Human Resources Officer at Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and implementation of human resources strategies aligned with the mandate and objectives of the Office.
• Advise management on HR policies, procedures, and workforce planning initiatives.
• Coordinate recruitment and selection processes, including vacancy announcements, screening, assessments, interviews, and onboarding.
• Prepare recruitment reports and recommendations for management approval.
• Administer staff salaries, allowances, benefits, and entitlements in accordance with applicable regulations.
• Review and process claims relating to education grant, dependency allowance, installation grant, travel entitlements, and other staff benefits.
• Coordinate the implementation of the performance management system.
• Monitor compliance with performance appraisal timelines.
• Provide guidance to supervisors and staff on performance evaluation processes.
• Analyze performance data and recommend interventions for organizational effectiveness.
• Support the Identification of training and capacity development needs.
• Develop annual training plans and budgets.
• Coordinate learning and development programmes, workshops, and professional certification initiatives.
• Facilitate conflict resolution and workplace harmony initiatives.
• Support staff welfare programmes and employee engagement activities.
• Maintain accurate personnel records and HR databases.
• Manage contract administration, confirmations, promotions, renewals, separations, and related HR actions.
• Ensure confidentiality and integrity of personnel information.
• Ensure HR processes are compliant with internal controls and governance requirements.
• Facilitate internal and external audits relating to HR matters.
• Monitor implementation of audit recommendations affecting human resources.
• Identify and mitigate HR-related risks.