United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Recruiter, EC Unit

Main purpose of role

Reporting to the EC Business Development Director, with a dotted line to the head of programme recruitment for DAI Europe, the role will work within an experienced and dedicated team to drive new business opportunities and win work. As one of EC team’s Programme Resourcers, the successful candidate will lead in the proposals’ team design, sourcing those that will be implementing the projects and selecting those involved in delivery in this exciting portfolio. They will work closely with DAI’s technical experts to ensure that the highest quality consultants and subject matter experts are brought on board, to assist DAI in ensuring the best are hired.

Key tasks and duties:

• Collaborate with the Recruitment Manager and EC proposal team to ensure that the highest quality team can be assembled for complex programmes in fragile states.
• To lead the sourcing of experts in Governance, Security & Justice, Conflict Prevention, Stabilisation & Peacebuilding, Economic Growth, Agriculture, Land reform and administration, Climate change and Environment, and Livelihoods.
• Analyse the proposal/projects key outcomes and outputs in order to quickly respond and engage in terms of skills and personnel required for the implementation teams
• Build on DAI’s extensive network and get “under the skin” of projects happening in the regions and technical areas that EC will be focused on.
• Source appropriate Key Experts through internal and external networks, industry events, DAI’s internal expert database and online media such as LinkedIn.
• Engage, develop and build networks and relationships with consultants for both long term and short term assignments across all priority countries and those with experience with the EC, European Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and other European donors.
• When required lead internal team projects ensuring the EC hiring function is operating at its most efficient, and to continually look to improve the recruitment function.

Responsibilities:

• Coach and assist with the workload of the Associate Recruiters, with assistance from the Recruitment Manager and the EC BD Director.
• Lead and conduct interviews to assess necessary skills against project requirements.
• Lead in development/editing of candidate CVs and obtaining supporting bid documents.
• Follow up on reference checks on all selected candidates as set out by DAI Vetting Policies.
• Develop an understanding of country employment legislation and where appropriate enforcing regulations with managers.
• Provide regular and timely updates to the Recruitment Manager on all recruitment activity.
• Perform other recruitment tasks as directed by the Recruitment Manager or Business Development Director.

Qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience:

Essential Qualifications:

• Minimum of 4/6 years’ relevant work experience, possibly as a Recruitment Coordinator/Junior Recruiter, or within a project/proposal management role working for profit or non-profit organisations.
• Have previous experience recruiting for the EC or other EU Government institutions.
• Client focused with an attitude to maintain high standards in the delivery of their work and pride whilst showing a high aptitude for setting, managing and delivering against business expectations.
• Possess a very keen eye for detail to ensure CVs and confirmation documents are correct to the standard of the EC’s Practical Guide (PRAG).
• An excellent command of the use of online platforms as sourcing tools.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Excellent interviewing skills, some experience in salary negotiation and networking (internal and external).
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with internal clients and external candidates, both written and verbal.
• Ability to multitask, often with inflexible deadlines.
• Strong organisational skills.
• Previous experience of using recruitment systems/databases.
• Fluent in both verbal and written English.
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant discipline (preferably in Recruitment/HR or International Development/Relations) or equivalent.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Part-qualified or in the process of qualifying for some of the following: REC or CIPD.
• International development experience.
• Additional language skills preferably French, Arabic, Portuguese or Spanish.

Please follow this link to apply:

https://chm.tbe.taleo.net/chm04/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=DAINC&cws=1&rid=3343

All applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

Interviews will held during January 2018.