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People & Culture Officer/Specialist — Stretch Assignment

UNICEFNouakchott, Mauritania
Category | Grade:Professional | NO-B / P-2 / NO-C / P-3Deadline:27 Jul 2026Job ID:594617Posted on:20 Jul 2026
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Overview

The stretch assignee reinforces UNICEF Mauritania’s People and Culture function during a transition, completing recruitment and onboarding, advancing workforce and wellbeing actions, advising managers and supplying HR evidence for country-programme planning and organisational accountability.

Department: Office of the Representative

Languages

Required: English, French

Desired: Another UN language, Local language

Job Areas

  1. Human Resources & Recruitment

Minimum Experience

5 years

Estimated Salary

Not available

Responsibilities

  • Complete priority recruitment and onboarding actions
  • Advance staff survey, retreat and wellbeing action plans
  • Provide HR advice to managers and personnel
  • Coordinate duty-of-care and staff wellbeing initiatives
  • Supply workforce evidence for country-programme planning

Requirements

  • Current UNICEF fixed-term, permanent or continuing appointment
  • Advanced university degree in human resources, business administration, international relations, psychology or a related field
  • At least five years of professional human resources experience in an international organisation or large corporation
  • Fluency in English and French

Skills

Human resources advisoryRecruitment and onboardingWorkforce planningOrganisational changeStaff wellbeing

Additional info

  • Internal stretch assignment open only to current UNICEF staff with fixed-term, permanent or continuing appointments