Senior Recruitment Officer, New Business Development Unit at IREX

Your Background & Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field
• 5 years of progressive work experience, including recruitment experience in the international development industry preferred.
• Experience in Business Development or leading USAID and other donor proposal recruitment.
• Demonstrated experience with sourcing of passive candidates.
• Experience serving as a lead recruiter on proposal teams and managing live and upcoming recruitment activities.
• Extensive background working with proposal teams to develop staffing strategies.
• In coordination with senior technical staff, has experience determining finalist candidates based on proposal criteria and anticipated project needs.
• Strong experience in conducting salary and allowance negotiations with candidates in coordination with HR colleagues.
• Extensive background in conducting proactive candidate outreach, screening, and interviewing candidates.
• Ability to engage in multiple simultaneous recruitment efforts and manage or support the entire recruitment cycle.
• Self-directed and ability to thrive and meet deadlines in fast paced environment.
• Skilled in using tools such as LinkedIn, JazzHR, and online job boards is a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite is required.
• Excellent writing skills and proven communication, interviewing and interpersonal skills.
• Fluency in other languages is an asset.
• Ability to employ a high level of confidentiality in handling candidate information.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to prioritize work.
• Maintain effective working relationships with broader staff to ensure understanding and support for short- and long-term recruiting needs.
• Strong communication skills to maintain contact with proposed candidates and develop long-term relationships.
• You must have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States, Kenya, Guatemala, or Jordan.

Your Daily Tasks

• Serve as the lead recruiter on proposal teams and manage live and upcoming recruitment activities.
• Work with proposal teams to develop staffing strategies.
• In coordination with senior technical staff, determine finalist candidates based on proposal criteria and anticipated project needs.
• Conduct salary and allowance negotiations with candidates.
• Maintain effective working relationships with broader NBDU staff to ensure understanding and support for short- and long-term recruiting needs.
• Coordinate and maintain a collegial relationship with HR peers on salary negotiations, offers, etc. 
• Manage communication with contacted and proposed candidates in order to develop long-term relationships.
• Conduct proactive candidate outreach, screen and interview candidates.
• Develop and maintain a broad range of external networks, research and source new recruiting avenues within specialized fields, develop and sustain internal and external contacts in an effort to build a pipeline of strategic technical area experts.
• Represent IREX to candidates.
• Focus on sourcing, candidate identification, networking, and relationship building.
• Work closely with the broader New Business Development team on networking and employing traditional sourcing strategies.
• Develop new and creative recruiting approaches to attract competitive talent.
• Work with NBDU to confirm accurate salary information for cost proposals.
• Conduct competitive salary negotiations with proposed staff.
• Other duties as supported.