Monica James Dak

Nyagai James Dak is a dedicated and passionate Human Resource professional with strong experience in human resource management. She currently serves as HR and Admin at Youth Social Advocacy Team (YSAT) South Sudan, where she provides support across the full employee life cycle, including recruitment, onboarding, timesheet tracking, and personnel file management. She acts as a vital link between staff and management to ensure that organisational policies and labour laws are consistently followed.

At YSAT, Monica leads recruitment and onboarding processes — from submitting job descriptions and reviewing applications, to coordinating interview schedules, conducting reference checks, preparing employment contracts, facilitating orientations, and ensuring all new staff complete mandatory safeguarding, fraud prevention, and PSEA inductions. She maintains up-to-date and confidential personnel files for all staff, tracks attendance and leave, reconciles annual leave records, and manages timesheets for payroll processing.

Monica ensures statutory compliance across local labour laws, tax submissions, social security, and immigration formalities. She serves as the first point of contact for HR-related queries, promotes staff adherence to YSAT's personnel policies, and assists in coordinating staff training sessions and compiling attendance and performance records.

She holds a Diploma in Human Resource Management, a specialised credential covering recruitment, labour law compliance, compensation, and performance development. Her combination of technical HR knowledge and direct experience in a complex humanitarian environment makes her a cornerstone of YSAT's South Sudan operations.