HR Excellence Lead

HR Excellence Lead -241261

Primary Location

NATO Body

Schedule

Application Deadline

Salary (Pay Basis)

Grade NATO Grade G17

Description

Who we are:

For more than 70 years, NATO’s mission has been to preserve peace and security in the Alliance for nearly one billion citizens. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) and its predecessors have worked tirelessly in providing the means that enable the connectedness and togetherness that keep our Alliance strong. We are the NCI Agency, a team of 3000 civilian and military staff in 29 locations throughout Europe, North America and Asia.

Our technology and cyber experts allow NATO to conduct critical operations, protect NATO’s airspace, make data-driven decisions, defend against cyber-attacks, secure NATO networks and maintain superiority in space. This is all possible because of our greatest force, our people. In order to keep this edge we aim to hire, train and retain the very best staff.

Our staff members represent both the diversity and unity of our Alliance. When you join the NCI Agency, you will be part of an organization where you can contribute authentically to the mission and purpose of NATO and help us keep our technological edge.

About the job:

Based in The Hague in the Netherlands you will join the Agency as we embark on a journey to transform our IT services to support NATO’s Digital Endeavour. You will join the Chief People Office (CPO) that provides a solution-oriented service ensuring strategic human capital insight is executed to enhance timely and effective decision making to achieve the overall Agency’s goals and strategy. CPO establishes and administers policies, guidance and the best practices across workforce management, talent acquisition, talent management and staff services.

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic HR Excellence Lead who will take on the following roles and responsibilities:

• Coordinate on the People Strategy, ensuring that it aligns to the goals of the NCI Agency and the wider NATO Mission whilst supporting the needs of our people.
• Keep up to date with the latest HR trends and where applicable, implement solutions for CPO to enhance processes and services, with a specific focus onrisk management and audit measures.
• Develop and execute a comprehensive communication strategy for HR initiatives.
• Ensure the CPO leadership team are able to deliver their goals by removing blockers and providing internal coordination.
• Be the sounding board for the Chief People Officer and quickly translate thoughts and ideas into tangible plans

For a full list of duties, please review the job description on the NCI Agency career site .

About you:

The valuable knowledge and experience that you bring to this role are:

• A minimum requirement of a Bachelor’s degree at a nationally recognised/certified University in a related discipline and a minimum of 3 years of HR experience. Or exceptionally, the lack of a university degree may be compensated by the demonstration of a candidate’s particular abilities or experience that is/are of interest to NCI Agency, that is, at least 10 years extensive and progressive expertise in HR.
• Proven experience with a breath of HR topics, showcasing comprehensive knowledge of HR best practice.
• Strong strategic mind-set with the ability to align HR initiatives with organisational goals and to translate them into operational plans.
• Proven track record in driving HR projects and programs to successful completion.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

What we offer:

• Genuinely meaningful work as part of the most successful alliance in history.
• 3 year contract with competitive tax-free salary and household and children’s allowances.
• Privileges for expatriate staff including expatriation and education allowances (where appropriate) and additional home leave.
• Excellent private health insurance scheme.
• Generous annual leave of 30 days plus official holidays.
• NATO Pension Scheme.
• Development programs such as professional training, wellbeing, and more.

To learn more about NCI Agency and our work, please visit our website .

The NCI Agency prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment of mutual respect and value uniqueness and differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnic or cultural origin, age, religion, sexual orientation and physical or neurocognitive ability.

Additional details on the conditions of application can be found via the NCI Agency career site.