Regional Manager – People & Culture-WWF North Africa Retour vers les opportunités

Job Description

Position Title: Regional Manager – People & Culture, WWF North Africa

Reports to: Director WWF North Africa, dotted line to Regional Head, People & Culture – Europe & North Africa, WWF International.

Location: WWF North Africa – Tunis 

Main Functions :

To advise and support North Africa Regional Leadership in creating a culture of collaboration, innovation and results-focus in WWF North Africa. The department would also strive to embed  WWF core values and behaviours in all key People & Culture processes across the region. Alignment of the People & Culture standards, policies, procedures and platforms with WWF International policies, in-order to attract, develop and retain the right people for the region. 

To support the Regional Leadership team to optimize the working environment in which WWF North Africa employees are able to perform at the highest level and maximize their contribution towards conservation goals. 

The P&C department also manages the full employee life cycle including championing people development, performance management, recruitment and compensation philosophy and diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Dedicated People & Culture resource to the WWF North Africa region, their main aim will be to support and enable WWF entities in Tunisia and Morocco and promote a culture based on the identified values and behaviours of WWF. 

The incumbent will also ensure to embed People & Culture and People Development as key components of WWF North Africa’s OD strategy and provides HR best practice advice to the Director, North Africa and the SMT. They will regularly liaise with Regional Head P&C Europe and North Africa for global People & Culture resources and actively engage with the WWF People & Culture Network community. They will work closely with WWF North Africa Finance & Administration Director to ensure the smooth running of the HR administration processes in the Tunis office.

• Works with Director WWF North Africa and Regional Head, P&C Europe and North Africa in promoting P&C best practice; and ensuring a robust and systematic approach to P&C processes and procedures;
• Own the P&C processes relating to expansion into the region. Ensure the right procedures are in place in relation to local employment laws in other jurisdictions and compliance is adhered to across all functions within P&C.
• Communicates/promotes People Development opportunities such as e-campus, global onboarding, secondments, external training in the region and help to align all COs in this approach;
• Supports Director North Africa, to ensure that core Network standards, such as Safeguards training, Respect in the Workplace, Diversity & Inclusion, Health and safety etc. are understood, respected and strictly upheld by all staff.
• Responsible for ensuring efficient and legally compliant HR Services and administration, across the region, recommending improvements as necessary by working closely with the Head, P&C Europe and North Africa. 
• Plays an advisory role into the OD strategy for WWF North Africa from a P&C perspective.
• Responsible for identifying WWF North Africa talents at the regional level facilitating career development and succession planning;
• Provides support and guidance to leadership on the Compensation & Benefits Strategy; 
• Manages recruitment of all roles in the region, respecting KPIs concerning gender & diversity, in liaison with the senior management team;
• Facilitates and supports management with the Performance Management System, championing continuous feedback and objectives setting cycles, supporting people managers in the performance review and feedback cycle and keeping track of performance reviews;
• Manages the end to end human resources administration processes, including drafting staff contracts, payroll management, timesheets, leave and holidays, sickness leave, other HR related administrative procedures;  
• Actively participates in Global P&C community on key network wide initiatives and connects with the Regional P&C community in Europe & North Africa;
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Director WWF North Africa.

Required Qualifications, skills, competencies:        

• A professional Human Resources qualification or equivalent education;
• A minimum of 7 years professional experience in Human Resources ideally with experience in dealing with HR operational issues in the North Africa region, particularly in Tunisia.
• Experience of working in a setting where expansion into other countries in the region will be  preferred. 
• High degree of accountability, commitment to excellence; and integrity in relations with colleagues;

• Strong operational hands-on skills, and a well-organised approach to work, and attention to detail;
• Ability to train others and explain complex concepts in a simple manner, including virtually;
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to interact with and influence senior management and relevant staff in different functional areas in a positive manner; 
• Experience of operating in different cultural environments; 
• Ability to drive change and performance, as well as to identify and provide solutions which benefit the organisation; 
• Decisive, proactive, collaborative;
• Excellent written and spoken English, French & Arabic; 
• Available to travel as required in the region; 
• Passion and commitment for conservation and sustainable development 
• Adheres and identifies with WWF core values, Courage, Integrity, Respect, Collaboration.

Working Relationships:

Internal: Reports to the WWF North Africa Director with a dotted line to the Regional Head, People & Culture- Europe & North Africa, WWF International; works closely with the F&A Director on all HR administrative procedures. Works closely with the People & Culture Network community. 

External: Contact with external bodies will mainly include executive search companies, external HR partners and providers, Tunisian and other Regional public authorities and HR/legal consultants as required by performing HR administration functions.