Head Talent Acquisition and Outreach

Job Description

Dutystation: Copenhagen, Denmark

Functional responsibilities

1. Strategic Leadership

2. Talent acquisition strategy

3. Recruitment and Staffing Excellence

4. Mobility and Talent Deployment
   
   

• Lead the development and growth of the Talent Acquisition and Outreach team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

• Manage key resources and partnerships to meet talent needs and ensure high quality service delivery to hiring managers by developing and deploying strategic talent attraction initiatives.

• Act as a strategic business partner with hiring managers to craft effective sourcing and recruitment strategies. Cultivate strong relationships within the organization and the hiring community, influencing and enhancing the recruiting process and hiring decisions.

• Collaborate closely with the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) team to shape and promote inclusive hiring best practices. Drive efforts to recruit diverse talent and foster a culture of inclusive excellence.

• Manage the Talent Acquisition budgeting process as part of the People and Culture Group.

• Manage the maintenance and execution of current job descriptions and assessments instruments ensuring they align with organizational needs.

• Innovate and implement creative, forward-thinking sourcing strategies and techniques to establish a robust pipeline of highly qualified candidates.

• Lead innovation efforts by exploring and researching technology solutions. Propose enhancements and extensions to existing capabilities.

• Stay updated on the latest trends and best practices in Talent Acquisition. Provide comprehensive training, coaching, and guidance to the Talent Acquisition team on emerging recruitment practices, tools, and innovations. Extend training on recruitment and selection to staff members.

• Actively participate in outreach activities to elevate the UNOPS employer brand, ensuring that the organization remains a preferred employer of choice.

• Develop innovative recruitment campaigns across various media channels, including print, web/online content, and events, to enhance brand awareness..

• Serve as global process owner for Talent Acquisition and Outreach at UNOPS. Own and drive continuous improvement to UNOPS’ recruitment, assessment and selection processes for effectiveness and efficiency.

• Develop and oversee robust global metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of talent acquisition efforts. Leverage data to identify actionable insights and improvements.

• Review and continuously optimize the performance of the global Talent Acquisition and Outreach team.

• Manage routine reporting, including presentations for the executive management team, to provide transparent insights into talent acquisition processes.

• Initiate and maintain effective programs to enhance workforce retention, ensuring that top talent remains engaged and committed.

• Champion best practices and contemporary recruiting methods across the organization, ensuring that recruitment processes are efficient and aligned with industry standards.

• Collaborate closely with colleagues on strategic workforce planning. Gain insights into future hiring needs and proactively advise on strategies to meet organizational priorities, including achieving gender and geographical balance.

• Partner with HR teams, regional offices, and other relevant internal stakeholders to facilitate the internal mobility of personnel into new opportunities.

• Strategically plan and implement sourcing strategies for senior leadership positions and critical roles across the organization.

• Identify and implement innovative solutions to attract under-represented diverse candidates, promoting diversity and inclusion.

• Optimize resource allocation to reduce time-to-hire and operational costs while ensuring efficient talent deployment.

Education/Experience/Language requirements

• Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) preferably in Human Resources or related disciplines.
• Two (2) additional years of relevant experience in combination with a relevant first-level university degree (Bachelor’s or equivalent) as a substitute to the requirement of a Master’s degree.
• Internationally recognized HR professional or Talent Management certification is a plus.

• 10 years of relevant progressively responsible experience in HR management, including a minimum of 5 years of formal or related hands-on leadership experience across most or all of the following areas:  recruitment operations and analytics, talent sourcing, branding and/or workforce planning, all of which should be in organizations with global/ international presence is required.
• Extensive experience in sourcing techniques and/or global labor market knowledge is required;
• Demonstrated experience in the delivery of talent acquisition services in a multicultural environment is required;
• Demonstrated experience working with executive recruitment firms in bringing in top talent at leadership levels is required;
• Experience in both, traditional and new media applications used in talent search is required (e.g applicant tracking systems, LinkedIn, online job boards, etc.) is required;
• Demonstrated experience in branding and developing attractive Employee Value Propositions (EVPs) is required;
• Proven project management experience is desired.

• Full working knowledge of English is essential.
• Knowledge of another official UNOPS language is an asset.

About the Organization

TOGETHER, WE BUILD THE FUTURE

UNOPS – an operational arm of the United Nations – supports the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by successfully implementing its partners’ peacebuilding, humanitarian and development projects around the world.

Our mission is to help people build better lives and countries achieve peace and sustainable development.

We are proud of our people and embrace diversity and are committed to equal employment opportunities. Our workforce brings together approximately 160 nationalities, represented by over 5,000 UNOPS personnel as well as some 7,800 personnel recruited on behalf of our partners. Spread across 80 countries from a range of backgrounds, and languages and have different gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities.

We encourage women and candidates from underrepresented groups in UNOPS to apply. These include candidates from racialized and/or indigenous groups, members of minority gender identities and sexual orientations, and people with disabilities.