Talent Acquisition Business Partner

The Opportunity

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as the–Talent Acquisition Business Partner in Asia or Eastern and Southern Africa Save the Children office location.

Role Purpose:

The role holder will partner with the business to ensure best practice recruitment and the sourcing and selection of high calibre talent that supports the delivery of our organisational strategy, with a particular focus on technical experts (TEs). Save the Children’s TE Transformation project aims to ensure that Save the Children has the right technical expertise, in the right place, accelerating change for children. Part of this includes ensuring that we attract the highest calibre Technical Experts to deliver on our ambition.

The Talent Acquisition Partner will manage both national and international recruitment campaigns for Senior Technical Experts across Country Offices; ensuring recruitments highlight alignment to our mission and values, follow Talent Acquisition best practice (policy and process adherence), and our Reward principles.

This role may also support / lead on projects linked to continuous improvement initiatives and the building of tools, templates, trainings etc and support recruitment in other functions where needed.

In the event of a major humanitarian emergency, the role holder will be expected to work outside the normal job description and be able to vary working hours accordingly.

In order to be successful you will bring/have:

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Significant experience of recruiting across a range of functions at all levels and including interim staff, ideally in an international and complex environment
• A demonstrable track record of sourcing, attracting, and recruiting staff across different geographies
• A demonstrable ability to add value and influence hiring managers to ensure appropriate JD’s, recruitment strategies, best practice, process and policy adherence
• A demonstrable passion and drive to connect with and secure high calibre talent
• Proven experience of, and commitment to, ensuring an excellent candidate experience
• A flexible and adaptable approach, able to work autonomously in a fast paced environment, and effectively manage a busy workload and conflicting priorities
• Excellent interpersonal skills; the ability to communicate fluently in English (both verbal and written) and work across cultures respecting diversity and inclusion
• Quality focussed, with strong attention to detail
• A collaborative and solution orientated approach
• Strong project management skills
• Previous experience managing external vendors
• Training and capacity building experience
• A commitment to the mission, vision and values of Save the Children

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of Taleo e-recruitment system

This role can be based in Asia or ESA Region or any existing Save the Children office location on approval, provided the successful candidate has proof of eligibility to work from the preferred location.

Where we Work – Where We Work | Save the Children International

The Organisation

We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.

We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:

• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated

We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.

Application Information:

Please attach a copy of your CV and cover letter with your application, and include details of your salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/careers/apply

We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All employees are expected to carry out their duties in accordance with our global anti-harassment policy.

Save the Children does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process.