What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Resources Officer (Total Rewards) - HRD position at International Monetary Fund?
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Typically Reports to:
Section Chief, Specialists, HR Service Center
Job Summary
The Human Resources Officer (Total Rewards) promotes the wellbeing of Fund employees by ensuring that programs, policies, and procedures for benefits, employment, compensation, retirement, and insurance address workforce needs and are competitive. The Human Resources Officer’s primary role is to support the review, administration, and management of programs for staff and contractual employees. Key activities include reviewing programs and procedures, interpreting and developing policies, reviewing Administrative Review cases, conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses, and serving as a liaison with the Operations Division for escalated cases and queries as needed.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
1. Contributes to the design, review, and implementation of a variety of benefits programs/policies. Develops associated communications to staff members
2. Analyzes, interprets, and integrates technical information from various benefits benchmark surveys to enhance and maintain the Fund’s benefits program.
3. Assesses the Fund’s benefit policies and programs to ensure that they continue to meet evolving needs and support the broader HR strategy and business objectives. Recommends program changes as needed.
4. Supports the review and reform of benefits for HQ and overseas assignments, including those benefits applicable to staff and Long-Term Technical Assistance Experts. This will involve a case-by-case review and assessment of benefits received under current policies and a comparison with proposed policy changes and the associated impact analysis.
5. Drafts and updates benefit communications materials and conducts user-testing to promote accurate system configuration and a smooth user experience.
6. Analyzes utilization, financial impact, and long-term viability of benefits programs, leveraging insights to recommend program changes.
7. Point of contact for the HR Operations team members in answering complex benefits questions requiring further guidance from the relevant center of excellence (COE).
8. Researches external trends related to employer benefit offerings, leveraging insights to drive innovation and recommend revised benefits offerings that further support employee wellbeing.
9. Prepares final products within context of position.
10. Researches and analyzes HR technical issues and problems and develops solutions in a thorough, systematic manner. Contribute to the formulation of policy proposals and recommendations.
11.Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education, typically acquired by the completion of an advanced university degree, or equivalent, in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field; or a university degree, or equivalent, supplemented by a minimum of six years of relevant professional field experience; or master’s degree, or equivalent, in a related field.
Preferred Qualifications
- An advanced degree
- Strong qualitative and quantitative skills
- HR policy experience
- HR operations experience
- Experience in or with international financial institutions.
Specialized Skills/ Knowledge/ Abilities
- Works independently, applies analytical and quantitative skills to identify issues or problems.
- Identifies and offers suggestions for improvements, and collaborates to ensure integration with other policies, systems, and practices.
- Displays in-depth knowledge of relevant technologies, business processes, or platforms.
- Demonstrates knowledge of HR-related areas beyond compensation and benefits to facilitate connections with the broader department and institution.
- Learns, applies, and implements new and complex policies.
- Applies broad knowledge and experiences in more than one HR area, e.g., staffing, training and development, and compensation and benefits.
- Able to organize, prioritize, and deliver timely under high pressure.
- Demonstrates innovation, creativity, initiative, and accountability.
- Brings knowledge and expertise in Total Rewards, enabling skilled operation of Fund HR practices, procedures, and programs.
- Identifies and diagnoses needs. Facilitates and implements interventions in order to address needs and drive change.
- Collaborates effectively with highly diverse colleagues.
- Communicates clearly with diverse audiences, including non-technical audiences.
Department:
HRDTR Human Resources Department Total Rewards
Hiring For:
A09, A10
The IMF is committed to hiring diverse staff, including age, creed, culture, disability, educational background, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, nationality, race, religion and beliefs, and sexual orientation. We welcome requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities during the selection process. Information on how to request accommodations will be provided during the application process.
