People Business Partner – Strategy and Projects at Saferworld

Saferworld is an independent non-governmental organisation that works to prevent and reduce violent conflict and promote cooperative approaches to security. We work with civil society, governments and international organisations to encourage and support effective policies and practices through advocacy, research, and policy development, and through supporting the actions of others. Saferworld has worked in Africa since 1997. We have well-established programmes in Kenya, Uganda, Somalia/land, South Sudan, and Sudan. Overall our engagement in Africa combines programme implementation at the community level, dialogue, capacity-building, policy research, networking and advocacy, and working with institutions and civil society at national, regional, and international levels.

Roles and responsibilities: 

• Be first point of contact for all People Strategy Implementation and People Initiatives and/or Projects.


• Collaborate and work with the people team to implement and evaluate the organisation’s new people strategy across the business


• Lead transformation and change projects as well as supporting the cultural and people aspects of organisational change


• Develop a change management framework and work with the OD&L PBP to deliver workshops to managers and staff on how to manage and adapt to change effectively


• Work closely with ODL PBP to roll out key People projects, including new HRIS (Cascade) and Learning system (Meta-Compliance), Flexible Working Policies, Annual Appraisal Process, Reward and Benefits review and support implementation.


• Work with Country Leads and local HR Staff on HR Audits to include, review of our local systems and application of our Global Policies in line with and adhering to country specific legal requirements.


• Develop and Implement a change management and re-structure plans across the organisation as and where needed from start to finish including implementing new structures.


• Develop a project plan for implementing and rolling out the Recruitment and Staff Appraisal component of the system (Cascade).


• Provide support to our Country HR staff on wider projects that have impact on our programmes


• Undertake regular and systemic evaluation of people initiatives and projects delivered, globally and locally, and make recommendations/amendments based on outcomes

Knowledge, qualifications and experience

• Experience in project management and of managing projects spanning across multiple countries.


• Prior experience working on People Initiatives and Strategy Implementation


• Sound and up to date knowledge of transformation and change best practice in INGO sector


• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment and on sensitive issues


• Excellent working knowledge of MS Office software packages, databases, and project management tools


• Strong commitment to, and experience of, team and cross-organisational working


• Experience of working in an INGO including an understanding of differences in peoplepractice in the international context would be desirable


• Membership for affiliation with an institutional body (e.g. CIPD) at Chartered or Fellow level or equivalent

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