People and Talent Manager - Humanitarian Programs Business Partner

Americares•Stamford, CT

17d•$67,000 - $74,300•Remote

About The Position

Americares is a global health and disaster relief organization that helps people and communities around the world access health in times of disaster and every day. Each year, Americares reaches 80 countries on average, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world's leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit . Americares Values: We create global community, treating people as they want to be treated. We respond effectively and responsibly, putting plans into practice. We embed ethics and equity in our work and workplace. We are better together; partnership is at our core. We ask and listen, to create sustainable solutions for a healthier tomorrow. We commit to quality, growing and improving to ensure individuals and communities thrive. Key Outcomes: In the first 90 days, this role will: -Actively participate in onboarding -Learn and model the organization's values -Start relationship building with People and Talent (P&T), Humanitarian Programs (HP), and other key stakeholder teams -Learn and become familiar with working documents, contracts formats, and Humanitarian mobilization/demobilization SOPs -Maintain a P&T Response Tracker In the first 6 months, the role will: -Enhance P&T Humanitarian Response mobilization and demobilization checklists and processes -Collaborate with relevant partners to maintain updated roster member files -Support with developing a P&T humanitarian response philosophy In the first year, the role will: -Effectively provide guidance and support to Humanitarian Programs for issues on contracts, contribute to humanitarian response playbook and other deliverables from assigned projects -Perform a gap analysis regarding the Humanitarian Programs debrief process; seeking to understand how we might refine our P&T debrief procedure -Enhance duty of care procedures and safeguarding systems for mobilized employees and roster members

Requirements

Demonstrated experience in People and Talent within non-profit contexts that are fast-moving and require managing multiple concurrent urgent projects
Ability to work independently to create process and systems enhancements for stakeholders
Deep collaboration and partnership skills with cross-functional teams in multiple locations
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
Excellent project management and organizational skills
Impeccable attention to detail
Experience writing and enhancing people operations SOPs
Availibility on-call and in off-hours/times during humanitarian responses
Able to travel up to 25% to emergency response locations
US work authorization with no travel restrictions

Nice To Haves

Fluency in languages that are spoken in at least one of our core locations (India, Philippines, Tanzania, El Salvador, Colombia, etc.), in addition to English.

Responsibilities

Lead the People Operations emergency response mobilization and demobilization processes for global roster members and deployed employees
Provide People Operations guidance regarding compliance, contracts, labor law, pay and benefit equity, and other considerations to the HP team to help inform their decisions about budget and programmatic parameters for readiness and response contexts
Support compliance with legal and governmental reporting requirements
Lead all employee relations matters for short-term response staff in coordination with the emergency response team; support Associate Director with long-term employee relation matters
Conduct pre-departure briefing/training to ensure staff have all the documents and necessary information for successful deployment
Enhance duty of care and safeguarding SOPs, support, and policies for mobilized employees and roster members
Lead special global people operations projects determined based on organization priorities
Responsible for keeping roster members' files up to date, as well as employees who will be mobilizing
Maintain and update a global People Operations response tracker
Ensure timely payment for short-term humanitarian responders
Coordinate and administer response personnel performance reviews
Be on-call during humanitarian responses
Execute P&T-related administrative duties
Actively model and contribute to Americares values, work culture and mission
Engage in and contribute to team spaces with openness, global competencies, and a growth mindset
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned