View Vacancy - HR Officer supporting Europe and Central Asia A2 (L) (PRT18.025)
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has a HR shared services at the British Embassy in Lisbon which provides services in Recruitment, HR administration, support and advice, Pay and Benefits, Talent and Performance Management for British Embassies across 50 countries in Europe and Central Asia.
The HR shared services oversees 2500 employees leading on operational and strategic HR issues, providing guidance to employees and senior managers.
Due to an increase in workload, we now have a great opportunity for a HR Officer to join the team on a 12 month contract and gain exposure to a global organisation and benefit from international experience in a political and diplomatic environment for the British Government. The successful candidate will report into a HR Manager and will provide advice remotely from the Lisbon embassy to employees and managers on a variety of HR requests, and manage end-to-end recruitment campaigns as per agreed KPIs across the FCO Network in Europe and Central Asia.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Lead the end to end recruitment processes partnering with hiring managers across the 50 countries to attract and select the best candidates for vacancies. Ensure effectiveness of recruitment processes, by using the appropriate methodology and tools in line with a global function.
• Track and review Recruitment activity for vacancies; ensure accurate records and capture critical information; assess and present opportunities for improvement;
• Ensure HR advice to employees is in line with the FCO HR policies and processes, such as absence, grievance, discipline, conduct and performance.
• Manage the HR data for specific countries including monthly reporting and analysis of key trends
• Share knowledge, information and learnings within the team and with specific countries and make improvement suggestions
• Deliver a high quality service to internal and external stakeholders;
• Update the HR information system to reflect changes to employee data.
• 3 years minimum experience in general Human Resources including experience in recruitment;
• Excellent level of English is essential (both oral and written);
• Excellent organisational, communication and analytical skills;
• Ability to partner remotely with people at all levels of seniority in an international environment;
• Ability to work independently as well as in collaboration with an extended team;
• Customer focus approach;
• Proficient in MS Office applications.
This is a 12 month fixed term full-time contract (35 hours net per week) subject to a 30 days probation period.
The embassy offers flexible working patterns, opportunities for learning and development and has pleasant working conditions - a social club, a fully equipped gym and a garden.
The British Embassy in Lisbon aims to offer an attractive working environment and remuneration package for this role of € 21,379.68 per year gross annual salary paid in fourteen instalments, provided that the individual in question is subject to individual income tax (IRS) in Portugal on the employment income in question or, alternatively, is subject to income tax on such income in the UK; plus a monthly meal allowance of 134.00 Euros.
All staff recruited locally by the British Embassy in Portugal are subject to local Portuguese employment law as well as internal regulations in force at any given time. The successful candidate will be subject to a professional background and security clearance and must have pre-existing work authorisation for Portugal in order to apply. All applicants should have the right to live and work in Portugal. The British Embassy does not sponsor work permits. The Embassy will not consider applications from existing staff who have not successfully completed their probation period or, in the case of staff on temporary contract who have not yet completed two thirds of their contract.
Please note that the deadline for applications is 23:55 on the day mentioned in the above field “Application deadline”. We advise you to allow enough time to complete and submit your full application, since only applications completed and submitted before the deadline will be considered. Please be aware that the deadline for submitting applications is considered to be the time zone for the country where the vacancy has arisen.
Please be advised that the Embassy will not be able to meet the travel costs incurred when travelling to the interview, nor the costs connected with relocation if offered a position.
This opportunity is closed to applications.
