Human Resources and Admin Director

The Opportunity

The HR and Admin Director will be expected to lead on HR assessments, HR strategy, developing robust systems, policy and practice on people management in both development context and complex emergencies.  In most circumstances, the post-holder will be expected to mentor and/or capacity build existing country programme staff.

As a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) in Türkiye, the HR and Admin Director shares in the overall responsibility for the direction and coordination of the Country Office (CO). The HR and Admin Director in their capacity will be accountable to the Country Director for overseeing the HR Department and co-accountable with other senior leaders for risk management –in both emergencies and development programming contexts.

In order to be successful, you will bring/have: 

• Masters’ Degree in HR or Administration or any related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Recommended progressively responsible experience managing human resources and other teams as well as overseeing admin functions.  Experience in an international environment would be an advantage;
• Experience of reviewing and drafting HR policies, procedures and guidelines and of developing and implementing systems (including IT systems)
• Experience of managing HR projects
• Awareness of good HR practice in relation to child, adult and staff safeguarding
• Recommended post graduate degree in an area of social development
• A general appreciation of the issues concerning the NGO sector, both development and humanitarian issues
• Good analytical skills. Effective negotiator, with the ability to positively influence cross departmental and cross sector working
• Ability to plan and organise a substantial workload that includes complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities in both development and emergency contexts; very strong capacity for attention to detail, problem solving, and analysis of trends
• Credibility to lobby, influence and represent Save the Children at all levels
• Resource management, training , capacity building, coaching, and mentoring skills
• Ability and willingness to dramatically change work practices and hours, and work with incoming teams, in emergencies 
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles including rights-based approaches
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Turkish 
• Ability to travel to all programme sites in Türkiye.
• Working knowledge and experience on HR and compliance systems in Türkiye is advantages. 
• Fluency in Arabic Language is highly desired 
• Proven record implementing change and improvement initiatives in complex contexts is highly desired

Position holder will be based in Istanbul, therefore legal right to work in Türkiye is necessary at the time of application. Applications will be evaluated in a rolling basis.

The Organisation
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.  

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday 
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated 

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.  We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued. 
Save the Children is committed to create a truly inclusive, effective and representative organisational culture, encouraging equity and diversity among its employees and eliminating discrimination. Having a diverse profile of employees, different age groups, backgrounds, cultures, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientation etc., including a range of different experiences and capabilities helps us understand, represent and serve children better. Therefore, all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.

Application Information:
Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application and include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations.  A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.