The NGO ALIMA is recruiting for this position (June 17, 2024)

THE ALIMA SPIRIT: ALIMA’s purpose is to save lives and care for the most vulnerable populations, without any discrimination based on identity, religion or politics, through actions based on proximity, innovation and alliance of organizations and individuals. We act with humanism, impartiality and with respect for universal medical ethics and our environment. To access patients, we are committed to intervening in a neutral and independent manner

THE VALUES and PRINCIPLES of our action enshrined in our CHARTER:

1. The patient first

2. Revolutionizing humanitarian medicine

3. Responsibility and freedom

4. Improve the quality of our actions

5. Trust

6. Collective intelligence

7. Limit our environmental impact

ALIMA promotes and defends the principles of fundamental human rights. ALIMA has a zero tolerance approach towards people guilty of acts of gender-based and sexual violence as well as towards inaction in the face of alleged or proven acts of violence. The protection of those benefiting and impacted by our intervention is our top priority in everything we do. Anyone collaborating with ALIMA undertakes to:

• Respect the charter, the code of conduct, institutional policies including the policy for protection against abuse of power and gender-based and sexual violence, the policy for the prevention of corruption and fraud;

• Report any violation of policies, framework documents and procedures to a superior, a supervisor, a referent.

CARE – INNOVATE – TOGETHER: Since its creation in 2009, ALIMA has treated more than 13 million patients in 15 countries, and today deploys its operations in 12 African countries and Haiti. In 2022, we developed 62 humanitarian medical response projects to meet the needs of populations affected by conflicts, epidemics and extreme poverty. All of these projects support national health authorities through nearly 511 health structures. We work in partnership, particularly with local NGOs, whenever possible to ensure that our patients benefit from expertise, whether in their country or the rest of the world. Furthermore, to improve the humanitarian response, we are carrying out operational and clinical research projects, particularly to combat malnutrition and viral hemorrhagic fevers.

THE ALIMA TEAM: More than 2,000 people currently work for ALIMA. The field teams, closest to the patients, receive their support from the coordination teams generally based in the capital of the countries of intervention. They receive support from the 3 desk teams and the emergency and openings service team based at the operational headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. The Paris and New York teams are actively working on fundraising and representing ALIMA. The rest of the ALIMA Galaxy includes individuals and partner teams who work on behalf of other organizations such as the medical NGOs BEFEN, Alerte Santé, SOS Médecins Burkina Faso, KEOOGO, AMCP-SP, Demtou Humanitaire, research organizations PAC-CI, Inserm, the Universities of Bordeaux or Copenhagen, the NGO Solidarités International and many others.

OUR COUNTRIES OF INTERVENTION: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Chad, Ethiopia and Haiti.

OUR PROJECT THEMES: Malnutrition, Maternal Health, Primary Health, Pediatrics, Malaria, Epidemics (Ebola, Cholera, Measles, Coronavirus, Lassa Fever), Research, Secondary Health, Emergencies, Gender-Based Violence, vaccinations, mental health, etc.

PROTECTION OF BENEFICIARIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or vulnerable adults either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or regularly (e.g. four days in a month or more or overnight ) because he/she works in national programs, or because he/she visits national programs, or because he/she is responsible for implementing the recruitment process; Therefore, a criminal record check or presentation of a certificate of good conduct will be necessary. In situations where it is impossible to provide a criminal record or a certificate of good conduct, a sworn declaration will be requested.

The HR representative is part of the Desk 2 team and reports directly to the Program Manager (hierarchical supervisor) and the Operational HR manager (functional link).

He/she collaborates with the entire Desk team (multidisciplinary team made up of several professions: medical, logistics, finance, donors supervising several countries of intervention) of which he/she is a part in order to provide the best possible support to the teams field and build a long-term strategy for each country.

He/she also collaborates with the HR Representatives of the other Desks, the Recruitment and Pool Monitoring Managers, the administrative office team, the technical representatives of the Dakar office and the Coordination teams in the countries of intervention in which he/she works. / she is in charge.

He supports and advises HR coordinators and finance/HR coordinators in the field.

This position is therefore multidimensional with numerous contacts and requires a great capacity for communication, adaptation and therefore great ease in creating relationships of trust.

Focal point for human resources at the Desk level, the HR Referent supports the motivation of the actors in place, their skills in the service of the Project objectives, in a climate of trust and in accordance with our values ​​in order to guarantee the collective challenge of the quality and development of our operations.

The HR Representative carries out his mission:

• By leading, with the Program Manager and the rest of the desk team, as well as the pool managers, the dynamics of team composition for the needs of the projects.

• By participating in the development of talents by proposing objective courses/training/support, adapted and constructed with the pool Technical Representatives, the pool managers as well as the Training Manager.

• By supporting HR Coordinators or HR Managers in guaranteeing the ALIMA administrative and legal framework for human resources management within the countries of intervention.

• By supporting HR Coordinators or Managers in the field in finding solutions to complex HR problems in order to support projects and ensure that teams in the field have the means to save lives and ensure better management caring for the most vulnerable people.

Main activities :

• With the desk and country coordination, advises on team composition, identifies international recruitment needs, monitors the development of talents and career paths and provides support/accompaniment to managers at all levels.

• With recruitment managers, pool technical referents and HR referents, co-identifies people to fill the positions defined internally (placement) or externally (recruitment) using appropriate supports (pool meetings, tests, interviews , references, etc.) within the allotted time and with the objective of optimal team composition.

• Supports and accompanies the work of HR Coordinators (CORH) and HR teams in the countries throughout, helps in monitoring the objectives defined by the Managers of HR Coordinators, provides technical support on all human resources management issues: recruitment policy, personnel monitoring (assessment, training, disciplinary procedures, etc.), talent identification, skills development, mobility, development, team composition, role grid and salaries.

• With HR Coordinators (CORH), or directly when missions are opened, ensures that HR policies, the Charter and other ALIMA framework policies are implemented in compliance with the legal framework specific to each country.

• Provides expertise and support on the use of HR tools, mainly Homer and other national and international personnel tracking files.

• With the operational finance managers and the desk and country teams, who budget and financing proposals made in the countries of intervention. Within the HR department and thanks to his/her operational monitoring within the desk, he/she participates in the definition HR policies with the HR Director and intervenes on cross-functional subjects: active recruitment strategy, career management, training, HRIS, improvement of tools/procedures.

• He/she ensures the completeness, timeliness and relevance of HR information/data reported from the field and consolidates it at desk level.

• He/She ensures continuous communication with international staff deployed on the various Desk 2 missions.

• Implementation of prevention measures against abuse of power, gender-based and sexual violence:

• Support the development of diagnostics in the countries of intervention and the development of an action plan which will be revised regularly;

• Organizes, with the support of the head office representative, and participates in training and awareness sessions;

• Ensures that team members follow training and awareness sessions and apply standards relating to abuse prevention;

• Participates, upon request, in incident management;

• Contributes to creating and maintaining a fulfilling and protective environment.

This description of tasks is not exhaustive. The HR representative may be required to carry out other tasks depending on needs.