Pact is an international nonprofit that works in nearly 40 countries building solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven and owned by the communities we serve. Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact.
Department Global Human Resources (HR) - Pact strives for a world where all people are heard, capable, and vibrant. The Global Human Resources team helps realize this objective by fostering a worldwide environment that inspires excellence where initiative, inventiveness, and professional development are encourages. We value innovation in our employees and believe it gives us a competitive advantage in this global marketplace. Our team focuses its resources and efforts on the lifecycle quality of employee activities with ongoing attention to: Employee engagement, professional development, rewards and recognition and organizational culture; Taking what might be complicated, distant, daunting and making it simple, understandable and workable; Finding ways to fulfill our intent for openness, transparency and accessibility of information, rather than control, restriction and containment; Ensuring cross-organizational collaboration, shared success and joint action.
Position Overview
The Asia and Europe (AE) Regional HR Business Partner works under the general guidance and direction of the Senior Director, Global Human Resources (SDGHR) to provide support with implementing strategic HR initiatives in Pact country offices throughout the assigned region. This is a wonderful growth opportunity for a seasoned country HR Manager/Director to move into a more complex role providing HR expertise in support of multiple countries in the region. This position will contribute to the development of the strategy for the Global HR Team. The individual hired into this position must be a natural collaborator with a customer service approach to her/his work, as well as a willingness to demonstrate and champion Pact values (Respect, Integrity, Inclusion) in day-to-day interactions and activities.
Key Responsibilities
Compensation & Benefit Administration
Participate in salary and benefits surveys;Researches and obtains benchmarking data;Assist with currency volatility (i.e., devaluations);Research country office benefit providers and assist with selection and renewal process;Review SPDs;Help ensure coordination of policy and benefits when co-locating.Provide HR Support for New Country Start-up/ Country & Project Closures
Provide support for new country start-up, project openings/closures, includes activities related to PEO communication and management;Provide support with project structure;Work with International Recruiter on recruitment of key positions;Prepare first drafts of employment documents;Staff retention;Record keeping.Talent Acquisition & Onboarding
Locate local recruitment resources;Participates in proposal development;Act as a problems solver, facilitator, and coordinator; Review job descriptions and assist with classification; Assist with contingent offers and contract management; Ensure background checks are completed.HR Systems
Provides HR systems training and assist with roll out of new systems and processes.Compliance
Assist with Internal Audit findings for HR; Help ensure all actionable items are addressed with respective parties and follow-up on items to completion; Collect country office data; Reconcile data and reports to ensure accuracy and integrity; Perform periodic review of global systems with payroll and country office records; Assist with identifying and engaging legal support ensuring due diligence in the selection process; Manage attorney agreements; Assist Country Office HR Points Of Contact with tracking labor law changes and ensuring prompt follow-up on amendments to handbooks and employment contracts.Employee Relations & Performance Management
First escalation point for employee relations issues;Provides policy guidance; Participates in investigations with ethics and compliance team; Assists with coordinating engagement and communication with local attorney; Continuously builds capacity of staff on HR related topics.HR Operations
Provides operational assistance for translation needs; Coordinates the availability of interpreters; Manages SharePoint Record keeping for Region; Attends regular HR meetings acting a thought partner and contributor.