The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is a global public/private partnership dedicated to raising and disbursing large amounts of additional finance to prevent and treat the three pandemics.  The Global Fund has so far
committed more than US$10 billion to over 520 programs in 136 countries.

The vacancy is in the Secretariat of the Global Fund. The Secretariat manages the grant portfolio, including executing Board policies, disbursing money to grant recipients and implementing performance-based funding of grants. The Secretariat is also tasked with resource mobilization; providing strategic, policy, financial, legal and administrative support and overseeing monitoring and evaluation. It is based in Geneva and has no staff located outside its headquarters. 

The Global Fund is looking for staff with a strong commitment to health and development, an open mind-set, entrepreneurial and flexible attitudes as well as strong interpersonal skills. 

The Compensation and Benefits Specialist is a new role in the organization and reports to the Human Resources Manager.

The incumbent will initially be required to partner an external consultancy in the development and implementation of a new compensation and benefits strategy and policies for the organization based on rewarding performance.  This will include salaries, allowances, insurance and benefits including pensions.  Thereafter the role will be responsible for the management of compensation and benefits and outsourced payroll services.  Dependent upon business needs, the role may require the management of a team in the future.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities include:

• Acting as primary liaison between the organization and external consultants, and partnering with them in the development and implementation of a new performance driven compensation and benefits strategy to enable the organization to enhance performance by motivating individuals and driving desired behaviour using reward strategies as a lever;
• Support the organization with design, implementation and communication of recognition and reward strategies and policies, and monitor and measure the success of those policies on an ongoing basis;
• Identify potential developments to maintain the competitiveness of organization’s compensation and benefits program;
• Maintain market intelligence; salary, benefits and benchmarking surveys, alerting senior management on latest trends and making recommendations on future developments;
• Provide counsel to management on salary increases and structure movement;
• Prepare compensation models for annual budgeting, year-end purposes, and rollout communication materials for mangers and employees;
• Support the business in the delivery of salary annual salary reviews to ensure these are delivered on time and within budget;
• Design and deliver Compensation and Benefits workshops for managers and employees;
• Support the development and deployment of IT based delivery systems aimed at removing or outsourcing lower value administration;
• Develop appropriate management reports; and  
• Monitoring the organization’s salary structure and benefits provision to ensure balance between control of costs and attracting and retaining talent.

Qualifications and Membership

Essential:

• Advanced university degree in human resource management or related area

Desirable:

• Membership of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development or similar
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Post graduate training in compensation and benefits area

Essential:

• Considerable number of years professional experience including some specializing in the compensation and benefits area;
• Experience managing payroll for minimum 400 staff members;
• Demonstrable reward experience at professional level with strong technical reward skills and knowledge of best practice;
• Comprehensive experience in analyzing, interpreting, designing and delivering complex compensation and benefits packages;
• Experience in implementing and using grading systems such as Hay;
• Private sector experience; and
• Experience of managing staff from diverse backgrounds

Desirable:

• Knowledge or experience in health or international development
• Knowledge of the three pandemics: AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• Working with performance driven competency frameworks
• Knowledge of UN pay programs
• Development and deployment of IT based delivery systems

Skills:

• Knowledge of compensation and benefits theories and principles;
• Knowledge of cutting edge HR reward trends and practices;
• Ability to work with ambiguity and complexity;
• Strong influencing skills;
• Business acumen with ability to understand complex organizational environment;
• Ability to influence at all levels of the organization
• Excellent analytical and numeracy skills;
• Ability to apply advanced technical skills, knowledge and expertise in compensation and benefits area;
• Ability to use technical expertise to assist stakeholders, managers and staff to understand the subject;
• Advanced level of skill in Microsoft Excel for analysis and presentation of data; and
• Computer literacy.

Core Competencies:

• Ability to build and maintain successful relationships and drive delivery with, and through these working relationships;
• Strong communication capabilities with ability to create mutual understanding and commitment to a course of action.  Excellent ability to communicate both verbally and in writing; 
• Sound Decision-Making with ability to hold different options in focus simultaneously and evaluate their pros and cons including weighing up the risks for the organization before making a decision;
• Solution-Oriented Analysis with ability to create business relevant solutions and be bold in finding new and creative HR solutions that lead to positive business results; and
• Results oriented with ability to structure and prioritise tasks to meet deadlines in very busy environment.

Excellent knowledge of English or French with good working knowledge of the other language.  Additional languages an asset.

A covering letter not exceeding one and one half pages must accompany all applications. The letter should describe your ability to meet the essential requirements set out in the vacancy notice.

APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY VIA THE GLOBAL FUND WEBSITE www.theglobalfund.org/en/jobs

THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 4 MAY 2008.

Your online application will be acknowledged and a confirmation sent to the e-mail address that you have provided. Due to the sheer number of applicants, we will only contact candidates whose applications are of interest for this position and who are to be invited to participate further in the selection process.

THE POSITION will have a competitive compensation package net of tax. The position would correspond to P.5 in the UN system. The person selected for this position will be appointed for a period of two years.