The World Agroforestry Centre's Human Resources Unit endeavours to be valued for:

  • Leadership in strategic human resource management
  • Strong business partnerships with line managers
  • Providing excellence in human resource services
  • Managing an efficient human resource infrastructure
  • Integrity and credibility.

As we seek to live our mission and vision, we are cognizant of some of the global trends that are and will keep affecting human resource management in the future such as technology, employment trends, demographics, changing work agenda and globalization. These emerging trends are already posing the following human resource challenges to organizations:

  • Attracting, retaining and developing superior talent
  • Identifying and developing current and next generation leaders
  • Building agile and resilient organizations with capacity to manage changes

With these emerging trends and the potential challenges clear in our horizon, we realize that the task ahead of us is achievable and we can all work together to make the World Agroforestry Centre “ the employer of choice”.