Job Description

 Vacancy Announcement for GIZ Office Yemen - (PN. 98.9272.0-001.00).

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is a global service provider in the field of international cooperation for sustainable development and international education work, with 23,614 employees. GIZ has over 50 years of experience in a wide variety of areas, including economic development and employment, energy and the environment, and peace and security. Our business volume is around 3.3 billion euros. As a public-benefit federal enterprise, GIZ supports the German Government – in particular the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) – and many public and private sector clients in around 120 countries in achieving their objectives in international cooperation. With this aim, GIZ works together with its partners to develop effective solutions that offer people better prospects and sustainably improve their living conditions.

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been working in Yemen on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) since 1969. It opened its office in Sana’a in 1983. In order to deliver flexible support at a time of war and insecurity, GIZ operates in Business Continuity Management mode in Yemen.  Yemen is one of the nexus and peace partner countries of the German development cooperation. GIZ implements projects in the fields of water and sanitation, health, education, private sector, and employment, as well as good governance, peace, and local administration. At the same time we support measures to rehabilitate basic services for and enhance resilience of the local population, including particularly vulnerable groups such as internally displaced people. Our actions and decisions are guided by several core principles, the safety of our national colleagues as well as their well-being belonging to the most important ones. 

With immediate effect the GIZ Office invites applications from qualified Yemeni nationals for the following position: 

• Position: Human Resources Specialist  
• End of Contract: 31.01.2026
• Post Locations: Aden

Overview of general tasks

Responsibilities of the HR professional fall into the following HR fields: 

• Recruitment 
• Contract Management
• Benefits and Compensation
• HR Training and Development 
• HR Policy and Compliance 
• Personnel Records and HR systems
• HR Communication

Main activities include:

The position holder’s main activities include the following:

• Recruitment: Supports in recruitment processes, including job postings and candidate screening
• Contract management: prepares and manages national staff contracts;
• Benefits and Compensation: Manages the payroll process for all national staff; assists in developing and managing the compensation system; 
• HR Training and Development: Plans and arranges for effective induction of new staff; organizes other HR development measures and orients managerial staff on GIZ’s standards; 
• HR Policy and Compliance: Supports in updating the employment handbook and other relevant HR policy documents; assures the compliance of staff contracts, costs and payments with Yemeni labour law, tax laws, GIZ regulations; offers advice and orientation on staff policy to all employees and managerial staff;  
• Personnel Records and HR systems: ensures proper records management and management of all GIZ HR systems.
• HR Communication: Communicates on HR related topics to all staff and specifically to managerial staff

We expect a willingness to handle any additional task as assigned by the management, ensuring flexibility in responding to operational demands.

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration or a related field. Master’s degree is a plus 

Professional experience

• 5-year professional experience in a comparable position
• Experience with payroll systems and other HR software solutions
• Experience with personnel contract management
• Ideally, knowledge of GIZ systems and GIZ HR policy, rules and regulations 

Other knowledge, additional competencies

• Good knowledge of national labour law and other local policies related to HR matter
• Good presentation and communication skills 
• Very good command of MS office tools 
• Good time management 
• Very good knowledge and command of Arabic and English is a must 
• Team spirit