Talent Acquisition Officer - VSO

Job Description

Talent Acquisition Officer - VSO

VSO is looking for three Talent Acquisition Officers to become part of a new global team to attract talent for future VSO programmes to be developed. We aim to build pools of strong candidates: VSO volunteers, staff and consultants. You will build, manage and maintain a high quality talent pipeline of prospect candidates for VSO projects. This includes managing the screening process for candidates in the talent pool and the relationship management of the talent pipeline.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver a high-quality pipeline of candidates, using the global programme talent pool to provide for project and proposal-based pipelines
• Manage the application review process based on skills and qualifications and decide which ones to maintain or withdraw.
• Manage the pre-screening process for applicants as a step to joining the talent pipeline, providing timely feedback on their status and the next steps and ensuring an overall positive applicant experience.
• Recruit and build the capacity of adequate numbers of voluntary Workforce to support the application review process, providing them with relevant information and continued engagement with the organisation.
• Maintain consistent and accurate use of Salesforce ensuring data integrity as an integral part of talent pool management. 6. Maintain total compliance with policy and adherence to processes relating to safeguarding, duty of care and data protection.

Required skills and competencies:

• Qualification or equivalent experience in Human Resource Management
• Recruitment experience, particularly in an international context
• Experience in using an applicant HRIS (Human Resources Information System), ideally Salesforce based
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Excellent team working skills and the confidence to deal with people at all levels
• Excellent customer care skills
• Highly organised with excellent administration skills

About the Organization

VSO is an international development charity that works through volunteers. Our vision is a world without poverty in which people work together to fulfil their potential. We bring people together to share skills, creativity and learning to build a fairer world. VSO welcomes volunteers from an ever increasing range of countries, backgrounds and ages. National agencies in Canada, Kenya, the Netherlands and the Philippines recruit volunteers from many different countries worldwide and this international approach allows us to combine and learn from a rich variety of perspectives. Tackling Disadvantage at "Grass Roots" Level Ours is a very individual "people to people" approach to development. Instead of sending food or money, we send women and men from a wide range of professions who want the chance to make a real difference in the fight against poverty. These volunteers work in partnership with colleagues and communities to share skills and learning and jointly achieve change. But we have to be realistic in our expectations. We commit to long-term development goals and long-term partnerships and focus on sustainable development rather than the short-term relief of certain problems. VSO also works to address the structural inequalities and barriers that prevent people from exercising their rights. We use our experience and our supporter networks to work for changes in policy and practice - rich and poor countries - that reduce disadvantage. VSO is by far the largest independent volunteer-sending agency in the world. Since 1958, we have sent out more than 29,000 volunteers to work in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Pacific region and, more latterly, Eastern Europe in response to requests from our overseas partners. At the moment we have around 1,500 people working in placements in these regions. Shared Partnerships, Shared Benefits You only have to talk to VSO volunteers to realise that they gain from their experience, personally or professionally, as much as they contribute. Many will enthuse how fascinating it was to explore a different culture at first hand. Others will point to the friendships they have made. But many will also tell you how their professional talents have been stretched, and how they have learnt new skills that will significantly enhance their career prospects on their return home. If ever it was true that "you get out what you put in", VSO is proof positive. This experience makes volunteers passionate in challenging misconceptions about developing countries. In the current climate, it is more urgent than ever that we work to achieve a global community where people of all cultures are seen as equal, learn from each other and share a common sense of rights and responsibilities as global citizens. VSO builds on this experience and passion to support a range of global education activity. To find out more about volunteering with or supporting VSO visit our website at www.vso.org.uk