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Human Resources Associate WFP - World Food Programme Monrovia National GS-6, General Service - No need for Higher Education - Locally recruited position level Speaks English Application deadline: September 01, 2026 (5 days) Apply Summary by Impactpool The World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking a Human Resources Associate to provide comprehensive HR support services in Monrovia, Liberia. The role involves assisting with HR queries, supporting the development of junior staff, and ensuring compliance with WFP policies and procedures. The candidate will also be responsible for onboarding new staff, preparing HR documentation, and maintaining personnel records. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to WFP's mission of delivering humanitarian assistance and improving food security. Candidate Requirements: Completion of secondary school education Post-secondary certificate in related area Six or more years of relevant work experience Experience in recruitments and payroll administration Knowledge of HR service delivery in humanitarian contexts Fluency in English Level C DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 31 August 2026-23:59-GMT Greenwich Mean Time (Monrovia) WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability. ABOUT WFP The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change. At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves. To learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube , LinkedIn , Instagram , Facebook , Twitter , TikTok . WHY JOIN WFP? WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment. WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities. A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe. We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement). Position Title : Human Resources Associate Grade : G6 Reporting Line : Post holder reports to the HR Officer/ Head of HR Duty Station : Monrovia, Liberia Duration of contract: 1 Year Deadline for Application : 01 September 2026 ABOUT WFP The United Nation World Food Programme is the leading humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide, delivering food assistance in emergencies and collaborating with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. WFP assists 80 million people in around 80 countries each year. In emergencies, WFP is often first on the scene, providing food assistance to the victims of war, civil conflict, drought, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, crop failures and natural disasters. When the emergency subsides, WFP helps communities rebuild shattered lives and livelihoods. WFP development projects focus on social protection and safety nets for the vulnerable population through nutrition interventions, smallholder agricultural livelihood promotion and market support, school meals and investing in strengthening national capacities to develop and manage sustainable food and nutrition security programmes. COUNTRY CONTEXT WFP Liberia's Country Strategic Plan (CSP) supports the country's transition from direct humanitarian assistance to government-led and sustainable national systems. The CSP focuses on strengthening institutional capacities, enhancing national ownership, and enabling government institutions to effectively deliver food security, nutrition, and health supply chain services. To achieve these objectives, WFP supports the development of sustainable systems through initiatives such as Home-Grown School Feeding (HGSF), the strengthening of smallholder farmers' access to markets, nutrition improvement interventions, and capacity strengthening for government institutions. These efforts are aligned with Liberia's National Development Plan (NDP), the ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF), contributing to improved human capital development, and sustainable national development outcomes. THE ROLE To deliver a full range of HR support services to ensure accurate implementation of WFP policies and procedures and facilitate the effective functioning of a client-focused and strategy-oriented HR services. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, nor exhaustive): 1. Provide assistance on a wide range of complex HR queries and follow up actions, to ensure consistent and high quality HR services are delivered to clients. 2. Allocate responsibilities and support on-the-job learning and development of junior support staff, to ensure they have adequate knowledge of HR systems and procedures required to perform their duties and subsequently can contribute to the provision of effective HR servic

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