African Development Bank (AfDB) Recruitment for Chief HR information Systems Officer

Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified candidates for African Development Bank (AfDB) Recruitment for Chief HR information Systems Officer.

Established in 1964, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is the premier pan-African development institution, promoting economic growth and social progress across the continent. There are 80 member states, including 54 in Africa (Regional Member Countries).  The Bank’s development agenda is delivering financial and technical support for transformative projects that will significantly reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable economic growth. In order to sharply focus the objectives of the Ten Year Strategy (2013 – 2022) and ensure greater developmental impact, five major areas (High 5s), all of which will accelerate our delivery for Africa, have been identified for scaling up, namely; energy, agro-business, industrialization, integration and improving the quality of life for the people of Africa.

Job Description

  • Company: African Development Bank
  • Location: Ghana
  • State: Accra
  • Job type: Full-Time.

Duties/Responsibilities

Under the immediate supervision of the Division Manager CHHR2, the incumbent will undertake the following Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the manager in delivering the HRSS Mandate, through active, timely and responsive participation in all initiatives that cut-across the Division.
  • Supervise the maintenance of the HR Information system updated in line with regulatory and HR policy changes and with evolving needs of the SAP HR users and auditors. Further supervise the administration and update of the other applications of CHHR in line with policy and business changes.
  • Develop and update HR Personal Administration processes, procedures and forms in view of permanently optimising the efficiency and reliability of the unit and recommend such improvements in processes and documents in other areas impacting the efficiency and reliability of the HR administration.
  • Leads and/or participate in projects reinforcing the deliverables and effectiveness of the HR Administration.
  • Plan, organize, supervise and control HR-related IT development projects.
  • Develop feasibility studies and requirements analysis to justify and support the development of new and enhanced information systems. Keep available new releases, enhancements/new functionality and perform application research.
  • Analyse user requirements, develop designs, and perform process modelling. Develop and recommend make/buy solutions to respond to business needs
  • Supervise and perform configuration changes to accommodate change. Perform initial testing of problem fixes, change requests, enhancement assessments and make recommendations to CHHR and CHIS management.
  • Ensure the identification and addressing of functional and technical issues with IT solutions and further work with CHIS for problem resolution and user support.
  • Guide the development of training materials relating to IT applications and train users.
  • Ensure that user requirements identification and mapping, developments, testing and documentation are in accordance with Bank standards
  • Provide functional input needed by CHIS to evaluate continuing needs for hardware, software, databases, and operating systems, and further carry out detailed evaluations of operating systems, commercial software and programming utilities.
  • Together with the manager, play a key role in team-building, live by the values of the Bank, and ensure that the service excellence principles of the Bank guide the delivery of the team.

Selection Criteria

  1. Hold at least a Master’s Degree or its equivalent in Human Resources Management, Information Technology, Accounting, IT Project Management or other related disciplines.
  2. Have a minimum of seven (7) years of relevant practical working experience in a large volume and busy computerized HR Unit
  3. Deep knowledge of HR processes, HR Master Data, project Management, and HR Organizational Management principles.
  4. Demonstrable understanding of development methodology / life cycle.
  5. Ability to meet strict deadlines and work under pressure, and to schedule and prioritise the work for the team.
  6. Ability to work independently and coordinate with peers and other HR experts in a multidisciplinary team.
    Capacity to initiate and manage innovations and changes;
  7. Excellent skills in report writing and generation, communication, negotiation and project management;
  8. Requisite knowledge of SAP or other integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
    preferably in Human Resource (HR) modules.
  9. Personal competencies that demonstrate an ability to function in a manner that contributes to seamless operational effectiveness across HR.
  10. Demonstrable commitment to achieving the mandate of CHHR2, supporting the manager and the team to ensure on-time delivery of the mandate.
  11. Proven skills in problem solving and solution and root cause analysis.
  12. Client orientation, team work and stakeholder management and relation building.
  13. Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral) in English or French, preferably with a working knowledge of the other.
  14. Excellent knowledge of the use of standard desktop software (Visio, Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint).

How to Apply

Interested applicants should click here to apply.

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