Job Description
Publish Date: July 13,2026
Category: Development/UN/NGOs
Deadline: July 20,2026
Position: HR & Admin Coordinator
Contract type: Regular
Location: Aden-Country office
Reports to: HR &Admin Manager
Duration: Until December 31, 2026, Renewable based on fund
availability and performance
Reference: HR-26-05
Note: Position is open for Yemeni Nationals only
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ABOUT RI:
1. Context
About Relief International
Relief International is an international non-profit
organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate
change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote
long-term health and wellbeing. Currently, RI work in 16 countries around the
world, including some of the most fragile: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan,
Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Turkey,
Yemen and now OPT, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and
Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for
community resilience. We do this by working with local actors to develop safe
and inclusive local programming that is evidence based, conflict sensitive,
climate smart, and reaches those in need.
About our Country Program/ Regional Programs
RI in the Middle East has programs in seven countries - Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon,
Syria, Türkiye, Yemen, and now OPT with a focus on the 4 main RI sectors: WASH,
Health and Nutrition, Education and Livelihoods. Relief International has been
providing humanitarian aid in Yemen since 2010, offering various services like
health, nutrition, water, sanitation, livelihoods, and protection across the
country. They focus on helping vulnerable people, including internally
displaced persons, returnees, and host communities. RI also provides
reproductive health, protection, and gender-based violence responses in
specific areas.
Job Profile:
The HR & Admin Coordinator will be responsible for
managing all of HR & Admin Functions and Operations, at Country
level.
Under the supervision of HR &Admin Manager, the HR & Admin Coordinator
is responsible for leading and coaching the HR & Admin team on HR &
Admin functions across the Country to meet the program's demands.
He/she has direct responsibility for implementing HR strategies and managing
comprehensive HR & Admin functions, which include but are not limited to
recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, performance management, training and
development, staff relations, and personnel administration. By efficiently
managing compensation, pensions, leave, attendance, contracts, and
terminations, this position safeguards both employee well-being and
organizational standards. He/She will ensure that the Human Resource Information
Systems (HRIS) and Learning Management Systems (LMS) are functioning properly
and are up to date. Additionally, he/she will ensure full compliance with labor
laws, RI policies, and donor requirements. She/he plays a key role in preparing
HR plans, staffing, budgeting, structuring, and leading HR self-audits as well
as close-out related audits. He/She will also manage staff travel and the
administrative operational budget across country.
The success in this position will require knowledge and experience in own
discipline; and acquiring higher-level knowledge and skills in and requires
operating under minimal level of guidance and direction
2. Key responsibilities
Context background
- The
role requires agility in supporting field offices with tailored HR
solutions while ensuring alignment with organizational policies and local
regulations. Adaptability is key, as the Coordinator must address unique
HR & Admin challenges.
- In a
high-risk humanitarian setting, the HR & Admin Coordinator oversees HR
and administrative functions across the country. By balancing operational
demands with strict adherence to security, labor laws, and donor
requirements, and by maintaining clear protocols and auditable records,
the coordinator enhances compliance and organizational resilience.
- The
HR Coordinator drives recruitment, performance management, and training
initiatives to enhance team effectiveness and retention, crucial for
maintaining organizational impact.
- This
position plays a vital role in fostering a cohesive work culture,
providing essential HR support, and upholding operational excellence
amidst the complexities of a very challenging and dynamic humanitarian
context.
3. Relationships Management:
- Under
the guidance and the close collaboration with the DCD-S to align HR
strategies and administrative functions with the organization’s goals.
This enhances operational consistency, efficiency, and compliance.
- Engages
with HR & Admin Officers and Assistants across field offices and
country office to standardize HR processes and address location-specific
needs, ensuring consistency and alignment with RI policies and procedures.
- Partners
with Program Managers and department heads to support recruitment,
performance, and staff development efforts, fostering an integrated and
responsive HR environment.
- Enhance
employee satisfaction and well-being by liaising with the medical
insurance service provider to ensure timely resolutions, effective
communication, and full utilization of health benefits.
- Acts
as a trusted point of contact for employees, managing relations across
departments to maintain a positive, inclusive, and compliant work culture.
4. Key deliverables (main duties, with
subtasks)
Recruitment & Selection:
- Ensure
recruitment activities are conducted with the highest ethical standards by
fostering transparency, fairness, and impartiality. Uphold confidentiality
and avoid any conflicts of interest, ensuring that every candidate is
evaluated solely on merit and in alignment with organizational values and
policies.
- Manage
all steps of the recruitment process—including job review, posting,
screening, testing, interviewing, vetting, and offers—ensuring
transparency, fairness, and efficiency at each stage.
- Attract
talent, maintain gender balance, and regularly update the talent pool to
ensure a fair and inclusive approach to hiring.
- Guide
hiring managers and the HR team to follow SOPs, maintain quality
standards, minimize time and cost, and maintain documentation as per HR
system to support compliance.
- Ensure
a smooth onboarding process by coordinating with departments to engage new
hires effectively through providing essential information, and setting
clear expectations.
Onboarding and Offboarding:
- Ensure
new employees complete induction orientation and mandatory trainings, gain
a clear understanding of their job expectations and organizational
culture, and are provided with essential organizational information to
help them integrate into their roles and departments effectively.
- Manage
the exit process, process the final entitlements, and maintain necessary
documentation, ensuring exit procedures are aligned with RI policies and
compliant with labor law.
- Collaborate
with other departments to streamline onboarding and offboarding, ensuring
all necessary resources, access, and equipment are arranged for new hires
and received from departing staff.
Performance Management:
- Ensure
timely completion of 90-day and annual performance reviews, maintaining
high standards in evaluations to support staff growth and alignment with
organizational goals. Maintain performance reviewing tracking up to date
and share the report on monthly basis.
- Advise
managers and staff on effective performance management practices to
support high performance quality and continuous staff development. Ensure
the policy in speed and quality is implemented.
- Provide
the necessary guidance for the staff, ensuring the training goals align
with performance goals that promotes continuous growth and help the staff
work towards RI strategic goals.
Training & Development:
- Oversee
mandatory training completion through the Learning Management System (LMS)
and ensure timely completion of required trainings, providing managers
with updates on team progress.
- Managing
staff data on LMS, ensuring that staff data and training records are
up-to-date, and providing the technical support as needed.
- Create
offline training classes for direct and indirect staff, ensuring the
mandatory trainings are conducted and credited on time.
Staff Relations:
- Oversee
contract renewals, extensions, transfers, and promotions, ensuring all
changes comply with organizational policies and legal standards, and
communicating updates clearly to affected staff.
- Maintain
accurate, up-to-date records for each employee, ensuring files meet
organizational and donor compliance standards and are readily accessible
for audits.
- Conduct
thorough investigations into employee grievances, misconduct, and policy
breaches, ensuring fair, unbiased resolution of issues to maintain a
harmonious work environment.
HRIS Management:
- Ensure
all employee information is accurately entered, regularly updated, and
securely maintained in BambooHR to support data integrity and easy access
for HR reporting.
- Track
and document onboarding and offboarding processes within BambooHR,
including contract details, role transitions, and exit clearances to
maintain complete employee lifecycle records.
- Utilize
BambooHR to generate all reports.
Personnel Administration:
- Supervise
attendance tracking and leave management, ensuring fair and consistent
application of policies in compliance with RI standards and labor laws.
- Ensure
personnel files, recruitment files and payroll related documents are
complete, accurate, and up-to-date, safeguarding sensitive data and
maintaining confidentiality while supporting internal and external audit
readiness.
- Safeguard
Confidential Employee Information: Maintain strict confidentiality and
security of all personnel records, ensuring sensitive data is accessible
only to authorized personnel and stored according to organizational
standards.
- Manage
health insurance administration, enrollment, suspensions, changes, and
claims are processed efficiently to enhance employee satisfaction and
support well-being.
- Oversee
the payroll process for indirect staff and prepare required documents and
reports with supporting documents for direct staff, ensuring timely and
accurate adjustments for salary changes and deductions. Ensure
salary allocation aligns with funding sources and donor requirements.
- Oversee
administrative budget, ensuring effective allocation for office utilities,
maintenance, daily operational needs, office supplies, and telephone
allowances.
- Ensure
& Admin related payments are processed or booked on time.
Project Coordination And Strategic Initiatives:
- Attend
project meetings to present HR achievements, address challenges
proactively, and ensure adherence to donor requirements, facilitating
smooth and compliant project implementation.
- Regularly
update and tailor HR plans for each project to ensure HR resources align
with specific project needs, driving efficient staffing, resource
allocation, and successful implementation.
- Oversee
the project close-out process by meticulously updating the close-out tool,
auditing all required HR documents, and ensuring thorough archiving to
maintain full compliance with donor and organizational standards,
supporting seamless future audits and preserving essential project
records.
5. Management and leadership:
- Ensure
the highest standards of behavior inside and outside of work promotes the
values in RI’s code of conduct and safeguarding policies
- Be a
model for ethical conduct standards for other team members
- Embrace
diversity, and model inclusive and equitable behaviour.
- Ensure
own actions and the actions of the teams’ members they manage do not
adversely impact the safety of the RI team and the vulnerable communities
we serve.
- Ensure
safeguarding is embedded in all the work we do.
- Be
responsible for ensuring a culture and systems in place for reporting
- Manage
subordinates’ appraisals, capacity building programs, attendance and
leaves.
- Report
any concerns
6. Person Specification
Skills, knowledge and expertise required for the
role.
Essential criteria
- Bachelor’s
degree in HR Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Minimum
of 5 years of HR experience, including 3 years in a supervisory or
management role and with INGOs.
- Advanced
Knowledge of Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and
Visio.
- Strong
understanding of HR best practices in complex environments with high
compliance standards.
- Proficiency
in Arabic and English, with excellent written and verbal communication
skills.
- Proven
leadership and team-building skills, with cultural sensitivity and
adaptability.
- Experience
managing recruitment, payroll, employee relations, and performance
appraisals.
- High
level of confidentiality, ethics, and professionalism in handling
sensitive data.
- Demonstrated
capacity to work under pressure, with effective time management and
organizational skills.
Desirable Criteria:
- Female
Candidate is desirable.
- Familiarity
with donor compliance requirements and HR management systems.
- Experience
with Learning Management Systems and HRIS platforms, particularly in the
context of training and data management.
7. RI Values
Guided by the humanitarian principles of humanity,
neutrality, impartiality, and independence, as well as “Do No Harm,” Relief
International Values:
- Integrity
- Adaptability
- Collaboration
- Inclusivity
- Sustainability
How to Apply
APPLICATION PROCESS:
• Qualified candidates meeting the above
Qualifications and requirements are requested to send their CVs in English to: aden.vacancies@ri.org before 11:55
PM of July 20, 2026 with the vacancy reference Subject: (HR-26-05+
Applicant Full Name).
- على من تنطبق عليهم
الشروط المبينة اعلاه ارسال السيرة الذاتيه باللغة الانجليزية على الأيميل
التالي aden.vacancies@ri.org )
قبل الساعةPM) 11:55(
من (July 20, 2026) ولكي يتم النظر في طلبك
يرجى مراعاة كتابة المرجع وإسم المتقدم في عنوان الإيميل بالشكل الصحيح كالآتي :
(الاسم + HR-26-05)
• Relief International never uses external
recruitment agencies and the entire Recruitment Process is free of charge.
- لا تقوم منظمة الاغاثة الدولية بالاستعانة
باشخاص او بوكالات خارجية للتوظيف اطلاقا، وان عملية التوظيف مجانيه 100% .
• RECRUITMENT IS URGENT: Interested
candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible and not to wait until
the closing date, as interviews will be done on rolling bases.
- التوظيف عاجل : على الاشخاص الذين تنطبق عليهم
الشروط سرعة التقديم وعدم الانتظار حتى نهاية فترة الاعلان علاوة على ان المقابلات
ستقام بشكل دوري.
• Females Candidates and qualified
candidates from the targeted governorates are strongly encouraged to apply.
- تشجع الاغاثة الدولية الاناث وكذلك الاشخاص
المؤهلين من المناطق المستهدفة على التقديم للوظائف المعلنة.
• Only short-listed candidates meeting the
requirements will be contacted. All communication will be done through RI
formal emails and recruitment number (774395700).
سيتم التواصل مع المرشحين الذين تنطبق عليهم الشروط و يتم اختيارهم
للقائمة القصيره فقط وان اي تواصل سيكون عبر ايميلات الاغاثة الدولية