About US:

Mercy Corps is a US-founded global non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization operating in transitional contexts that have undergone, or have been undergoing, various forms of economic, environmental, social and political instabilities.

Job Summary:

The Senior Talent Acquisition Officer supports the overall contributions of the HR team to Mercy Corps Uganda, specifically by ensuring timely and efficient recruitment of employees. The role will be responsible for sourcing candidates and developing networks, screening and scheduling candidate interviews, collecting documentation, validating and substantiating applicant data.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Collect relevant information about Mercy Corps Uganda vacancies (position descriptions, appropriate salary bands etc.) and agree on attraction strategy with the Senior HR & Legal Manager.
• Understand the hiring Managers’ requirements, preferences and timeframes and communicate these with the HR team and other partners.
• Maintain the Talent Acquisition tracker of assignments and report to the HR team.
• Maintain a talent pool or talent bank for all potential candidates in all position categories.
• Identify potential graduate and intern trainees to support all program and operations in collaboration with the Human Resource Director.
• Respond to all unsuccessful candidates on their status after the pre-selection stage.
• Apply innovative sourcing methodologies and participate in various activities such as campus visits, job fairs, conferences etc. to generate candidate referrals and networks while also using social and professional networking sites to identify and source candidates.
• Circulate all job advertisements to all field offices and follow up on posting to notice boards and other online job boards.
• Adhere to Mercy Corps Policies and Procedures for Human Resources as stipulated in the Mercy Corps Field Administration and National Policy manual.
• Support talent initiatives by working closely with HR team members.
• Screen resumes to match with required skills as per the job advert posted and shortlist candidates for interviews.
• Schedule and coordinate interviews for candidates with hiring team and interview panel.
• Develop a talent pool for Mercy Corps to ensure
• Provide updates to the HR team on a weekly basis regarding status for all ongoing recruitments.
• Seek feedback from hiring managers to determine the effectiveness of recruiting plans and implementation;
• Organizational Learning
• As part of our commitment to organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities they serve, we expect all team members to commit 5% of their time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as themselves.
• Accountability to Beneficiaries
• Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international standards guiding international relief and development work, while actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource, Industrial Psychology, Social Sciences, or Business/ Public Administration. A post graduate qualification in Human Resource Management is highly desirable.
• At least 4 -5 years’ relevant work experience in recruitment.
• Proven track record of success in a recruiting role, having had responsibility for screening, interviewing and hiring for multiple positions across different geographical regions concurrently in a record time.
• Sound knowledge of recruitment tools and strategies.
• Knowledge and networks in the International Development sphere along with knowledge of competitors.
• Knowledge and experience in data analytics for recruitment is desirable.
• Exceptional standard of written and oral communications skills.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain relationships at all levels.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently and cooperatively with team members.
• Good negotiation, representation skills and the ability to work comfortably with an ethnically diverse team.
• Strong ability to innovatively solve problems.
• Excellent MS Office & Excel skills

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Deadline: 28th April 2020