HR Intern

11-July-2024

About Action Against Hunger 

Action Against Hunger is an international, non-governmental humanitarian organization that takes decisive action against the causes and effects of hunger through implementing relief and development programs in different countries of the world.

Action Against Hunger was established in 1979 and has led the global fight against hunger for more than 40 years in over 50 countries, saving the lives of children and working with communities before and after disasters to enable people provide for themselves, see their children grow up strong and build prosperous communities. Working with communities in such humanitarian context, we recognize that our programs and operations put out teams in contact with children and vulnerable adults who may be particularly at risk of harm and abuse.

About the Country Program in Ethiopia

Action Against Hunger’s Ethiopia country office was established in 1985 in response to severe drought and subsequent famine, implementing relief and development projects in Tigray, Amhara and Oromia regions. Action against Hunger currently operates in six regions of Ethiopia (Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, Gambella, Somali, Oromia and Tigray) and in Addis Ababa city administration responding to different crisis and building people’s resilience through a multi-sectoral strategy where nutrition, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support activities are integrated to have a meaningful impact on people’s resilience.

With more than 8,900+staff in over 50 countries, last year, we helped 28 million children and their families across 55 countries. We have a country team of over 900 staff in 17 regional and satellite offices. Our main donors in Ethiopia in 2023/24 are BHA, ECHO, EU RESET, UNHCR, UNICEF, GAC, GFFO, BPRM, SIDA, EHF, FAO, WFP, CIAA, Dutch Government and others.

1. Summary of position 

General Assignments I Scope Of the Role:

The HR Intern will provide support to the HR documentation and contribute to the quality of personnel field administration and documentation. She will be highly engaged in organizing personnel records and updating the tracking sheets at the capital office:

Purpose:

Under the direction of HR Assistants and HR officer with the support of the HR team in the Capital Office, the HR Intern will be responsible for the overall arrangement of employee personnel files, ensuring the effective record of documentation including updating tracking sheets, tracking missing files, labeling, and arranging box files. She will be responsible for the general administration of documentation,

Engagement:

The HR intern will work closely with Capital office HR Assistants, HR officer, and Field Office HR administrators internally.

Delivery

The HR Intern will support the team on timely tasks delivery with attention to the quality of HR documentation as per the required standard.

Essential job duties:

• Organize, track, label, maintain and arrange properly and safely inactive and active box files. Organize inactive files by their respective year and base and color-code them for neatly arranged and organized maintenance of all the inactive documents.

• Update the inactive personnel file tracking/follow-up sheet and regularly check.

• Check sequential in order of the personal files as per the checklist and properly file the documents box files on the shelf.

• Using the personal file checklist neatly arrange and sequentially organize the current active personal file documents.

• Arrange and order the personal files based on location and naming sequence.

• Maintain a central organizational file both in soft and hard copies of active personal files.

• Ensure proper file storage and space management including destroying Old documents in line with, the organization disposal procedure.

• Update the missing documents in the excel worksheet and make a follow-up with the respective responsible persons.

• Communicate and get validation from the line manager for the request Of documents by other departments.

• Scan all necessary files

• Filing monthly timesheets and other personnel documents to each personnel file of staff

• Assist HR Assistants as well as HR team on administration sectors such as scanning, copying, exam facilitation, and communicating with candidates and others...

• Dispatching letters to the capital staff
• Change all staff profiles into electronic documents
• Review the completeness and correctness of employee files before scanning

Supervisory Responsibilities

• N/A

Gender equality Commitments

• Foster an environment that supports the values of women and men, and equal access to information.
• Provide a work environment where women and men must be evaluated and promoted based on their skills and performance.
• Respect beneficiaries' women, men, children (boys and girls) regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, or marital status.
• Value and respect all cultures.

Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA):

• Beware of the minimum operating standards of SEA
• Protect and prevent others from SEA.  
• Report SEA.
• Strictly compile with AAR child protection and SEA policies

      Fiscal Responsibility

• N/A

physical Demands

• While performing the duties 0t this job, the employee Is required to Sit for long periods and to concentrate on work, including typing, and turn out heavy' volumes of work accurately, within short time frames under stressful situations in the context of a moderately noisy office with many interruptions. Must be able to proofread own work accurately so that only minor corrections are needed on an infrequent basis.

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Working Conditions, Travel, and Environment

• The duties of the job require regular job attendance at least five days per week in Action Against Hunger Operational areas.

II. Required Qualifications

• Required Qualifications and Professional Experience

• BA in Management, Business Management, IT, and other related fields.

Required Skills & Competencies

• Good command of the English language, Certificate of training in Microsoft software, Strong Analytical skills, Ability to forecast, Computer skills, Good oral and written Communication Skill, Ability to work to deadlines, Ability to work independently, as well as in a team.

How To Apply

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

If you are interested, please send your application composed of nonreturnable CV, a Covering Letter with “HR Intern-Addis Ababa” written in the subject line, and three references, applicants to the following addresses:

Through www.ethiojobs.net 

Deadline: Sunday 21-July-2024

NB: Only shortlisted applicants will be communicated, and the selection process includes a 

technical test and an interview.