HR Specialist

Do you have experience of broad HR work? Are you interested in working with international HR related tasks and at the same time support the work to promote women’s rights? We are now looking for a committed and experienced HR Specialist who wants to join our HR & Security team.
Kvinna till Kvinna is in an exciting phase of strategic and operational development and we are looking for someone who wants to be a part of this journey. We offer an international, professional, and creative workplace. Want to join?
Application deadline 19th December 2021


The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation has promoted women’s rights since 1993. Today, we are one of the world’s leading women’s rights organisations. We operate in conflict-affected areas in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and the South Caucasus, where we support more than 150 brave partner organisations. Together, we work to strengthen women’s influence and power, end violence against women and promote human rights.
If you believe gender equality, democracy and peace go hand in hand, this is the place for you. Joining Kvinna till Kvinna means joining a family of passionate activists. Women human rights defenders who stand on the barricades, face down resistance and advocate in the corridors of power.
We are spread out across 14 offices, but we are a team with a single shared belief: The future is equal. And together, we are change.
About the job
As an HR specialist at Kvinna till Kvinna you work broadly throughout the HR area and provide support in all HR processes, focussing on support to our managers in Sweden as well as in our program offices. Together with your HR and security colleagues you will work team based but also independently with certain processes. This means that you get the opportunity to lead - and participate in development work within the area of HR according to the organisation’s specific preconditions.
The position is placed at the HR and Security Department in Stockholm, where we are four colleagues working today – a small department where we all help to keep the daily work running smoothly. Kvinna till Kvinna has during the last years experienced a large expansion and is in an exciting phase of strategy development for the coming years. During 2022 we are also moving office to new premises. We are covered by the collective agreement “Tjänstemän Fremia, Unionen och Akademikerförbunden”.
Your daily tasks will cover all the HR areas and include, but not be limited to:
working closely with our managers in Sweden as well as in our program offices, supporting them in HR issues and processes,
create, implement, and evaluate all human resource unit policies, procedures, and structures,
work with the systematic occupational health and safety work,
support managers with employee performance and salary reviews,
ensure all employee records are maintained and updated in our personnel system Hogia,
support managers in resource planning and manage the recruitment process to ensure it runs smoothly, both in Sweden and internationally, including working with employment branding and attracting diverse talents,
ensuring good on boarding as well as exit processes,
respond to employees’ queries and resolve issues in a timely and professional manner,
on a needs basis: support in our security work.

About you
To be successful in this role we believe you are positive and committed with a strong drive and will to develop and contribute. As a person you are responsible and have a proven ability to prioritize. Cooperation with others come easily to you, and you are unafraid and unpretentious. You easily take in new information, are interested in learning and exploring new areas, and want to develop with your job. You are also a problem solver focused on finding solutions, and you like to find opportunities and new ways.
You need to have
Multiple years of broad strategic and operational HR work
At least one year of working internationally and/or abroad
Experience of independently led projects and/or development within the HR field
Relevant education within the field HR at degree level or above
Fluency in English and Swedish

Merits
Experience of salary administration
French and/or Arabic
Experience of HR work in an international NGO
Hogia personnel system
Experience from systematic work environment work and/or competence development as HR

Terms & conditions and what we offer
You will join a team of 130+ dedicated Kvinna till Kvinna colleagues who fight for women’s rights in more than 20 countries affected by conflict.
This position is based in our head office in Stockholm. Here, sixty of us work with programme management, communication, fundraising and advocacy and support to the rest of the organisation. Through regular digital meetings, we stay in touch with our colleagues abroad.
This is a full-time position, with a probationary period of 6 months. Starting date as soon as possible. Your role may include occasional international travel.
Our working week is 37.5 hours; these working hours are flexible and goal oriented. We are covered by the collective agreement and offer occupational pension and insurances accordingly
Each year, you are entitled to 30 days of annual leave. Whenever two bank holidays are separated by a regular working day, this day is an additional paid leave at Kvinna till Kvinna. We offer an annual wellness allowance.
Diversity is very important for Kvinna till Kvinna. Please note, however, that due to the nature of Kvinna till Kvinna’ s work, we can only consider women applicants (legal and/or self-identified).


Application
The application deadline is 19th December 2021 (please note we will hold interviews 12th-13th January 2022)
To apply, please click the apply button and submit your application in English.
Please note that we only accept applications through our career site.


Questions
If you have any questions about the position, please contact hiring manager Head of HR & Security ida.udovic@kvinnatillkvinna.se, + 46-73-9500317
For information about the recruitment process, please contact HR Specialist emma.eklund@kvinnatillkvinna.se