VACANCY ADVERTISEMENT

"SOS Children's Villages - Azerbaijan" Association was founded in 1999 according to agreement signed between "SOS Kinderdorf" INGO and Azerbaijan government. The main purpose of the organization is providing family based care to the children deprived from parental care as well as implementation of different activities aimed to provide children social welfare. Currently a number of social and educational projects successfully have being implemented within Baku and Ganja SOS Children's Villages and Family Support Program.

The Human Resources Development (HRD) Advisor for Family Based Care (FBC) programs
The main focus of the position is to support Human Resources Manager in implementing and monitoring standards that relate to the professional recruitment and development of child care professionals

Work conditions
Full employment
Location - Baku city
Monthly salary - gross 900 AZN

Main tasks and responsibilities

" Establish staffing standards for all main care givers and child development co-workers.
" Design recruitment processes for main care givers based on planning, needs and requests;
" Follow-up the alignment of national recruitment documents and processes for main care givers with continental and global reference papers (SOS mother handbook and YC co-worker paper; short term placement organized by SOS - continental framework)
" Develop the structure, form and incorporate the content provided by FBC into the reference orientation programmes for main care givers and child development co-workers. Support in the development of orientation programme upon request and follow up the implementation that the orientation programmes are conducted.
" Design and organise theoretical and practical training for main care givers and child development and select qualified trainers in close cooperation with the FBC Advisor;
" Follow up the implementation.
" Follow up PAT implementation for main care givers and child development co-workers (quantity and quality).Support responsible leaders in PAT implementation.
" Document the SOS mother fluctuation accurately and develop national action plans for reducing fluctuation
" Provide data on SOS Mothers/Aunts phase-out/retirement practices to responsible Continental HRD for FBC Advisor.
" Prepare and organise the process of finalising SOS Mothers/Aunts career according to SOS Standards (National, Continental and Global concepts) in close cooperation with FBC Advisor.

Selection criteria

" Higher education (preferably master degree) in the related fields of e.g. Economics, Law, Psychology, Management, Human Resources, Pedagogy
" Working experience in the field of HR- especially in staff training, recruitment, profiling and performance management.
" Capability to develop concepts
" Capability in the field of controlling of the quality of processes
" Good command of English, written and spoken
" Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, social competence
" Good organisational capabilities
" Experience in working in the pedagogical field is preferred
" Inside knowledge of the SOS organisation and being acquainted with the peculiarities of Human Resources Development in SOS
" Experience in project management; and/or leading projects
" Experience in organisational change processes

Please send your CVs to the following e-mail (only electronic applications are considered)

[email protected]

Please indicate HRD FBC in the Subject of your e-mail.

Deadline: Oktober 23, 2011