People and Culture Manager P4 Vacancy-Job Ref: WJSSUNICEF/0206/202621

People and Culture Manager P4 Vacancy-Job Ref: WJSSUNICEF/0206/202621

Juba (South Sudan)

Job Description

UNICEF works in over 190 countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights, and help them fulfill their potential, from early childhood through adolescence.

At UNICEF, we are committed, passionate, and proud of what we do for as long as we are needed. Promoting the rights of every child is not just a job – it is a calling.

UNICEF is a place where careers are built: we offer our staff diverse opportunities for professional and personal development that will help them reinforce a sense of purpose while serving children and communities across the world. We welcome everyone who wants to belong and grow in a diverse and passionate culture, coupled with an attractive compensation and benefits package.

For every child, the right to Care

South Sudan continues to face a highly complex humanitarian and development context marked by recurrent conflict, public health emergencies, climate-related shocks, and large-scale population displacement. In this challenging environment, UNICEF delivers lifesaving and resilience-building programmes for children and vulnerable communities across the country. Effective human resources management is essential to sustain UNICEF’s operational footprint, ensuring timely programme delivery, and reaching children in the most hard-to-access and high-risk locations. At the same time, the context presents sensitive and multifaceted people management challenges that directly influence the organization’s ability to achieve results for children.

How can you make a difference?

Within this setting, the People & Culture Manager plays a critical strategic and operational leadership role. Based in Juba, the position oversees forward-looking workforce planning, talent acquisition, staff wellbeing, performance management, and organizational culture to sustain a high-performing, diverse, and agile workforce.

The role provides expert advice to senior leadership on people and culture matters and ensures effective HR service delivery across multiple field offices. Leading a team of HR professionals, the People & Culture Manager balances strategic priorities with operational demands in a dynamic and high-pressure environment. The position also contributes to inter-agency collaboration and supports UNICEF’s commitment to advancing UN80 initiatives as well as the Business Operations Strategy.

The People and Culture function oversees all People and Culture (P&C) related activities and staff across the South Sudan Country Office, ensuring alignment with the People and Culture strategy, the Country Programme Management Plan, and organizational priorities. Specifically:

Manages the unit by setting priorities, monitoring progress, and guiding staff performance to meet established objectives and timelines.
Provides technical HR/P&C leadership, develops and implements policies, and ensures compliance with HR principles, policies, and regulations.
Acts as a strategic advisor to senior management on workforce planning and organizational effectiveness, offering evidence-based people solutions.

Coordinates recruitment, talent management, learning and capacity development, and HR analytics to attract, retain, and motivate high-caliber staff.
Leads change management initiatives, fosters a respectful, inclusive workplace culture, and strengthens emergency workforce readiness.
Drives organizational transformation, staff engagement, wellbeing, and leadership effectiveness, promoting diversity and inclusion in line with UNICEF’s values.
Implements innovative HR strategies and best practices to ensure the workforce is equipped for both current and future organizational needs.

Leverages HR data and analytics to inform strategic decision-making, optimize organizational effectiveness, and identify talent risks and workforce trends.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum requirements

Education: Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Management, Psychology, Social Science, Social Services, human resources, business, management, international relations, psychology, public administration and any other related fields.

Work Experience: At least 8 years of relevant work experience in Human Resources ,Operations, Administration, human resources management, talent management, recruitment, workforce planning, organizational development, performance management, learning and development, human resources business partnering, people analytics, employee relations, HR in emergencies. and any other related fields.

Skills: Strong HR business partnering and stakeholder management skills. Excellent knowledge of HR policies, regulations and best practices, ability to analyze complex HR issues and provide practical solutions, strong communication, leadership and influencing skills. Experience using HR information systems and HR analytics.

Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.
Desirables

Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language
Strong track record in advising senior managers, applying HR policies, and supporting leaders and teams through change with professionalism, confidentiality, and a people-centered approach. Previous experience with data and analytics, succession management and workforce planning is an asset.

Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships
(2) Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
(3) Drive to achieve results for impact
(4) Innovates and embraces change
(5) Manages ambiguity and complexity
(6) Thinks and acts strategically
(7) Works collaboratively with others
(8) Nurtures, leads and manages people.

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