal Person for PSHEA (prevention, reporting and responding part) in SOS Lebanon.
Code of Conduct
- Implements, monitors and aligns with local legislation (if needed) processes of Code of Conduct policy.
Gender Policy
- Implements the Gender regulation in SOS Lebanon based on cultural, diversified and legal regulations in the local context and organises co-worker’s sensitisation trainings.
- Monitors the practical adherence to Gender regulation in SOS Lebanon.
- Shares knowledge and lessons learned with HROD International network.
Child & Adult, Funds & Asset Safeguarding
- Comply with the Code of Conduct, Child and Youth Safeguarding Regulation and Policy, Misconduct Incident Management Regulation; The Sexual Misconduct regulation (Prevention and protection against sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, PSHEA), Anti-Corruption Regulation and follows all reporting and responding procedures.
- Responsible within own area of work to raise awareness of the child & adult principles and to prevent and protect children from all forms of abuse, abandonment, exploitation, violence and discrimination,
- Responsible within own area of work to raise awareness of the funds and assets safeguarding to maintain the highest standards of integrity, ethical conduct and professionalism.
- Supports programmes/projects in preventing and mitigating child & adult safeguarding risks for children & adults and in planning and providing rehabilitation support in child & adult abuse incidents.
- Supports programmes/project in preventing and mitigation risks of corruption.
- Reports immediately any child & adult, funds & asset safeguarding suspicion, concern, allegation or incident following Misconduct Incident Management Regulation.
This position involves working with an NGO committed to children and human rights and is subject to strict safer recruitment checks. The successful candidate will be required to complete safer recruitment checks including criminal record and reference checks to help verify their suitability to work for SOS Children’s Villages. In addition to assessing candidates' ability to perform the duties of the post, in the selection process will be also explored the motivation and approach of the candidate to safeguarding.
Working hours: 8:00 AM till 4:30 PM (Monday to Friday)
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- Studies: preferable university studies in the related fields of e.g. Economics, Law, Psychology, Management, Human Resources, Pedagogy
- Working experience in the field of HR, especially in recruitment, staff training and performance management
- Capability to develop concepts
- Good command of English, written and spoken
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, social competence
- Good organisational capabilities
Preferred additional criteria
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- Experience in working in the pedagogical field
- Inside knowledge of the SOS organisation and being acquainted with the peculiarities of Human Resources Development in SOS Children’s Villages Organisation
- Experience in organisational change processes
- Good computer literacy: MS Office
- Have a driving license
