HR Assistant at WHO, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Deadline: 21 January 2023

World Health Organization (WHO) is currently seeking applications from the eligible applicants for the post of HR Assistant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The duration of this post is 2 years.

The primary role of WHO is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system.

Key Job Responsibilities

The HR Assistant will perform the following functions:

• Appointment of locally recruited staff, conference staff with travel and professional staff appointed for 60 days or less without positions.
• Extension of temporary contracts of locally recruited staff.
• Acting arrangement with and without pay and extension of acting arrangements beyond one year.
• Processing of conversion of continuing appointments and issuance of appropriate letters to staff members.
• Review and administer change in FTE including updating of FTE SITs and leave and absence module, as appropriate and issuance of appropriate letters to staff members.
• Administer and prepare letters related to change in grade (reclassifications).Administer and prepare letters related to reassignment of staff members, without change in duty station (e.g. lateral transfer, promotions).
• Separation of locally recruited staff and administration of leave encashment.
• Review supporting documents, determine eligibility and administer language allowance and accelerated WIGIs.
• Process education grant final claims (except cases involving no pro-rata calculations or cases pertaining to staff on inter-agency transfers).

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must have:

• Completion of secondary school education or its equivalent.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in HR management and/or administration.
• 4 years with first level university degree or,
• 3 years with an advanced university degree.
• Experience in the use of an ERP system such as Oracle.
• Good technical expertise in human resources.
• Ability to multi-task while paying attention to detail.
• Good knowledge in the use of spreadsheet, word processing and Web-based software.
• Expert knowledge of English.
• Intermediate knowledge of French.

How to Apply

Applicants must submit their applications through online process.

For more information, visit WHO.