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Monday, October 28, 2013
Organization: World Bank
Country: Australia
City: Sydney, Australia
Office: World Bank Sydney
Brief Background and General description:
This is a locally recruited position based in Sydney, Australia and the WBG local benefits applicable to this location, will apply.
As one of the premier global development organizations, the World Bank plays a critical role in assisting countries with reaching their development goals. Owned by 188 member countries, the World Bank Group's mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results. Located in over 130 country offices and its Washington, DC, headquarters, the Bank has more than 10,000 employees. To respond to fast changing and increasingly diversified needs of its clients, the Bank needs to attract, deploy, and retain a world-class group of diverse and talented employees.
Delivery of top quality global knowledge and financial services to serve clients around the world requires a highly talented, adaptable, mobile and diverse workforce. HR reforms are underway and will continue through the next two to three years. Their focus will be on recruiting, developing and keeping the right talent, increasing flexibility and mobility, and enabling the implementation of other institutional reforms. At the same time, HR will continue to deliver the huge volume of day-to-day services while seeking to improve their efficiency and effectiveness.
The HR Vice Presidency has engaged a significant change management initiative and has profoundly reformed its structure and operating standards in order to allow the demand for services from our clients to drive how HR develops solutions and deploy resources. The need for change was mainly driven by pressures, both internally and externally, that demonstrated that the HR function needs to be agile and in a position to respond and adapt aggressively when required.
The Unit Context
The Asia (HRDAS) Regional Human Resources Team is member of the World Bank Group Human Resources Vice Presidency. Specifically, the role of the Asia regional HR Team is to support the South Asia and East Asia and the Pacific regions to achieve its business goals through the effective implementation of a wide range of HR initiatives, programs, policies and processes. To strengthen the client delivery capability of the team, we are seeking a Human Resources Business Partner to provide a wide range of strategic HR support, day to day transactions, workforce reports, data analysis, manpower planning/strategic staffing, and case management, policy advice to our clients at the World Bank office in Sydney, Australia as well as the other 12 Pacific member countries: The Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
The Pacific Context
The World Bank's Sydney office, part of the East Asia and Pacific Region, covers operations in 12 Pacific member countries: The Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. These countries represent some of the world's smallest economies, many of which are extremely isolated from economic centers. The countries covered by this office range in land area from 183 sq km to 463,000 sq km, in population from 12,000 to 6.5 million, in per capita GNI from US$1100 per annum to over US$6,000. Pacific countries are socially and culturally diverse and face unique development challenges owing to their economic geography. Some are fragile and emerging from recent conflict. Most Pacific Island countries (PICs) have narrow production bases, some are rich in natural resources, and nearly all are highly vulnerable to external shocks. In recent times, the cumulative effects of the food, fuel and global financial crises - and in some cases natural disasters - have hit these economies hard, exposing vulnerabilities and revealing the need for reform.
In the past two years, in response to client and donor demand the Bank has considerably scaled-up its engagement in the Pacific. This has been accompanied by an enhancement of Bank's capacity to provide more timely support to meet client needs, resulting in the strengthening of Bank's relationship with client governments as well as with key development partners.
Major Duties and Account-abilities:
There are five areas of technical competence critical for success in this role. The HR Business Partner should have broad-based knowledge and extensive experience in all major facets of HR management, current and emerging trends and practices; and in-depth knowledge and experience in one or more functional areas of specialization.
Planning and Analytic s, and Work Force Management:
Proactive use of HR analytics to understand the staffing trends in the client area;
Advise and assist managers in strategic staffing taking into account existing and anticipated work requirements and institutional goals/objectives, e.g. analyze and advise on appropriate staffing levels, skill mix, work force diversity that corresponds to work program requirements and advances corporate goals, including support to job definition and selection of candidates, staff reassignment, mobility issues, and exit strategies and processes;
Understand the business model of the client and ability to assist the client managers in identifying the emerging HR implications for their work force.
The Policy Advice:
Advise staff and managers on HR policies and practices;
Provide quality advice to develop innovative HR approaches and solutions to complex problems;
Contribute to policy development by actively working with the Policy Unit on the need to adjust policy and by contributing to policy reviews.
Management of Performance and Development:
Advise managers and staff on effective career and performance management, and take the lead in identifying, assessing and resolving issues, problems, and conflicts, drawing on other Bank resources as appropriate;
Provides support on managing complex cases (e.g. performance, health and exit);
Work directly with staff members in the Bank's Country offices on basic skill/learning needs assessments, and contribute to design and implementation of customized learning interventions;
Organizational Effectiveness/Business Consulting:
Advise and support in the design and implementation of organizational effectiveness interventions, facilitation, development and management of high performing teams;
Mobilize resources from the HR Team and other units within HRS and outside, as required, to support effective HR management in the client area;
Participate as a team member on HR projects, working groups, task forces, etc. in the client area and/or at corporate level;
Advise and partner with managers in Human Capital Management Framework taking into account line of sight between the business direction and strategies;
Contribute to the implementation of the corporate HR agenda.
The role implies frequent interaction with the following:
Client managers, including Directors or equivalent level, and staff at all levels in Washington and in the country offices.
Colleagues in HR, Resource Management, Legal, Staff Association, Office of Mediation, Office of Ethics and Business Conduct, General Services, Procurement and Integrity
The Mode of Selection:
The successful candidate should possess a Master's degree in HR or related field and have a minimum of 5 years' significant experience as a hands-on HR generalist. Prior experience in recruitment, training, performance management, management coaching and HR consulting is desirable. Candidates with prior experience working in international organizations or multi-national corporations are encouraged to apply.
Sound knowledge of general HR policies, processes and systems;
Demonstrated strong analytical skills;
Proven ability to identify and implement business related HR interventions, and ability to maximize the value added resources available within HRS in order to provide high quality client services;
Professional integrity, willingness and flexibility to 'roll-up your sleeves' to engage in all aspects of HR work from identification and design to implementation;
Excellent team skills, ability to collaborate and share knowledge with colleagues and clients at all levels;
Demonstrated excellent communication and conflict resolution skills, and
Ability to create trusting working relationships/partnerships within and across units.
Skills and COMPETENCIES:
Client Orientation - Takes personal responsibility and accountability for timely response to client queries, requests or needs, working to remove obstacles that may impede execution or overall success.
Drive for Results - Takes personal ownership and accountability to meet deadlines and achieve agreed-upon results, and has the personal organization to do so.
Teamwork (Collaboration) and Inclusion - Collaborates with other team members and contributes productively to the team's work and output, demonstrating respect for different points of view.
Knowledge, Learning and Communication - Actively seeks knowledge needed to complete assignments and shares knowledge with others, communicating and presenting information in a clear and organized manner.
Business Judgment and Analytical Decision Making - Analyzes facts and data to support sound, logical decisions regarding own and others' work.
Application Closing Date: Tuesday, 12 November 2013
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