Talent Acquisition Sourcer – REMOTE

About CRS

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work is accomplished through programs of emergency response, HIV, health, agriculture, education, microfinance and peacebuilding.

As a global organization, that has grown significantly in size over the past decade, CRS is now comprised of almost 7,000 people from over 100 countries who collaborate to catalyze transformational change. CRS identified four Strategic Approaches that will enable the agency to achieve the Vision 2030 Strategy; one is to build a more agile, innovative, and impactful organization.

The Global People Resources (GPR) department is integral to shaping this more agile, innovative and impactful agency. Within GPR is the Global Talent Acquisition Group (TAG) which has a unique role in ensuring CRS has a highly diverse, engaged, and skilled workforce that demonstrates our values, delivers results, and transforms the communities where we work and serve.

Global TAG is a highly collaborative team that supports the recruitment of professionals to work in a variety of departments or regions around the world. CRS recruiters are passionate about contributing to CRS’s global mission. Global TAG teammates help each other and have a lot of fun together.

Job Summary

This key contributing position within CRS’s Global TAG is responsible for delivering sourcing efforts to support global proactive pipelining. You will partner and collaborate with Global TAG teammates to understand CRS’ hiring needs and candidate profiles. You will develop strategic sourcing strategies to identify talent pools for current and future staffing needs for Proposals and Global and US-based positions.

This position is open to telecommuting, anywhere in the world.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement effective and creative sourcing strategies for difficult-to-fill global, US-based, and proposal positions.
• Use innovative sourcing techniques to develop inclusive, diverse talent pools in conjunction with CRS’s Respect, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) commitment.
• Build and maintain a large network of prepositioned qualified candidates through social media outlets and traditional sourcing methods.
• Represent and promote CRS at industry and/or networking events and job fairs. Articulate compelling employee value propositions based on CRS opportunities, core values, and total rewards, as a strong ambassador for CRS.
• Gather market intelligence and industry knowledge to help identify diverse candidate pools and build a comprehensive strategy for filling critical roles.
• Review resumes and profiles for appropriate skills, experience, and knowledge in relation to position requirements and phone-screen key prospects; advise TAG on promising talent.
• Identify, build, and maintain relationships with candidate talent pools.
• Enter and maintain recruitment information in the applicant tracking system (ATS).
• Provide coverage for recruiters during leave.
• Carry a small requisition load during peak period.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study; or equivalent experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ sourcing and recruitment experience in a large organization

Required Languages – English. French, Spanish or Arabic a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a global organization; international development organization/non-governmental organization (NGO)

• Minimum 7 years recruiting experience or combination of international development recruitment and recruitment experience

• Certified Internet Recruiter (CIR) certification

• Experience in supporting competitive positioning for and pursuit of US government funding opportunities; preference for candidates with knowledge of /experience with staffing for US government contracts

• Strong current network in international development space is highly desired

• Master’s degree a plus

Travel: Must be willing and able to travel up to 10% to attend career fairs, networking/professional association events, conferences and universities as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to effectively develop a large and diverse network of relationships

• Strong research skills

• Organized and ability to multi-task

• Ability to communicate effectively and persuasively

• Strategic and analytical thinker

• Passionate about developing relationships and talent networks

• Ability to deliver high levels of customer service and support

• Knowledge ATS. Oracle Recruitment Cloud (ORC) or Taleo preferred

• Team player/collaborative

Agency-wide Competencies (for all CRS Staff)

These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CRS and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.

• Integrity

• Continuous Improvement & Innovation

• Builds Relationships

• Develops Talent

• Strategic Mindset

• Accountability & Stewardship

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Work Conditions/Environment Conditions: May be required to work evenings/weekends for networking events.

What we offer

CRS offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, generous retirement savings plan and the opportunity to work in a collaborative, mission-driven culture that is committed to improving the lives of the poor throughout the world.

***Our Catholic identity is at the heart of our mission and operations. Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. We welcome as a part of our staff people of all faiths and secular traditions who share our values and our commitment to serving those in need. CRS’ processes and policies reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

NOTE: All interested applicants must be authorized to work in their telecommuting location at the time of application.

Disclaimer: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skill, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

CRS’ talent acquisition procedures reflect our commitment to protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse and exploitation.

EOE/M/F/D/V – CRS is an Equal Opportunity Employer.