Expert in supporting HR Unit

1. Background

Safadi Foundation is a non-profit organization that aims to promote sustainable development throughout Lebanon with an emphasis in the North. Since initiation in 1985, Safadi Foundation has provided more than 30 years of development that includes community-based initiatives, adaptation to refugee crisis, and promotion of sustainable development.

Safadi mission responds to the Sustainable Development model goal that revolves around Social, Economic, and Environmental integration, through our socio-economic empowerment strategy. The foundation designed it intervention approach on three main pillars that address the many layers of barriers confronted mainly by the groups with less opportunities in Lebanon in general and particularly in North Lebanon:

• Social empowerment

• Economic empowerment

• Employment and Job Creation

1. Purpose

Safadi Foundation is currently developing and strengthening its portfolio of projects around Lebanon, with a strong focus on strengthening core operational capacities by providing capacity development support to the HR department in order to develop human resource management system with a special focus on:

A-    Criteria and a system for Evaluation, Assessment and appraisal:

1-      Suggest a structure for the HR department in the light of the number of staff and their different specialties and functions

2-      Preparation of an assessment and evaluation criteria for the qualifications of applying candidates as well as the appraisal and assessment of the efficiency and performance of incumbent staff members who are considered for promotions and remuneration increases.

B-      Salary Scale

Providing a salary scale proposal for Safadi Foundation considering two major items:

1-      Reviewing and evaluating the qualifications of the Safadi Foundation staff members along with their years of experience

2-      The ongoing salaries for similar qualifications in the local market

3-      Training the HR officers on how to review and evaluate internal salary scale processes,

1. Overall Responsibility

Reviewing and proposing revisions to the current human resource management practices, processes, policies and manuals of Safadi Foundation, developing together with the HR unit the appropriate human resource management systems and manuals, conduct training needs assessment of HR personnel.

1. Tasks and Responsibilities

• Assess and review the HR related policies, systems, guidelines, processes, and procedures
• Conduct participatory training needs assessments with the HR unit to prioritize activities needs and develop training activity designs for the identified priority of intervention.
• Facilitate planning and provide technical expertise input in the development of annual and quarterly work plans for evaluation, assessment, and appraisal.
• Develop and/or improve the HR Manual including standard formats, and processes for human resource management;
• Develop together with the SF HR unit an improved performance evaluation system for the organization and the salary scale system;

E. Duration of the Proposal :

    Up to  6 Months 

F.Qualifications Required

• Higher Education in Business Administration, Management, Human Resourses
• Language Requirements: Fluency in oral and written English is required.
• More than 15 years of experience in human resource management ( Nationally and Internationally )