Human Resources Director – Africa & The Middle East

Young Life

Director of Human Resources responsible for mission support in Africa & The Middle East. Collaborating with leaders to align HR practices with Young Life's mission values.

Posted 5/17/2026full-time🦁 Anywhere in AfricaLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop a yearly personal growth plan that fosters a vibrant spiritual life including time for solitude, retreat, reflection, study, prayer, and worship.
Ensure that all Young Life work is designed and carried out with an awareness of and in alignment with Young Lifes Values and Methods.
Develop strong spiritual disciplines and accountability considering possible distance supervision and travel schedule.
Lead, shape, and advance Young Lifes culture and core mission.
Elevate the collective capability of the HR organization.
Make employee engagement a frictionless activity, which yields deep insights and effective actions.
Build strong relationships with field, camping, and mission services leaders, providing coaching to staff on HR processes and programs, driving standardization and best practices.
Manage and administer employee relations with timely support and care, ensuring proper retention of documentation.
Support the performance management and compensation processes.
Provide and support field, camping and mission services with standardization of talent management processes, including recruitment, interviewing, onboarding and retention.
Provide leadership coaching and support on workforce strategy and development of talent pipeline.
Provide performance management coaching to supervisors throughout the year including mid-year reviews, development planning, and the performance improvement process (PIP) as needed.
Support successful execution of onboarding and offboarding for staff as they transition.
Shape the culture by instilling a value of best practices in local employment, labor and/or government agency understanding, and labor laws.
Driving a total Mission First mindset to ensure leaders and teams are working in an increasingly integrated way.
Embracing and leading a culture that is diverse, equitable, and ensures a sense of belonging for staff.
In partnership with Learning & Leadership and the Global VP of Organizational Health & Belonging, ensure that all departments, regions and divisions have effective D.E.B. (Diversity, Equity and Belonging) plans.
Lead internal investigations in partnership with Service Center based SMEs (i.e. legal or audit).

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of experience preferred with HR functions such as recruitment, hiring, onboarding, compensation and evaluation; or in a HR generalist role.
3+ years of experience serving as a Young Life staff member or volunteer.
Demonstrated proficiency in HR technical skills and core HR competencies with experience in performance management, talent development, talent acquisition, compensation & benefits, coaching, employee development and driving sustainable process improvements.
Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information and maintain confidentiality with a strong sense of integrity and ethics.
Demonstrated ability to build and strengthen positive relationships within mission services, camping, field, the HR team, and legal partners, peers, and leaders across the mission.
Ability to influence without formal authority and consultative method.
Ability to exercise sound judgement and make decisions in a manner consistent with position requirements, local labor law and Young Lifes mission statement and values.
Demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities.
Ability to execute initiatives in a timely manner with high quality.
Strong business acumen, leadership, integration, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
PHR, SPHR, CIPD or similar certification desired.
Bachelor's degree required; masters preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Regularly support and encourage the spiritual needs of Young Life staff and volunteers through sharing Gods Word and your testimony
Engage in times of Bible study with fellow staff and volunteers
Engage in times of prayer with fellow staff and volunteers

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Hard Skills & Tools

recruitmenthiringonboardingcompensationperformance managementtalent developmenttalent acquisitionemployee developmentprocess improvementsconfidentiality

Soft Skills

relationship buildinginfluence without authoritysound judgementdecision makingmulti-priority managementinitiative executionbusiness acumenleadershipnegotiationconflict resolution

Certifications

PHRSPHRCIPDBachelor's degreeMaster's degree