HR Manager

**About WorldFish**

“WorldFish is a leading international research organization working to transform aquatic food systems to reduce hunger, malnutrition, and poverty. It collaborates with international, regional, and national partners to co-develop and deliver scientific innovations, evidence for policy, and knowledge to enable equitable and inclusive impact for millions who depend on fish for their livelihoods. As a member of CGIAR, WorldFish contributes to building a food

**About the Position**

The postholder has a pivotal role in aligning global HR strategies and programs with WorldFish objectives to drive success at WorldFish, through a proactive HR business partnering service. The postholder will collaborate with leaders, managers and teams across WorldFish Headquarters (HQ) and globally located country offices to ensure the implementation of HR practices and programs that enhance employee performance and meet regulatory and compliance requirements to ensure the delivery of a seamless HR service.

The postholder will be a trusted advisor to managers and leaders at all levels, supporting managers and staff to be at their best in order to deliver the WorldFish strategy.

The postholder will cover the full employee life cycle in their role. The postholder will use their expertise to enable good change management and optimizing employee performance in this role. They will lead on effective management of employee relations globally and global HR policy development. Alongside, working closely with others in the HR team to identify and implement strategies for effective performance management, gender, diversity and inclusion, learning and development, talent management, employee safety and security and workforce planning.

**Key Responsibilities**

**HR Partnership**
- Support HQ and country office managers, leaders and HR colleagues in country offices in the development and implementation of Human Resources plans, to maximize their effectiveness and capabilities.
- Build strong relationships with managers to understand their objectives and challenges.
- Effectively support Managers, leaders and HR colleagues in country offices and HQ teams, providing guidance on HR best practices and policies.

**Process Improvements and Policy Development**
- Collect and use people data and metrics to shape, inform and monitor people's practices and hot spots.
- Lead on global HR policy and process development and improvement, including administration, country supplements (country staff handbooks) and other documentation, ensuring this is kept up to date, is effective, in line with current legislation and global WorldFish and CGIAR policies and practices.
- Ensure effective implementation of policies and processes, ensuring staff engagement and compliance where required.

**Effective Management of Employee Relations**
- Handle complex employee relations issues and investigations, ensuring effective case management and fair and consistent resolution in line with WorldFish values and policies.
- Provide specialist advice and instruction to managers and country office HR colleagues on employee relations management (i.e. disciplinary, capability, bullying and harassment) in line with relevant local and global policies and local labor legislations, working with legal providers as needed.

**Change Management**
- Lead and support organizational change initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions and employee engagement.
- Provide guidance on change management best practices to managers and leaders, including effective implementation and communications.

**Gender, Diversity and Inclusion**
- Lead the identification and delivery of gender, equality and inclusion HR initiatives.
- Give accurate and appropriate advice, training and support to managers to recognize, respect and enable diversity, promoting a positive and inclusive work environment.

**Talent Management and Performance Management**
- Partner with country offices and HQ teams to enable effective workforce planning, succession planning and talent development processes.
- Support, coach and advise managers to embed an effective performance management culture, policies and processes in order to develop high performing teams.

**HR Operations**
- Advise on complex employee contract changes (i.e. complex probationary periods and contract renewal requirements).
- Working with others in HR, deliver onjob design, job evaluations and job classification requirements and changes.

**Learning and Engagement**
- Support Learning and Development colleagues by sharing identified learning needs and supporting the implementation of programs to enhance employee skills and knowledge.
- Support career development initiatives for employees at all levels.
- Support leaders, managers and HR colleagues in country offices with developing action plans from the global staff survey.

**Safety and Security**
- Act as the point of contact for safety and security globally in the HR team, working clos