13. Commitment Eight with Gozel Baltaeva and Adrien Muratet

Embodying change: Transforming power, culture and well-being in aid organisations

Melissa talks with Gozel Baltaeva and Adrien Muratet about Commitment Eight of the Core Humanitarian Standard. What are the data and the practitioners saying about people management in the humanitarian sector, especially during COVID?

Gozel Baltaeva was the People Management Adviser and point of contact for tailored support on all people management topics for CHS Alliance members. With a master’s degree in Business Administration and Strategic Human Resources Management, Gozel offers 15-plus years of experience leading multi-cultural and multi-skilled teams in challenging environments working with MSF, ACF and ICRC. Gozel loves helping HR professionals improve their strategies and solutions by providing guidance and tools and facilitating exchange of good practice, notably by bringing people management professionals together and creating powerful experiences at the Humanitarian Human Resources conference. Gozel also enjoys mentoring up-and-coming HR professionals where she shares her knowledge and passion for people management.

Adrien Muratet was the CHS Verification Manager. He is a humanitarian practitioner with experience in various international NGOs (Oxfam, IRC) and UN agencies (UNHCR). He started working in the field, in the Democratic Republic of Congo primarily, as coordinator of protection clusters and a program manager, before transitioning to headquarters, and from protection to protection mainstreaming, and finally to quality and accountability in humanitarian action. He joined the CHS Alliance in 2016 focusing on the support to organisations completing a self-assessment, and progressively extended his responsibilities to oversee the entire verification portfolio and participate in building a stronger verification system.

To learn more, check out:

- CHS Alliance People Management Support: https://www.chsalliance.org/get-support/article/people-management/

- CHS Alliance Verification Support: https://www.chsalliance.org/verify/

***As we close the year and the season, we would like to give a special thanks to the supporters of the Initiative to Cultivate Caring Compassionate Aid Organizations: the CHS Alliance, the Government of Luxembourg, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (DFCO), ICVA and soon the Netherlands. We would also like to thank Ziada Abeid for editing the show.***