HR-IS Application Administrator

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent, medical, emergency relief organization that provides assistance to people worldwide, regardless of their background, religion or political convictions. Above all, we aim to save lives and to offer medical care to victims of disasters, wars and epidemics. Working together with local staff, we give direct support to the population. MSF also appeals to those in power, including governments and international organizations, and speaks out about the abuses we encounter in the course of our work. The Dutch organisation ‘Artsen zonder Grenzen’ (MSF-Holland) is a member of the international organization ‘Médecins Sans Frontières’.

MSF Operational Centre Amsterdam (OCA) currently operates medical humanitarian interventions in 25 countries. On a yearly basis MSF-Holland deploys approximately 900 international staff and employs 6,100 national staff. At headquarters in Amsterdam, around 180 employees offer their support to the projects.

With immediate effect MSF OCA has a vacancy for a

HR-IS Application Administrator (60-80 %) based in Amsterdam

MSF runs a custom build HR information system called Homére to support the administrative HR processes in our projects. The system takes care of personnel administration and pay rolling of our 6100 colleagues that work in the missions. In this position you will be part of the team responsible for this system. You will work from our office in central Amsterdam as part of the IT department and report directly to the Head of the IT department. The job also includes mission support and training and requires you travel to our missions several times a year.

Your main activities
1. Application Configuration
MSF operates in many different locations and use a single system to manage HR processes. This means the Homére system needs constant adaption to the diverse local legislation and financial requirements. The Application admin is response for the alignment of the HR system to the local requirements in our missions. This includes customizing the pay rolls, accounting codes, salary scales, function grids and reports.

2. Application Maintenance
In addition to the configuration you will be responsible for the testing and roll-out of application updates together with the network team. We also maintain a central database server used for reporting and backup which reporting capabilities need to be further developed.

You will also analyze the use of the system and identify opportunities for improvement and propose solutions. As part of this you will liaise directly with our external supplier and internal user community of MSF members, Geneva, Barcelona, Brussels and Paris.

3. Second line User Support
The Application Administrator provides second- line support to the HR and finance coordinators in the field and stakeholders at HQ level. Next to that you will actively contribute to the development our knowledge base and best practices. MSF works according ITIL practices and our incident and change process is supported by a service management system.

Profile

• Experience with functional application management
• Good understanding of HR processes and information systems
• A BSc degree or higher is desirable
• Experience with My-SQL and PHP
• Knowledge it ITIL is considered an asset
• Comfortable in dealing with accounting and pay rolling
• Experience with defining business metrics and building reports
• Fluent in English, written and speech – Preferable also French and Dutch
• Good communication and training skills
• Willingness to travel and spend time at our missions
• Accurate worker and analytical thinker
• Patient and willing to provide user support
• Flexible, capable to work in a dynamic environment
• Sense of humor

We offer
An exciting opportunity to combine your IT skills with humanitarian activities. The ability to travel and be part of an inspiring, multicultural and dynamic organization. Gross monthly salary is between €2188 and €3126 (fulltime) depending on relevant professional experience. We offer a contract for one year with a renewal option. Other benefits include 30 holidays per year (fulltime) and a premium free pension.

More information?
For more information about this position, please contact Aaldert Dekker, on +31 20 520 8704.

How to apply?
If you are interested in this position and believe that you fit the profile and meet the requirements, please send your letter of application and curriculum vitae in English for the attention of Ms Jaline Wijkhuizen, Personnel Officer HQ, to officejobs@amsterdam.msf.org. Please mention “HR-IS Application Administrator” in the subject line. Could you also mention in your e-mail where you came across the vacancy. The application deadline is 31st of May 2012.

Acquisitions regarding this position are not appreciated.