WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with HR colleagues and hiring managers to understand position objectives, and determine candidate requirements and sourcing options
• Research availability of gender diverse talent pools for select roles to advise and consult with recruiters and hiring managers to develop a strategy to engage and attract such talent
• Utilise multiple sourcing tools and advanced sourcing techniques to identify talent for open requisitions such as online social networking, cold-calling, traditional networking, Boolean searches and referrals
• Proactively build underrepresented talent pools through active sourcing, recruiting events, sourcing campaigns, diaspora, diversity partnership opportunities
• Improve gender diversity and drive improvements on talent attraction and recruitment approaches, especially to attract qualified female candidates (with special attention on diaspora) to hardship locations
• Develop/update macrolevel country specific labour market reports and presentations
• Screen resumes and interview candidates
• Recommend (where needed) new sourcing tools or approaches through in-depth market research
• Proactively stay abreast of latest trends and developments in the area of talent sourcing and attraction to constantly support WFP to optimise and improve its practices

Requirements

• Advanced university degree in Human Resource Management, Public or Business Administration, Industrial Psychology, or a relevant field
• Fluency (level C) in oral and written English
• Four years, minimum, of postgraduate professional experience in the talent acquisition, with three years, minimum, working at international or regional level
• Experience working as part of a multicultural and diverse team and/or leading one
• Deep knowledge of the recruiting market and trends in the Middle East
• Demonstrated success developing and deploying creative, effective candidate pipeline development methodologies and effective outreach strategies
• Experience in sourcing and recruiting hard-to-find profiles
• Strong knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems, technology, and sourcing tools
• Experience with SAP recruitment platforms (highly desirable)

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Photo source: USAID in Africa