The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

ROLE PURPOSE

The purpose of this position is to provide leadership and strategic direction for the people and culture function within the country, maximizing the opportunities to build and retain an effective team supportive of the Plan’s business needs while fully cognizant of the risks posed by the local context and the needs of staff in the changing environment. The People and Culture Manager will work on the strategic workforce planning efforts to help reduce pressure from operational duties and timely resource departments in need to minimize vacancies. The job holder will help Plan International Mali create a culture and people approach which will help drive growth and performance and help with the management of the risks associated of such growth.

Dimnsions of the Role

The Country People and Culture Manager must ensure manager and staff expectations are effectively managed and enhance the working relationship between HR operations, management teams and employees. By having clearly defined service level agreements (SLAs), this will drive customer service and operational excellence through specific response times, allowing the HR shared services team to better manage workload and priorities to drive high levels of responsiveness, accuracy and overall customer service.

• Reporting to the Country Director on all areas of opportunity, risks and long-term HR delivery;
• Oversees HR needs of all the staff of the country office and the PIIAs;
• Has responsibility for compliance with organizational and statutory policies and laws on Human Resources;
• Budget responsibility limited to area specific matters;
• The monitoring of HR audit actions lists and risk register.
• Manage relationships with Staff Representatives (Délégués du Personnel)

Please follow the link to the full role profile: JD- People and Culture Manager_ May 2024

Technical expertise, skills and knowledge

Essential:

• Master’s degree in Human Resources Management with HR professional qualifications and 5 to 7 years’ experience in HR management;
• Proven interpersonal skills (open minded, diplomatic, flexible…);
• Remains calm and positive under pressure and in difficult situations;
• Able to identify and manage risks to the organization;
• Ability to negotiation, persuade and influence;
• Good listener with strong advisory skills;
• Skills in relationship building and influencing to be more impactful
• Good at managing ambiguity in the job.
• Good at the balancing act necessary in that unit by making oneself approachable to staff while trying to uphold the organization policy and put organizational interest above own personal interests.
• Excellent writing and speaking skills, both in English and French;
• Skills in supporting strategic planning and human resourcing requirements;
• Strongly drives performance forward;
• Ability to motivate and support organizational changes;
• Creates strong sense of purpose within own part of the business and with stakeholders.

Location : Bamako, Mali

Type of role: Fixed Term Contract

Reports to : Country Director

Grade : 17

Closing Date : 6th June 2024

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International’s Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.