International Recruiter, Arlington, VA
Company Profile:
MSI is a Washington, DC metro area international development firm with a 30-year history of helping to deliver development results across the developing world. In 2008, we became the America’s operation of the international development arm of Coffey International Limited. Since that time, we have greatly expanded our ability to respond seamlessly and flexibly to client needs with our sister offices in the UK and Australia. We operate in some of the most challenging and political and economic climates in the world, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Iraq. MSI currently employs 800 development experts in the fields of public sector management, monitoring and evaluation, governance and anti-corruption. For more information on MSI, please visit our website at www.msiworldwide.com.
Position Summary:
MSI seeks a motivated and hardworking International Recruiter to join our Recruitment Department at our Arlington headquarters office. The recruiter will work closely with the Recruitment Team, Business Development Team, Technical Area Directors and Project Managers to source and select candidates for a wide variety of short and long-term positions globally. This position is focused on proposal recruitment with occasional assistance to project and headquarter positions as needed.
Responsibilities:
- Manage full-cycle recruiting efforts for a variety of international and headquarters-based technical and project management positions, including screening CVs, contacting candidates, scheduling and conducting interviews, checking references, background checks, and closing the recruitment process in coordination with other departments.
- Develop position descriptions for active and expected proposals, source candidates, create key qualifications summaries, edit resumes and develop skills matrices in accordance with RFP/client requirements.
- Train new users on MSI’s recruitment database and make system adjustments as needed.
- Serve as “the face of the organization” to applicants and organizations during interviews, career fairs and partner meetings.
- Use creative judgment to explore various avenues of attracting candidates with rare skill sets such as researching associations, networking, job boards or local papers.
- Contribute to the development of new methods to improve and streamline recruitment at our growing company.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in international studies, human resources or a related field. At least three years of recruiting for USAID proposals. Experience with other donors is welcome.
- Exposure to and understanding of modern issues in international development; and an appreciation of cultural sensitivities and differences.
- Applicants should be flexible, hard-working team members who are willing to pitch in wherever needed.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and superior professionalism required.
- Candidates should have outstanding organizational skills and the ability to prioritize work effectively on multiple projects with competing deadlines.
- Excellent computer skills, online research skills and the ability to learn new systems quickly.
- Fluency in Spanish and/or French desired.
- Experience living or studying abroad in a developing country preferred.
Only candidates who have been selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
MSI is an EEO/AA/ADA Veterans Employer.
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