• Professional growth:add experiences and exposure to your CV that strengthen your
professional profile in your chosen domain
• Network:strengthen your professional and personal networks be part of an international Network and a community that spans across world regions.
• Purpose: there is the possibility to lead or to participate in activities that are meaningful to you.
• Remote working
• Possibility to do the role Part time or Full time
• Flexible working hours
• A diverse range of professional and functional experiences
• Volunteers have priority for each new paid vacancy that opens up
• Additional benefits are shared with the successful candidate
Position Description
- Act as a guardian for the interests of Our People, ensuring that collaborators inside UPG benefit from the opportunities available for growth and development
- Manage transversal learning and development projects
- Deliver and facilitate training programmes
- Act as a guardian for the institution and for the Community ensuring that the quality of our collaborators is exceptional and that health of their work environment is exceptional.
- Create and implement processes and policies for Our People
- Ensure that the spirit of the UPG Community is alive and vibrant inside the organisation
- Ensure that UPG’s Action Guidelines are pervasive across all internal practices
- Help to prevent and to resolve internal disagreements between individuals and teams
- Participate in making UPG the better place to work
- All other duties as assigned
Qualified candidates are welcome with a variety of skills. No single candidate is expected to possess all qualifications as the selected candidate brings their unique set of skills to our work and complements a team.
Qualifications and Skills
- Previous experience in similar HR roles
- A sincere interest in people development
- Be comfortable working within a growing organisation with diverse people
- Strong emotional intelligence: an ability to be aware of, to control, and to express emotions, and to handle interpersonal relationships empathetically.
- Effective communication skills, including the ability to ask questions, to listen effectively and to give meaningful critical feedback
- Ability to be operational and “hands-on” and ensure that tasks are completed
- Confidante: Ability to work with and respect confidential information of stakeholders.
- Compliance: an ability to “do things right” and to also know when exceptions may be needed.
- Ability to work in ambiguous settings; especially in start-up mode
- Coaching Skills are an advantage
- Fluent in English
- The ability to speak and to write in additional languages are an advantage
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and other productivity applications is an asset
Location: The role is remote.
Dates: The initial duration is between 3 months and 1 year for this role. An extension is possible based on performance.
Employment rate: Part-Time or Full-Time
Renumeration: This is a volunteer position.
Application deadline: Application is on a rolling basis until the position is filled.