HR Specialist-Recruitment at CARE AFGHANISTAN

Internal

• Lead awareness raising about organizational safeguarding measures, code of conduct, and workplace culture.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen workplace culture and systems, including safeguarding, equity, diversity, and inclusivity within sub-office administration.
• Actively support a safer workplace culture by promoting GED (Gender Equity and Diversity) and REDI (Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) approaches in country offices.

Recruitment

• Work closely with the People and Culture team and hiring managers to ensure recruitment processes adhere to CARE's safeguarding standards and policies.
• Assess candidate knowledge and attitudes toward safeguarding during interviews, and conduct background checks with a focus on safeguarding standards.
• Provide orientation to newly hired staff and ensure completion of HR forms during the first week of work, in collaboration with the HR Assistant.

Capacity Building

• Supervise employee performance with a focus on behaviors and attitudes, developing robust annual performance and development plans, and conducting regular coaching and evaluations.
• Identify HR training needs and create programs to promote continuous learning, workplace culture enhancement, personal well-being, and work performance.
• Collaborate with employees to develop, implement, and report on improvement plans.
• Schedule and conduct performance appraisals with department heads, provide feedback, and offer HR recommendations.

Employee Relations and Safeguarding Report Management

• Create materials to raise awareness about safeguarding and HR reporting, including how to make a report and the expected response process.
• Receive, document, respond to, and refer safeguarding reports, supporting investigations and monitoring case progress.
• Mediation of workplace issues and enforcement of policies, including disciplinary actions as needed, in consultation with the HR Coordinator, Country Director, and Senior Advisor.

Coordination and Collaboration

• Collaborate with program senior staff on new staff hiring and orientation planning.
• Support MEAL (Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning) and Program teams in establishing feedback and monitoring systems with program participants.
• Ensure safeguarding is integrated into all activities and services and accounted for in funding proposals.

Key Relations

• Report to the HR Coordinator, maintaining close collaboration with all HR team members, the Gender Advisor, and the Female Representative.
• Work closely with the Regional Safeguarding Adviser and safeguarding team on safeguarding matters.
• Coordinate and communicate with program, unit, department, and provincial managers.
• Engage with staff to ensure training and developmental events are timely and effective.
• Coordinate with programs and provinces to ensure safer recruitment practices.

Location

Based at CARE Afghanistan's Kabul Office, with occasional visits to field offices.

Key Results Expected

The Safeguarding and Capacity Building Adviser is expected to...

Education, Skills, and Experience

• Education: University graduate in Human Resource Management, Social Science, or a related field.
• Work Experience: Minimum of 5 years of extensive experience in employee relations and safeguarding, preferably with international NGOs.
• Languages: Fluency in spoken and written English, Pashto, and Dari is required.

Safeguarding

CARE places human dignity at the center of its relief and development work. At the core of CARE's efforts to combat poverty and social injustice is its commitment to marginalized communities, as well as vulnerable adults and children. Recognizing the heightened risk of sexual exploitation and abuse among vulnerable groups, CARE is committed to protecting all individuals from sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse, especially vulnerable adults and children, in association with CARE employees and related personnel.

CARE upholds a zero-tolerance policy toward sexual exploitation, abuse, and child abuse. All concerns or complaints related to sexual exploitation, harassment, abuse, or child abuse involving CARE personnel are taken seriously and addressed promptly.

CARE Afghanistan is a participant in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. As part of this Scheme, CARE requests information from candidates' previous employers regarding any findings of sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment, as well as any ongoing investigations when the candidate left their previous position. All offers of employment with CARE Afghanistan are subject to satisfactory reference checks and appropriate screening procedures. By submitting an application, applicants acknowledge and agree to these recruitment procedures.