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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organization that provides assistance in more than 70 countries to populations in distress, to victims of natural or manmade disasters and to victims of armed conflicts, without discrimination based on origin, nationality, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age or political affiliation.
MSF Operational Centre Brussels is looking for:
Senior Human Resources Managers (m/f/d)
The MSF Operational Centre of Brussels (OCB) employs over 15,000 staff globally, with over 90% working in countries of operations across 37 countries. The Human Resources department supports this global workforce through a team of 130 primarily based in Brussels, Kinshasa, and Abidjan.
Human resources specialists act as strategic partners in fulfilling MSF's social purpose. Committed to providing a safe working environment with equitable access to knowledge and opportunities, they do it through a global, mobile, and diverse workforce approach where people and organizational needs, values and culture, development and sense of belonging are core. They also ensure an administrative and managerial framework that guarantees that MSF is a responsible employer.
In line with OCB’s strategic ambitions, emergency preparedness - including backup plans and internal mobility - has become a key HR focus, as over 60% of our programs now operate in emergency contexts.
Human resources specialists act as strategic partners in fulfilling MSF's social purpose. Committed to providing a safe working environment with equitable access to knowledge and opportunities, they do it through a global, mobile, and diverse workforce approach where people and organizational needs, values and culture, development and sense of belonging are core. They also ensure an administrative and managerial framework that guarantees that MSF is a responsible employer.
In line with OCB’s strategic ambitions, emergency preparedness - including backup plans and internal mobility - has become a key HR focus, as over 60% of our programs now operate in emergency contexts.
MAIN PURPOSE
As Senior HR Manager, you ensure good planning of project human resources, covering the full employee cycle from recruitment to end of contract. You oversee compliance with internal regulations and national social legislation. You act as a strategic HR partner, supporting program objectives, building capacities, and ensuring quality HR processes.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
Strategic HR Alignement
- Translate program objectives into HR plans and architectures
- Position HR as a strategic partner to program operations, ensuring proactive support
- Lead or contribute to change initiatives, improving program responsiveness and HR-operational collaboration
- Implement and contribute to the adaptation of the country’s HR strategy
Human Resources Management
- Ensure workforce planning aligned with project and program needs
- Manage recruitment, onboarding, career follow-up, and end-of-contract processes
- Guarantee compliance with MSF internal policies and local labor legislation
- Maintain accurate personnel records and monitors payroll together with finance
- Act as strategic HR partner, supporting program operations through coaching and advisory approaches
- Supervise/perform payroll procedures
- Promote sound people management, development, and performance evaluation, by proactively supporting the project line managers in detecting training needs, in properly evaluating people performance and in potential identification, in order to improve people capabilities, and their end results contribution to mission goals.
- Facilitate initiatives to support people well-being
Capacity Building
- Organize training and knowledge transfer for HR staff
- Support team leaders and managers in developing people-management competencies
Safeguarding
- Promote, create and maintain a safe organizational culture for all people who work for and with MSF, including MSF partners.
- Ensure that the workplace, wherever staff are located, is built on respect, tolerance, diversity and inclusion that delivers a safe and respectful environment.
REQUIREMENTS
Education & Experience
- Diploma in HR, management (business, HR), economics, administration, or human sciences
- Solid HR experience with minimum 2 years of proven experience as HR Manager/HR Team Leader (HR Coordinator experience is an asset) - coaching and mentoring experience is an asset
- International NGO experience
- Experience in both HR operations and HR strategic partnership roles
- Experience in Emergency humanitarian contexts
Competencies
- People Management and Development
- Commitment to MSF Principles
- Behavioral Flexibility
- Results and Quality Orientation
- Teamwork and Cooperation
Languages
- Proficiency in English and French, both written and spoken, is mandatory
- Other languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic) are an asset.
Other
• Availability for a minimum of 9 to 12 months project-based deployment in in the countries of intervention (all contexts, including high-insecurity contexts)
• Adhere to the MSF principles and to our managerial values: Respect, Transparency, Integrity, Accountability, Trust and Empowerment
• Adhere to the MSF Behavioral Commitments
- Meaningful and diversified work where you can use your skills to make a difference for people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from health care services
- A long-term perspective and career development opportunities.
- A salary according to MSF salary grid
- The contractual terms, conditions and salary will be established according to the contractual MSF entity based on the candidate’s residence and in respect of MSF standard function and salary grids
- Shared accommodation with other international team members while on assignment.
- Round-trip transportation to and from assignment.
- A comprehensive insurance package, including health and emergency evacuation insurance.
WHAT WE OFFER
The major part of our projects are taking place in acute or chronic crisis areas and instable contexts. Learn more about security management within our organization here and about working in acute conflict here. The living conditions in the project can be challenging due to isolation, rough climate, security and set up of the living quarters. Learn more about working and living in the projects here.
Deadline for applications: 7 January 2026 (24:00 CET)
How to apply?
- Submit your application by clicking on ‘Online-Application’ at the bottom of this page
- You will be directed to the online application form for this position
- It should take 5-10 minutes to complete. Thank you in advance for having your CV and motivation letter ready to upload
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
As an international organization, we support diversity, openness, and mutual respect. In line with our values, incoming applications are only evaluated for their professional qualifications and are considered regardless of ethnic and social origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. We strongly encourage applications from individuals from under-represented backgrounds.
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