علاء السعدي

Serving as a strategic HR business partner within WFP Headquarters, I collaborate directly with the Chief of
HRMTM and the Heads of various Talent Management Units, including Reassignment, External Recruitments,
Job Classification & General Service, and Young Talent Programs. My role is pivotal in driving a data-driven HR
strategy, optimizing HR processes, and ensuring the seamless integration of talent management initiatives with
WFPs corporate priorities.

Leading HR Digitalization, Reporting & Data Visualization by building a suitable
environment for data management and providing directions and trends to the
audience in a needs-based manner for senior management decision-making purposes.
Leading the National Recruitments Team handling all recruitments in all YECO duty stations.
Coordinating with the Head of HR & Deputy Head of HR to achieve departmental milestones, answering top
managements requests & inquiries.
Managing capacity building for the HR Team including Recruitment and Data Management.
Managing data analysis to support recruitment unit and administering recruitments.
Supporting HR administrating entitlements & benefits for national staff.
Executing Special Projects (Ad-Hocs) in various areas of HR.

Achievements:
13.4% Increase in FT Holders: Successfully executed 2 phases of Yemen CO Internal Contractual Review
exercise that provided better contractual modalities to a total of 133 SC contract holders.
Supported Senior Management in executing an org. review achieving $9m savings of the annual budget.
Supported recruitment unit processing 1143 positions (158 thousand applications) since June 2019.
Setting up HR Data Management & Visualization Foundation for Ukraine Emergency Response in 2 weeks.
Establishing HR Communications Platform (Virtual gate to HR).
Development of HR Onboarding Toolkit for newjoiners.
Design educational animated videos for Managers & Candidates on how to use iMOCHA.
Established a live connection between all HR databases and aligned the departmental content in an
automated manner, resulting in easy access to all related information everywhere.
Establishing the following dashboards:
Budget-based Organogram for Yemen Operation Dashboard
Workforce Analytics Dashboard
HR Strategy Dashboard
Recruitment LIVE Dashboard
International Staff Movement Dashboard

Contributed to the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, with 13 millionbeneficiaries, by providing HR operational support
through a Yemen HubinAmman, specificallyfor recruitment andselection of staff for WFP Yemen Level 3 UNEmergency Response.
Initiated and administered the recruitment process for the Yemen Country Office, ensuring consistency,
transparency, and fairness in accordance with WFP recruitment policies and Screening of a prodigious
number of mass applications.
Managed end-to-end recruitment and selection including the advertisement, longlisting, shortlisting,
technical assessment and interviews, NFR, and management approvals.
Fully leveraged and trained line managers in existing HR tools (E-Recruitment, online interviewing & testing).
Ensured maintenance of recruitment tracking systems and related documentation, ensuring duly recording.
Built a unified Many-to-Many database fed from various systems acting as a single source for visualizations.
Prepared recruitment statistics on a weekly basis, flagging delays and bottlenecks, and identifying solutions.
Prepared and distributed tailored reports and snapshots for senior management using PowerBI, visualizing
the status for more than 400 -to the end of the contract- ongoing National recruitments.
Prepared several Ad-Hoc reports treating different aspects of recruitments such as -but not limited to:
delayed, expired, On-Hold VAs
Led a SharePoint data maintenance project to improve accuracy input on the National Recruitment Platform.
Led a project using Tableau & Sharepoint on visualizing and tracking specialized taskforces made for
dedicated scaleup activities.
Trained several HR Teams in different country offices on new tools and How To methodologies.
Provision of administrative support in Payroll and various HR activities allocated by the professional officer.

Responsibilities and activities:
• Ensured that terms and conditions for all staff fall within established Oxfam GB policy.
• Advised managers on interpretation and changes of HR policies, procedures, systems and Staff handbook, and lead in any review process.
• Prepared and submitted monthly payroll on country level, ensured the accuracy and all staff details complied with the Jordanian Social Security.
• Participated in forums or working groups relating to HR management and feedback to management.
• Managed the full life-cycle recruitment processes including placing adverts, circulating, long listing, interviewing, organizing tests,
maintaining the recruitment database, proper documents obtaining & filing and taking up the references.
• Created and monitored induction for all staff ensuring that meetings are arranged and that feedback is obtained. Ensured the induction
pack was up to date at all times, and ensured that all new staff are issued with Oxfam ID cards.
• Monitor attendance and absence as result of illness and inform managers of trends.
• Ensured medical evacuation procedures through Cigna -Medical Healthcare Insurance- are in place and known to (international) staff.
• Coached and supported managers to optimize the performance of their staff, ensuring that assessment of performance is objective and that
poor performance is addressed appropriately.
• Produced staff development Training and Needs analysis based on Performance Review reports received.

Led a team and provided guidance on Admin and HR activities.
Facilitated Admin support related to local authorities.
Managed staff compliance according to the terms and conditions of Oxfam GB policies.
Advised managers on HR policies, procedures, systems, and Staff handbook.
Managed monthly payroll at a country level, complying with the rules & regulations.
Participated in forums and working groups of HR management.
Managed the full life-cycle of the recruitment processes, from planning to onboarding.
Led the induction for newjoiners, ensuring feedback; induction pack updates.
Coordinated the awareness creation of medical evacuation through the Cigna Medical Healthcare Insurance
for all staff.
Supervised Capacity Building activities including training to cultivate the teams strengths and enhance their
working skills.

-Manage the day-to-day HR, financial and administrative functions of the office.
-Check various HR records, forms and tables for accuracy and initiate corrective action, periodic evaluation as required; maintain and update such
records and other files and follows up, as necessary, and reviews documents and certificates as related to his/her section.
-Supervise maintenance of the personnel records, including entries into HR system, as well as of the attendance, overtime and leave records.
Provide support, guidance and training to the staff performing personnel administration related functions.
-Ensure compliance with financial internal controls, and ensure that transactions are processed and assets managed in accordance with UN
Financial and HR Rules and Regulations
-Running Human Resources Management (HRM) and Payroll System (SAP) properly.
-Relieve counterpart in other divisions.
-Manage and monitor HR related task to the project running.
-Develop and monitor HR related financial statements, budgets and reports.
-Coordinate with Finance Department and other stakeholder to prepare the reports presented to the donors.
-Collaborate with different sections within the country office to improve existing HR information management and promote the availability of HR
information systems, e-learning and other innovative tools and processes.
-Provides technical analysis and support to the management related to planning, staffing organization design and other HR planning and
development deliberations.
-Reviews and screens Daily-Paid applications against established post criteria; assists in the determination of candidates qualifications and
experience to process the form; in collaboration with the Recruitment Officer, reviews short-lists prepared by the Hiring Departments (HD) for
final validation.

Led a team handing short-termers and provided guidanceon hiring, payroll & reporting.
Liaised with units/offices on HR operations (Payroll, Contracts, Medical Insurance, Retirement,
Pension Fund, etc) using SAP.
Supervised records entry, maintenance & update, including digitalized records & reviewing of documents.
Advised on general HR queries and follow-up actions, ensuring consistency and high-quality HR services.
Developed and monitored HR-related financial statements, bbudgets, and reports, ensuring compliance with
financial internal controls in accordance with UN/UNRWA Financial and HR Rules and Regulations.
Coordinated with the Finance Department and other stakeholders on the preparation of staffing reports to
donors.
Collaborated with sections of the country office on improvement of HR information management, promoting
availability of information systems, e-learning and other innovative tools and processes.
Provision of technical analyses and support to management on planning, staffing organization design and
further HR planning and development deliberations.
Developed Capacity Building plan to enhance & develop the teams working skills & knowledge.