Human Resources Director

Key Responsibilities

Strategic HR Leadership and Management

• Strategic leadership on al HR related matters, working with Country Director and partnering with SMT to ensure the IRC Syria Country Program embodies organizational culture and values and that all team members feel valued through all aspects of the employment lifecycle.
• Manage and lead the HR team across all locations, and overall accountable for quality of services and success of the HR department progress against agreed goals. Monitor key HR KPIs, analyzing monthly data to diagnose and identify priorities and evaluate effectiveness of HR functions.
• Serve as a model of supervisory excellence; supervise and mentor direct-report staff, including communicating clear expectations, setting performance objectives, providing regular and timely performance feedback, and leading documented semi-annual performance reviews.
• Lead the performance management process, creating a plan to implement the annual and mid-year reviews. Conduct training on goal-setting, utilize budgets to organize development activities and work one-on-one with managers and employees to create country wide development plans.
• Support senior staff to pursue nationalization/regionalization of senior and middle management positions.
• Promote and actively participate in initiatives and efforts to foster team culture, through team engagement, inclusion and cohesion.
• Foster ongoing learning, honest dialogue and reflection to strengthen safeguarding and to promote IRC values and adherence to IRC policies.
• Advise and coach supervisors in determining appropriate disciplinary plans of action in a judicious manner. Follow-up disciplinary measures and related employment law matters. Ensure all legal obligations are fulfilled in Syria, Jordan and Türkiye.
• Partner with IRC global investigations teams and the IRC Syria CD and Risk and Compliance Director to ensure that recommendations arising out of all investigations, particularly disciplinary action against subjects, are actioned within 2 weeks.
• Participate in and support staff meetings, and propose and lead other staff engagement initiatives in order to bridge the gap between the field and remote support offices.
• Support the Country Director in other occasional strategic people related tasks that may arise.