Talent Acquisition Manager at Nature Conservancy

Specific Roles and Responsibilities:

• Establish a strong rapport with hiring managers in the Africa BU 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 workforce strategies for staffing needs.
• Proactively build TNC’s talent pipeline and network of potential candidates by identifying, screening, interviewing and assessing candidates for future program implementation
• Identify, engage and secure top talented candidates (both passive and active) using different sourcing strategies that are successful in attracting viable candidates for highly technical project/program implementation
• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand hiring needs and team dynamics while building out recruiting strategies and streamlining the hiring process.
• Act as a regional advisor in hiring processes, sourcing, global mobility, relocation and job description writing, etc.
• Conduct thorough candidate prescreening interviews and recommend highly qualified and diverse candidates who meet the requirements for the role. Attend interview panels and serve as a HR technical expert.
• Assist with development and implementation of Internship Program as a recruitment strategy for the BU
• Lead recruitment for interns.
• Continually assess the effectiveness of the recruitment & onboarding processes, research best practices, obtain feedback from new hires and hiring managers, and utilize data to refine and improve the processes over time.
• Lead updates to and development of overall talent acquisition team processes, procedures, rapid-hire protocols and systems including the applicant tracking system for day-to-day candidate management and database.
• Develop easy to use recruitment templates and forms (CV templates, reference check forms, common email templates, How-Tos, recruitment manuals, etc.). Evaluate and improve recruitment and related processes.
• The duties of the job require regular attendance at least 5 days/week. The employee must be available to work outside normal office hours or on the weekends as required.
• Ability to travel 20% of the time

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 7years of related work experience.
• Strong sourcing skills are required.
• Experience managing recruitment of a diverse talent requirement.
• Experience working with an applicant tracking system software is required.
• A successful track record of rapid hiring and recruiting at a fast-growing organization.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a self-directed, results-oriented environment at a fast pace;
• Ability to prioritize tasks, organize large volume of work, perform independently; proven organizational skills, with the ability to undertake multiple tasks under tight deadlines.
• Possess a solid understanding and a strong experience sourcing with online networking tools such as Devex, ReliefWeb, LinkedIn, Facebook, Google search, Twitter and ability to identify and access new professional networks in international markets required.
• Exhibit excellent organizational skills, responding to internal clients and candidates in a timely and professional manner.
• Strategic thinker with ability to support and refine an end-to-end recruiting, interviewing and hiring process.
• Proven ability to create diverse pipelines of talent sourcing for difficult to fill roles