Chemonics International seeks an HR Associate for its USAID Small and Medium Enterprises Activity (SMEA). Pakistan SMEA is a 5-year, $35 million project that is aimed at improvement of financial and operating performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan in selected high-performing industrial, manufacturing and services sectors.
HR Associate:
The HR Associate will report to the Manager Operations & HR or his designee and the responsibilities include:
- Assist Manager Operations & HR in carrying out the recruitment process of short-term and long-term local employees in compliance with established procedures and regulations, including but not limited to posting job advertisements, pre-screening candidates, arranging interviews, collecting documents, conducting reference checks, preparing employment and short-term consultancy agreements.
- Update and maintain STTA tracker.
- Orientation to new Staff on Field Office Policy Manual.
- Ensure accurate and timely timesheet submissions to Finance.
- Maintain leave and Recruitment tracker.
- Ensure timely completion of staff performance evaluations.
- Ensure personnel and recruitment files are maintained according to Chemonics policies and procedures and in a manner that ensures confidentiality.
- Look after staff health insurance claims and timely enrollment of new staff in health insurance.
Duty Post: The position will be based in Islamabad, Pakistan; with regular travel to other parts of Pakistan.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or related field required;
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience in progressive Human Resource roles; USAID experience preferred.
- Strong knowledge of Human Resource management concepts and best practices, and USAID regulations.
- Knowledgeable on local labor laws, ability to interpret local labor laws; previous experience interacting with labor counsel preferred.
- Demonstrated versatility, integrity, and confidentiality.
- Strong attention to detail, high degree of accuracy and thoroughness.
- Excellent interpersonal, diplomacy, and communications skills.
- Fluency in English and Urdu is required.
- Ability to create and maintain databases