Director of International Recruitment

Job Description

Position Summary:

​The International Recruitment Director (Recruitment Director) is a key member of the Business Development team, overseeing a staff of at least three home-office based recruiters as well as recruiters on contract. She/he reports to the Vice President for Business Development. The Recruitment Director manages and participates in a team that recruits approximately 60-80 qualified candidates internationally and domestically for new business/proposal development; for open positions on ongoing projects; and, for candidates for corporate positions. She/he should have experience recruiting candidates for USAID bids and projects and have a network of experienced COPs, project directors, and consultants. He/she will also recruit staff and consultants for a diverse set of USG, international, and private sector clients. The International Recruitment Director supports Nathan’s capture and proposal processes and works closely with the Business Development team and Practice Managers. He/she will interact regularly with Nathan senior management; have the opportunity to hire additional staff; revise/improve processes; assess the current consultant database and recommend improvements; and develop and deliver training for Nathan internal staff. The Recruitment Director will work with bid teams to develop proposal recruitment strategies and will work with senior leadership to develop strategies for developing deeper benches for Nathan’s growing non-USAID work. He/she will attend networking functions, meet with clients, COPs, and team leaders and lead key personnel interviews. He/she will oversee the development of the write-ups of personnel sections in proposals and contribute to the management section of proposals based on knowledge of Nathan and of the candidates being proposed. The Director will also serve as a subject matter expert on the USAID Biodata Form.

General Job Responsibilities:

• Hire, train, manage, and mentor new and existing recruitment staff, communicating performance goals and operating procedures, offering consistent performance feedback and resolution to complex problems
• Develop and deliver compliance and recruitment best practice training for other staff, who are interviewing and selecting staff and consultants for projects and bids
• Coordinate and work with practice managers, overseas offices, and human resources to develop internal recruitment procedures and processes to hire qualified candidates
• Develop overall recruitment strategies for target clients and specific recruitment strategies for bids and help identify potential candidates through databases, contacts/networks, Internet searches, publications, and cold calls
• Lead recruitment strategy meetings and present candidate options
• Evaluate and improve recruitment and related processes
• Oversee the customization of CVs for bids and train staff on this; ensure the CV addresses proposal or project requirements
• Oversee the writing of or write, as needed, personnel sections of proposals
• Contribute to the management section of proposals based on knowledge of Nathan and the candidates being proposed
• Occasional overseas travel for 1-2 weeks for recruitment of local staff for bids
• Provide quality control for writing inputs to bids and develop training to address weaknesses
• Lead proactive proposal-specific recruitment for personnel for bids in collaboration with proposal team and operations group. Additional responsibility for recruiting field and home office positions
• Provide quality control on job description write-ups and advertising for proposals and projects in relevant countries, in line with local labor law
• Provide expertise on the USAID Biodata form, including but not limited to process updates, design and delivery of trainings, and act as a final authority on the Biodata form
• Assess existing recruitment system and make recommendations accordingly
• Build recruitment systems

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in a related area and at least 10-12 years of U.S. government contracting recruitment experience in international development, preferably with USAID
• Personnel management experience
• Familiar with USAID proposal process and negotiation of expatriate international compensation packages
• Availability to occasionally work outside regular work hours with teams located in different time zones
• Experience with online networking tools, such as LinkedIn and experience conducting searches on recruitment databases required
• Must have a strong orientation to client satisfaction, an ability to foster productive team relationships, and an ability to work in a team environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and ability to review others’ work and provide constructive feedback
• Strong interpersonal skills and assertive and professional demeanor
• Ability to work collaboratively in a fluid team environment with all levels of staff in all units of the company
• Computer literate with an affinity for databases
• Ability to prioritize tasks, organize large volume of work, perform independently
• Ability to work under strict deadlines
• Fluency in a second language (non-English) preferred

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HOW TO APPLY: Please send your cover letter and resume to recruitment@broderickhaightconsulting.com with the subject title “Nathan Associates: Director of Recruitment.”

About the Organization

Nathan Associates Inc. is an employee-owned economic consulting firm. Established in 1946, the firm claims more than six decades of experience, a full-time staff of over 100 professionals, and a record of successful assignments the world over. Our mission is to provide high-quality, innovative consulting services to help private and public sector decision-makers solve the practical economic, financial, and management issues of today and tomorrow.
Nathan Associates has worked in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Europe. USAID and multilateral lending institutions such as the World Bank fund most of our international work, but individual private firms and foreign governments also request our assistance.
Internationally, our clients are public and private sector decision-makers responsible for setting policy and for overseeing performance of entire economies, sectors, business enterprises, or government agencies. We provide these policymakers and managers with economic, financial, and management analysis and assistance in strategy and program planning, institutional development, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and program and project implementation.
In our 63 years of consulting, we have worked extensively both at the macroeconomic level and in a broad range of economic sectors: transportation and other infrastructure, industry and commerce, financial services, natural resources, and agriculture and environment.
Despite the geographic and economic diversity of our assignments, two themes remain constant throughout Nathan Associates' work. First, in all our projects, we strive for collegial collaboration between our consulting teams and the management and staff of our client institutions, creating a shared sense of purpose and direction. Second, whenever appropriate, we emphasize technology transfer and human resource development for our client personnel, whether through formal workshops, seminars, and short courses, or on-the-job training.
Competition, innovation, and reward are the economic forces of life. The solutions we provide clients are powered by an understanding of these forces.
For more information about Nathan Associates, see our website: http://www.nathaninc.com.