Human Resources Manager - Fiji Program Support Platform

About the role

The Fiji Program Support Platform (FPSP), a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade investment, is recruiting a Human Resources Manager based in Suva. The role leads the FPSP HR team within the Platform Management Unit, giving strategic and operational HR support across the employee lifecycle, from recruitment to exit. It is open to Fiji nationals only, for a 12-month term with possible extension.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing HR team and act as HR business partner to the Platform Leader, Senior Leadership Team and managers, holding monthly HRBP meetings
• Manage end-to-end recruitment, contracting, mobilisation, onboarding and induction, and report on recruitment SLAs and metrics
• Ensure positions follow the Abt Job Architecture and the Fiji Compensation Framework, and coordinate annual CPI increases and equity reviews
• Lead the performance management framework, including the annual ATLAS performance planning and review cycle and the Adviser Performance Assessment
• Support employee relations, including grievances, disputes and workplace investigations, in line with Fiji employment law
• Carry out annual training needs analysis, deliver the L&D calendar and ensure 100% completion of mandatory compliance training
• Keep HR records in ATLAS, maintain HR policies and provide HR reporting to the SLT
• Embed PSEAH and child protection safeguards, manage the Employee Assistance Program and promote staff wellbeing

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in HRM, Industrial Relations, Business Administration, Management or a related field; a postgraduate HR qualification is desirable
• Minimum 10 years of HR experience in a senior management or advisory role in a complex organisation
• Sound working knowledge of Fiji employment legislation, including the Employment Relations Act 2007
• Demonstrated experience managing employee relations, grievances, disciplinary processes and workplace investigations
• Experience leading an HR or client support team, and experience in international development, a public enterprise, statutory body or governance agency
• Experience with remuneration frameworks, job evaluation or salary review processes

Required skills

• Experience with HR information systems and HR data analysis
• Strong MS Office skills
• Analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, and strong interpersonal and communication skills

Applications close on 10 November 2026 and must be submitted online as a single file containing a cover letter and an up-to-date CV.