Specialist, Human Resources and Administration

17 Jun 2026 Specialist, Human Resources and Administration at MCA-Zambia II

• Assist in the development and implementation of human resources policies, procedures, and strategies in alignment with MCA-Zambia II and MCC guidelines, local laws, and international best practices. • Examine requirements and requests from across MCA-Zambia II for human resources and administrative support for consistency and conformity with established guidelines and alignment with the correct accounts/budget lines. • Advise the Manager, Human Resources and Administration on provision of services, identifying issues which impede delivery, consistency, or conformity, and recommend remedial measures to improve service delivery. • Advise MCA-Zambia II managers and staff on guidelines, timelines, and procedures regarding the provision of human resources and administration services to support smooth and sustained operations. • HR and Administrative Service Delivery • Execute a range of HR and administrative activities — including recruitment, compensation and benefits administration, logistics, and facilities management — ensuring responsiveness, transparency, and compliance of service. • Anticipate operational and systematic issues affecting timely delivery of human resources and administrative services aligned to the execution of projects or delivery of services across the different units/functions within MCA-Zambia II. • Identify and coordinate with asset/service providers throughout the different human resources and administrative activities and monitor the delivery of assets/services consistent with agreements. • Assist the Manager, Human Resources in translating the requirements of the Compact programme into a staffing and recruitment strategy for MCA-Zambia II, including a comprehensive staffing plan, detailed job descriptions, outreach and recruitment approaches, and procedures for evaluating applications and interviewing candidates. • Support effective onboarding processes, orientation training, and transitioning of new staff to MCA-Zambia II. • Perform other duties as assigned by the Manager, Human Resources and Administration, consistent with the position. • Minimum of five (5) years of experience in executing human resources functions, delivery of workforce management services and administering other human resources processes, and/or building/facilities management, procurement services, and/or travel and logistics functions. • Basic knowledge of Zambian labour laws and human resources regulations. • Ability to follow and apply established human resources and administrative procedures and guidelines. • Experience with general human resources and administrative tasks such as recruitment support, record-keeping, and logistics coordination.