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People & Culture Assistant (Talent Acquisition)

Islamabad

  • Organization: UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
  • Location: Islamabad
  • Grade: Administrative support - LICA-5, Local Individual Contractors Agreement
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Social Affairs
    • Human Resources
    • Administrative support
    • Culture and Sport
  • Closing Date: 2025-01-14

Partner UNICEF
Job categories Human Resources
Vacancy code VA/2025/B5507/29521
Department/office AR, SAMCO, Pakistan
Duty station Islamabad, Pakistan
Contract type Local ICA Support
Contract level LICA-5
Duration 6 months
Application period 08-Jan-2025 to 14-Jan-2025
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.

Functional Responsibilities


  1. Support to business partnering

  • Support the business partners in developing initiatives to encourage employee well-being and employee recognition schemes

  • Support the management of change processes by advising clientele on changes to PEOPLE & CULTURE processes under the guidance of PEOPLE & CULTURE Business Partner

  • Support the business partners in assisting clientele in using PEOPLE & CULTURE systems such as talent management, agora and achieve.


  1. Support in recruitment and placement

  • Prepares and circulates internal and external advertisements.

  • Liaises with candidates in the various stages of the recruitment process.

  • Prepares formal acknowledgement, offer and regret letters.

  • Initiates and follows up on reference checks and academic verifications, and ensuring the completion of other background checks. 

  • Records and maintains recruitment files, ensuring all necessary documentation has been prepared. 

  • Monitors life-cycle of recruitment process to update supervisor as necessary.


  1. Support in organization design and job classification

  • Prepares documents to be submitted for classification to RO and NYHQ, ensuring completeness of documentation

  • Monitors life-cycle of all job classification requests to facilitate recruitment and organization planning.

  1. General office support

  • Drafting and/or processing a variety of correspondence and other communications

  • Setting up and maintaining PEOPLE & CULTURE files/records (electronic and paper)

  • Scheduling appointments and meetings

  • Maintain and generate automated databases containing PEOPLE & CULTURE related statistics and generating periodic reports; and performing a variety of administrative duties (e.g. leave recording, etc.). 

Impact of Results
The impact of the work of PEOPLE & CULTURE Assistants affects the delivery of discrete support services and is closely interrelated with the work of other members of the PEOPLE & CULTURE team. The work performed affects not only the timely delivery of PEOPLE & CULTURE processes but also indirectly the delivery of the client departments’/divisions’/offices’ programmes. They play a key role, as a member of the team, in providing routine and some specialized information both to client’s departments and to more senior members of the PEOPLE & CULTURE team on PEOPLE & CULTURE procedures and the progress of delivery against standards and deadlines. 

Education/Experience/Language requirements

Education:  Completion of secondary education, preferably supplemented by technical or university courses related to the field of work

Experience: A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible administrative or operational support experience to the talent acquisition.

Language Requirement:
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language is an asset.
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Applications from non-qualifying applicants will most likely be discarded by the recruiting manager.