HR Functional Referent, Geneva

Description Join MSF OCG as a HR Functional Referent!

We are looking for passionate candidates ready to contribute to our humanitarian mission.

Below you will find the job details and the qualifications we are looking for.

Inclusivity and Diversity at MSF MSF is committed to an inclusive culture that supports and amplifies the diverse voices of its staff. We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including women, to apply even if they do not meet every listed qualification.

Context&Mission Medicines Sans Frontières is an independent, international medical and humanitarian organization that provides care to people in need, people affected by natural or man‑made disasters, and victims of armed conflict without discrimination. The mission of the HR Functional Referent is to support the successful integration of Workday within MSF OCG during its second phase (Field). The functional perimeter will be determined in alignment with other team members.

Responsibilities

Requirements Gathering and Analysis

Collect, consolidate, and analyze the business needs for the perimeter.

Validate business needs for consistency with governance and validation HR bodies when necessary.

Functional Analysis, Solution Design, and Documentation

Collect functional requirements, business rules, and localisation specifications in scope.

Assess impacts or potential regressions on the current configuration.

Complete and maintain documentation (workbooks, process maps).

Translate business needs into functional specifications and deliver to the external Workday integrator.

Support the data team and provide functional requirements for data mapping.

Document reporting requirements.

Change Management and Communication

Support and contribute to the change‑management stream: identify change impacts and provide recommendations.

Participate in the adoption effort.

Testing and Quality Assurance

Prepare the testing campaign (write test scenarios, assign tests to SMEs, support and train SMEs, follow up on defects) and ensure the scope is fully tested.

Execute test scenarios as needed.

Log relevant tickets during the testing phase and monitor/track their resolution.

Training and Support

Contribute to the training effort (review material, facilitate trainings and demos).

Provide support to end users and SMEs.

Meetings and Collaboration

Contribute to team meetings and ad‑hoc committees.

Coordinate with transversal internal teams including HR Operations, Finance, IT Business Analyst, HRIS program team, Change and Communications Manager, and HR Transformation team.

Qualifications

Recent MSF OCG experience, ideally in the field.

Minimum of 2 years of MSF experience.

Preferred: Previous experience with similar projects or IT tool implementation.

Fluency in both English and French (oral and written).

Ability to translate technical complexity into clear, actionable decisions for non‑technical stakeholders.

Strong interpersonal skills, ability to foster collaboration, work autonomously, deliver decisions, influence, obtain consensus, be decisive and concise.

Excellent ability to work in a multicultural environment and demonstrate commitment to diversity, gender‑responsive, inclusive, and non‑discriminatory behaviour.

Terms of Employment

Full‑time position 100% (40 h/week).

Fixed‑term contract, 6 months.

Workplace: Geneva, Switzerland.

Ideal start date: As soon as possible.

Gross monthly salary (for 100%): from CHF 7 870‑ to CHF 9 029‑ (salary commensurate with equivalent experience and internal salary grid).

Paid vacation: 25 days per year, pro‑rate temporis, plus Swiss public holidays falling within the contract period.

Pension plan: pension contribution covered 3/4 by MSF, 1/4 by staff member.

Relocation support available for eligible candidates.

EEO Statement MSF does not tolerate sexual exploitation and abuse, any kind of discrimination or harassment, including sexual harassment. All selected candidates will undergo reference checks.

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