Human Resources AssistantNew

Provides administrative support across UNRWA's West Bank human-resources services, maintaining personnel records, processing contracts and payroll data, supporting recruitment and performance management, and responding to staff queries while ensuring accurate HR documentation and system records.

• Verify personnel records, forms, certificates and supporting documents before HR-system processing
• Draft correspondence, personnel actions and periodic human-resources reports
• Support vacancy advertising, screening, assessments, interviews and recruitment-clearance packages
• Process personnel contracts, approvals, attendance records and payroll results
• Maintain official personnel files, scanned records and incoming and outgoing correspondence
• Enter and validate payroll, entitlement and staff-movement data in the HR system
• Support electronic performance management, probation tracking and related staff correspondence
• Brief new staff and retirees and respond to personnel-policy and human-resources queries

• Completed secondary education and a two-year post-secondary diploma in human resources management, business administration or a related subject
• At least four years of relevant human-resources or administrative experience
• English at UN Level II and Arabic at UN Level III across reading, writing, listening and speaking
• Current UNRWA internal-candidate status
• Residence in West Bank or Jerusalem within commuting distance of Ramallah with valid work authorisation

• West Bank or Jerusalem residency and identification are desirable in addition to the mandatory commuting and work-authorisation conditions

• Personnel Administration
• Recruitment Support
• Payroll Processing
• HR Data Management
• Performance Management
• Records Management
• Statistical Reporting
• Staff Support

• Human Resources Management System
• Electronic Performance Management System

• The one-year fixed-term appointment includes a one-year probation period and may be extended subject to funding, performance and continuing need
• Provident-fund contributions, medical insurance, annual leave and dependency allowance are offered under applicable rules
• The appointment does not include Agency support for obtaining a West Bank or Jerusalem work permit