People and Operations Lead – Ethiopia

VSO is the world’s leading international development charity that works through volunteers to create a fair world for everyone. At VSO we pride ourselves on doing development differently. We fight poverty not by sending aid, but by working through volunteers and partners to create long-lasting change in some of the world’s poorest regions. We bring key stakeholders together to co-ordinate collective action, from local organisations to national governments. Our programmes in Africa and Asia focus on health, education and livelihoods, with an increasing emphasis on resilience, peace building, social accountability, gender and social inclusion. We’re not about delivering quick fixes, but instead we focus on long-lasting, sustainable change that will improve the lives of generations to come.

The primary purpose of this role is to lead, develop, and manage all people function and support operations in line with the VSO strategy. You will ensure an effective people and operational support functions, which includes employees and volunteers and maintaining good people management practice in an efficient customer care and adherence to global and local policies and procedures.

The ideal candidate must have extensive experience in human resources practice with demonstrable experience at the management level. Your skills and experience in people/team management are key to success in ensuring the effective and efficient operations of both the people and operational support functions. You must be an effective communicator and have adequate relationship-building and change management skills in order to add value to the implementation of VSO strategy

Competencies and Behaviour

At VSO we believe progress is only possible by working together. Whether you want to join us as an employee, or as a volunteer working in your own country, overseas or online, our selection process includes an assessment based on these core competencies:

• Ability to be open minded and respectful
• Ability to be resilient and adaptive to new situations
• Ability to facilitate positive change and build sustainable working relationships
• Ability to seek and share knowledge

Equal Opportunities

VSO promotes equal opportunities and values a diverse workforce.

VSO reserves the right to close this job early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Once you’re ready to apply, click on ‘make an application’  to complete the online form, or https://www.vsointernational.org/about/careers/people-and-operations-lead-ethiopia-a0m3z00000fn97jaab