People & Culture Specialist
FJD 2,078 per monthPosted 13 days ago
Closes tomorrow
About the company
UNICEF Pacific is a multi-country office of the United Nations Children's Fund, with its main office in Suva, Fiji, and field presence across 14 Pacific Island Countries and Territories. The office supports programmes reaching roughly 2.3 million people, including 1.2 million children and youth, across more than 660 islands and atolls. UNICEF works with governments and partners to advance the rights and wellbeing of children, particularly the most disadvantaged.
About the role
The People & Culture Specialist is a UN Volunteer assignment supporting human resources operations for UNICEF's Pacific Multi-Country Office, reporting to the People & Culture Manager. The role contributes across recruitment and consultancy processes, onboarding and separation, HR administration, learning and development, staff wellbeing coordination, and workforce data and reporting. It sits within a team providing People & Culture services to personnel, consultants, and partners across multiple Pacific duty stations. The volunteer works within a multicultural, geographically dispersed office environment, gaining hands-on HR operations experience while supporting service delivery for programme and operations teams.
Key responsibilities
- Support recruitment and consultancy processes, including preparing vacancy announcements, coordinating assessments and interviews, and tracking recruitment progress.
- Assist with onboarding and separation processes, ensuring personnel receive timely information and support.
- Maintain HR records, trackers, and databases, and support the preparation of reports and workforce statistics.
- Assist in developing and updating HR guidance materials, workflows, standard operating procedures, and onboarding resources.
- Support learning and development initiatives, including tracking learning activities and identifying training needs.
- Provide coordination and administrative support for staff wellbeing and engagement activities.
- Assist with data analysis and preparation of dashboards and reports to support workforce planning and decision-making.
- Provide day-to-day People & Culture support to personnel and contribute to continuous improvement of HR services.
About the successful candidate
- Able to work with accountability, taking ownership of HR tasks and record accuracy.
- Adaptable and flexible when supporting varied People & Culture functions across a multicultural office.
- Brings creativity to improving HR tools, workflows, and processes.
- Demonstrates sound judgement and decision-making in day-to-day HR support.
- Strong planning and organising skills to manage recruitment, onboarding, and reporting timelines.
- Maintains professionalism when handling personnel information and HR administration.
- Capable of self-management while contributing to a geographically dispersed team.