Human Resources and RecruitmentFull-TimeMid-level(3-5 yrs)
Job Description
Role Overview
The Career Development Officer at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is responsible for developing talent pipelines, implementing career development frameworks, and providing professional career coaching and guidance to support staff career progression across the movement.
Tasks & Responsibilities
Develop and maintain talent pipelines for key operational and leadership profiles, ensuring the availability of qualified staff to meet current and future organizational needs.
Implement and maintain career development frameworks, competency pathways and professional growth tools to support staff career progression across the MSF movement.
Conduct periodic talent reviews and monitor career progression indicators, ensuring timely interventions to support employee growth, retention and mobility.
Provide professional career coaching and guidance to staff, supporting informed career decisions, mobility opportunities and long-term development planning.
Partner with Learning and Capability Development teams to identify capability gaps and facilitate targeted learning interventions that support individual and organizational talent needs.
Utilize performance and potential assessments to recommend development opportunities, mobility pathways and readiness for advancement.
Promote equitable career development opportunities and support diverse representation within leadership and specialist talent pipelines.
Analyze workforce and career development data to generate insights, identify trends and provide evidence-based recommendations to support strategic HR decision-making through the application of HRIS systems.
Facilitate internal mobility and developmental assignments across MSF entities to broaden competencies, enhance career growth and support organizational workforce needs.
Develop and implement career development initiatives for Country-Based Staff (CBS), facilitating career planning, talent development, and internal mobility while collaborating with managers to enhance workforce capability and support succession planning activities.
Other Responsibilities
Contribute to HR activities and process improvements through various individual projects.
Integrate EDI & Safeguarding aspects in area of work responsibility by incorporating safeguarding into career development discussions and serving as an intermediary to ensure staff have access to duty-of-care mechanisms after challenging assignments.
Recognize, respond, and document any form of abuse or inappropriate behavior and alert the safeguarding unit of any suspected potential abuse.
Proactively participate in the individual performance management process including objective setting, performance monitoring and performance evaluation.
Qualifications & Requirements
Education: A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Business Studies, Psychology, Humanities, or an equivalent qualification from a recognized institution.
Knowledge: Knowledge of Career Development and Staff Development.
Experience: At least two (2) to three (3) years of relevant working experience in placement and career development.
Language: Fluency in English is required; knowledge of French is an added advantage.
Asset: Field experience with MSF or other humanitarian NGOs is an added advantage.
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