Job Summary

People and Systems Director at WITNESS

Location: Remote

Starting Date: Immediate

Type of contract: Full-time

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

As part of the Executive Leadership Team, the People and Systems Director will provide expert advice and input on various organizational issues, including change management. The position will report to the Executive Director and lead and supervise: Human Resources, Systems and IT and Knowledge Management and Culture and Diversity Equity, Inclusion and Justice (DEIJ). The People and Systems Director will work with and oversee a five to seven-member team of specialists and coordinate cohesive strategies across:

• Human Resources, including global employment contract and legal compliance, compensation and benefits, complaints and grievances, policies, development and performance assessments, and related HR functions.
• DEI & Culture, including developing People policies that provide a high level of support to team members, foster sustainable work practices, and practices/policies which are equitable across the various locations where our team members live.
• Systems and IT, including information systems and databases, enable agile platforms to meet internal organizational effectiveness and serve WITNESS’s support of activist communities and its systems advocacy.
• Knowledge Management, including facilitating transparent flows of information, promoting learnings, designing intranets, information platforms, on-boarding tools, and communication channels that help us be a cohesive team.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 5-7+ years experience in a leadership role in People/Culture & Organizational Systems.
• Experience leading DEI processes in global contexts and building and promoting DEI-centered culture and infrastructures.
• Experience in people-centred operationalisation of global programs and with international teams.
• Exposure to IT, knowledge management, employment compliance, security, compensation and benefits management.
• A passionate people person with a proven ability to work across a global, diverse team.
• An empathetic leader who actively seeks out and respects new perspectives, listens to diverse voices, and designs policies and practices considering a team with a wide range of lived experiences and contexts.
• High professionalism, self-motivation, efficiency, and results-oriented delivery on short timelines.
• Strategic, creative, original and innovative thinking.
• Sensitivity, kind, emotional maturity, and strong interpersonal skills
• Strong teamwork skills, comfort in a highly collaborative team culture.
• Strong project and staff management skills.
• A track record of and motivation by global human rights values and driven to support social justice activists and movements.
• Ability to adjust quickly to changing conditions and requirements
• Understanding and ideally experience with human rights programs and dynamics.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English; additional languages are an asset.

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Send your Application Letter, Cover letter and CV to:

https://www.witness.org/people-and-systems-director/