About us and your team:

In RFN, we're passionately committed to protecting the world's rainforests and advocating for indigenous peoples' rights. Our work extends globally, as we forge and support sustainable initiatives for environmental protection and community empowerment.

As our new People & Culture Partner, you will join a driven team, each with their unique expertise and contributions. We are eager to develop and enact HR strategies that boost staff engagement and organizational effectiveness. You will act as a strategic partner for your designated teams to shape and implement HR strategies that align with RFN's overall objectives. Together, we foster a culture of innovation, support, and continuous improvement, making Rainforest Foundation Norway an employer of choice.

Your Role and Responsibilities:

-Your role involves optimizing HR processes to enhance organizational efficiency and effectiveness, requiring a keen eye for innovation and improvement.

-Responsible for overseeing HR projects from inception through to implementation, you will ensure these initiatives support RFN’s strategic goals and mission.

-Constantly seek to enhance, streamline and innovate HR processes, elevating organizational efficiency and effectiveness.

-Ensure RFN is perceived as an employer of choice, promoting strategies that elevate employee contentment and wellbeing.

-Recruitments, attracting and retaining the talent essential for RFN's mission and growth.

-Develop RFN’s standards, methods, and tools for HR management, in close collaboration with members of the P&C team.

Your Background:

-Holds a master’s or bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or a related field and brings a minimum of 5 years’ experience and expertise in HR across a variety of functions, with a strategic, business-oriented mindset.

-Experienced in supporting leaders and teams, paired with excellent communication skills.

-Knowledge in Norwegian employment law.

-Strong organisational and administrative skills and capable of building strong relationships

-Independent, structured, and solution focused.

-Fluent in Norwegian and English both written and spoken. English is our working language.

What We Offer:

-Become part of an enthusiastic, newly formed People & Culture team of five in a dynamic organization.

-Join a workplace characterized by diversity, generosity, and humor, surrounded by highly competent colleagues.

-Benefit from excellent pension and insurance plans, flexible working hours, and a centrally located and newly renovated office in Oslo.

-We offer salary that reflects RFN’s commitment to fair compensation.

Application Information:

Deadline for applications: 28.04.2024. We're looking to fill the position as soon as possible.

For questions, please contact: Head of People & Culture, Nina Nordheim Pedersen: 92 29 58 31.

Rainforest Foundation Norway supports indigenous peoples and traditional populations of the world’s rainforests in their efforts to protect their environment and secure their customary rights. RFN was established in 1989 and works alongside local environmental, Indigenous, and human rights organizations in the main rainforest countries in the Amazon region, Central Africa, Southeast Asia, and Oceania. RFN is an independent organization, and part of the international Rainforest Foundation network, with sister organizations in the United Kingdom and the USA.