People and Culture Manager (P-4), Fixed Term, #00072336, Juba, South Sudan

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For every child, the right to Care

South Sudan continues to face a highly complex humanitarian and development context marked by recurrent conflict, public health emergencies, climate-related shocks, and large-scale population displacement. In this challenging environment, UNICEF delivers lifesaving and resilience-building programmes for children and vulnerable communities across the country. Effective human resources management is essential to sustain UNICEF’s operational footprint, ensuring timely programme delivery, and reaching children in the most hard-to-access and high-risk locations. At the same time, the context presents sensitive and multifaceted people management challenges that directly influence the organization’s ability to achieve results for children.

How can you make a difference?

Within this setting, the People & Culture Manager plays a critical strategic and operational leadership role. Based in Juba, the position oversees forward-looking workforce planning, talent acquisition, staff wellbeing, performance management, and organizational culture to sustain a high-performing, diverse, and agile workforce. The role provides expert advice to senior leadership on people and culture matters and ensures effective HR service delivery across multiple field offices. Leading a team of HR professionals, the People & Culture Manager balances strategic priorities with o...