Talent Management Specialist, Rome, Italy

The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to end global hunger. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.

In emergencies, WFP gets food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to help communities rebuild their shattered lives. Present in nearly 80 countries, the organization has the global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships necessary to provide access to nutritious food and contribute to the lasting solutions, especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas. In 2012, WFP assisted 97.2 million people, mainly women and children, in 80 countries, which constituted about 53% of global food aid.

WFP’s greatest strength is its dedicated people working tirelessly around the world to reduce hunger, often under difficult conditions where security threats and risks to personal safety are considerable. The global context in which WFP operates is rapidly changing which means the need for effective people management is becoming important than ever before. The organization is committed to revamp its HR function to a strategic business partner. To achieve this, we need more outstanding HR professionals to get involved and contribute to a key moment in WFP’s history - for the first time, we are setting up a strategic HR capability to enable WFP to meet its vision of zero hunger.

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About the role

We are currently recruiting Talent Management Specialist (11 months for the initial period) which will be based in our headquarters in Rome, Italy, to enable our HR transformation. This role will be responsible to support the development and delivery of a talent management framework which includes talent acquisition, performance management, career development, talent assessments and succession planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders to diagnose WFP’s talent management and development requirements.
• Strengthen the recruitment and selection process to ensure the highest quality of attraction, sourcing, staffing and talent acquisition services are provided to meet the organization’s current and future staffing needs.
• Review and strengthen the enterprise performance management processes and tools; integrate performance management as a business-owned process to drive business results through the use of goal setting and performance feedback; equip line managers with the tools and capability to erformance management.
• Establish talent reviews and succession planning process for the organization to ensure a fit for purpose talent pipeline.
• Design a structured career development and support framework for staff performing in different functions/roles.
• Develop a gender diversity strategy and work with stakeholders to ensure that all talent management activities are designed to deliver progress towards WFP’s diversity goals.
• Develop local talent approach for WFP country offices in alignment with the organization’s strategic plan.
• Create and implement training for HR staff to build their capabilities around talent planning, assessment, development and engagement as part of the transformation journey.

What profile are we looking for?

• University degree in Human Resources Management.
• 6-10 years of progressive experience in talent management in global organizations.
• A successful track record of implementing change efforts in a global organization with widely decentralized workforce.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate and influence internally with various stakeholders and subject matter experts. Ability to interact effectively with stakeholders across business functions, levels and geographical areas.
• Strong problems solving skills; ability to work with ambiguity, and build consensus across diverse and global teams.
• Immediately available is preferred.
• Working knowledge (proficiency/level C) of English.

Competitive Salary

We offer a competitive salary (tax exempted) ranging from USD6,400 to USD9,000 per month depending on your qualifications and years of experience.

Deadline for applications: 17 November 2013

WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status. Qualified female applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are encouraged to apply.

REF: 13-0013862

How to apply:

Go to: http://i-recruitment.wfp.org/vacancies/13-0013862
Step 1: Create your online CV.
Step 2: Click on “Description” to read the position requirements and “Apply” to submit your application.
NOTE: You must complete Step 2 in order for your application to be considered for this vacancy.