International Talent Acquisition Officer
Requisition Number: 14-0109
Location: Washington, DC
Pact Overview:
At the heart of Pact is the promise of a better tomorrow. The promise of a healthy life. Of a decent livelihood. Of sustainable natural resources that benefit communities. Now more than ever in its 42-year history, Pact is helping millions of people who are poor and marginalized discover and build their own solutions and take ownership over their future.
Pact’s promises are fulfilled in partnership with local communities. Our integrated approach to building the capacity of local organizations, developing good governance and cultivating markets is carried out by individuals who adapt our expertise to their own environments and challenges.
Pact enables systemic solutions that allow those who are poor and marginalized to earn a dignified living, be healthy, and take part in the benefits that nature provides. Pact accomplishes this by strengthening local capacity, forging effective governance systems, and transforming markets into a force for development.
Department Overview:
Pact envisions a world where those who are poor and marginalized exercise their voice, build their own solutions, and take ownership of their future. The Pact Human Resources Department supports this mission by creating a work environment that celebrates diversity, fosters professional growth and development, ensures competitive compensation and benefits, and provides exceptional service to management and staff.
The Department is dedicated to providing practical, consistent, and proactive support, direction and advice to management and employees in the area of HR procedure, policy, best practice, employment rewards, benefits, and legislation to facilitate achieving the objectives and targets of our organization. Our services include full life cycle recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, total rewards management, training and development and employee engagement.
Position Purpose:
The International Talent Acquisition Officer supports Pact’s fast-paced, full life cycle recruitment team; supporting headquarters, field offices and new business recruitment. This position will partner with Pact’s Business Development and core proposal team in designing and implementing international sourcing and recruiting campaigns to attract and acquire expatriates, third country nationals and consultants for short-term technical assistance. The position will serve as Pact’s subject matter expert on recruitment and build an exemplary network of skilled professionals. The International Talent Acquisition Officer will identify, evaluate, and screen candidates who meet the required area of expertise and who will advance Pact’s mission and values. As an integral part of the Human Resources team, this position will serve as a strategic partner in advancing and meeting the organizations talent needs, improve recruitment processes and systems and increase the presence and knowledge of pact as a preferred employer.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Partnering
• Establish a strong rapport with hiring managers at headquarters and international field offices to understand their strategic staffing needs, priorities, constraints and fill vacancies in a timely manner; Participate in strategy sessions and apply knowledge gained to all aspects of the recruitment efforts and review solicitations and technical proposals for staffing needs, structure and donor requirements
• Proactively build Pact’s talent pipeline and network of potential candidates by identifying, screening, interviewing and assessing candidates for future business development goals; Develop and maintain an international network of recruiters, contacts and candidates via proactive use of social media (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)
Business Development
• Proactively source, evaluate, identify slates of candidates for USN, CCN and TCN positions associated with proposals and ensure that all donor and organizational staffing requirements are successfully completed for each funding opportunity within established deadlines
• Collaborate with business development, regional project stakeholders and technical experts to develop short and long-term strategic recruitment campaigns that meet proposal requirements
• Obtain required proposal documentation from candidates such as verification, Biographical data form, references, letters of commitment; and appropriate versions of CVs ensuring that all documentation complies with donor specifications, is complete and accurate
• Serve as point of contact for key personnel after proposal submission and until a funding decision has been determined by the donor
• At time of award, transition the hiring process functions to the appropriate HR manager to ensure a successful onboarding process
Global Recruitment
• Work with hiring managers to develop job descriptions in accordance with the staffing plan, recommend creative and alternative advertising venues and strategies, determine titles and salaries, ensuring compliance with budget
• Represent Pact with professionalism, enthusiasm and energy to sell the organization to prospective candidates; attend career fairs, networking events and conferences to promote Pact and deepen the pool of potential candidates. Provide information on company operations and employment opportunities to potential applicants
• Review online applications, evaluate qualifications of both internal and external candidates, conduct prescreen interviews to analyze candidate experience, fit, availability, interest level, salary requirements, and coordinate pre-employment tests as needed
• Develop a short list and present qualified candidates to hiring managers in a timely manner;
• Guide hiring manager in identifying a balanced interview panel, designing an efficient and professional interview process, and preparing interviewers;
• Generate effective and appropriate advertising campaign for positions, posting in newspapers, list-serves, on-line, trade publications, networks, etc. including internationally focused sources. Recommend creative and alternative advertising venues and strategies. Track and report on the effectiveness of strategy;
• Maintain candidate files within the internal recruiting database
• Manage communications between applicants, hiring managers and others keeping all parties apprised of the status of each search
• Synthesize interview feedback, share results with hiring manager, and assist hiring manager with final decisions. Provide candidates feedback on interview results as appropriate
• Conduct reference checks, background checks, negotiating offers with selected candidates, preparing offer letters/employment agreements for signature, and working with HR to ensure submission/upload of all documentation required
• Ensure that finalist is accurately informed of allowance and benefit package
• Team with all recruiters to increase presence and knowledge of Pact as a preferred employer, discuss networking, sourcing and recruitment activities and strategies
• Partner with HR team to identify creative alternatives and improve HR systems; Recommend system improvements to current recruitment processes to ensure streamlined, cost effective, high quality services are provided to hiring managers.
Basic Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree; plus a minimum of six years relevant recruitment experience, three of which must include international recruitment, strong business development and proposal experience preferred
• Possess a solid understanding of how to source, screen and recruit in overseas markets
• Critical thinker, able to identify issues and opportunities, provide solutions and reach consensus with multiple stakeholders
• Demonstrated sensitivity and discretion when handling confidential information
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally (up to 10%)
• Demonstrated ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast paced, high volume environment
• Demonstrated ability to develop positive working relationships with hiring managers
• Demonstrated ability to be professional, calm, flexible, resilient, solution oriented, and creative
• Cross-cultural sensitivity, knowledge of and ability to work with people of diverse backgrounds
• Excellent oral and written communication and representational skills
• Proficiency in word processing, spreadsheets and databases including applicant tracking systems
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with USAID and/or NGO project and proposal recruitment
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. We are also an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and protected veterans.
Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here.
How to apply:
To apply for this position, please visit our position at www.pactworld.org
