Job Description

About CRS:

Catholic Relief Services is the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States. CRS works to save, protect, and transform lives in need in more than 100 countries, without regard to race, religion or nationality. CRS’ relief and development work are accomplished through programs of emergency response, health (including malaria), agriculture, education, microfinance, and peacebuilding.

CRS/ Sierra Leone and Program Background

Catholic Relief Service (CRS) started work in Sierra Leone in 1963 carrying out the commitment of the Catholic bishops and the Catholic community of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas. For over 57 years, CRS has been on the front lines in responding to emergencies and promoting health, education, agriculture, and urban resilience in Sierra Leone.

To date, the Country Program has a robust portfolio built around several major programs in Health, Agriculture, Nutrition, Education and Urban Resilience such as the USDA/McGovern Dole Food for Education and Nutrition (All Pikin for Learn) Program, Global Fund Malaria Program and COVID-19 Response Mechanism Project. In addition, the country program is working on several high-profile opportunities to improve water security in Freetown and support Freetown City Council to deliver its Transform Freetown strategy through slum regeneration.

Department: West Africa Regional Office

Reports To:        WARO Regional People Officer; dotted line to Manager Talent Acquisition –     Proposals (Global People Services Team)

Country: West Africa Regional Office

Duty Location: West Africa (Telecommuter based in one of the region’s countries)

Job Summary

The Regional Recruiter is primarily responsible for the identification, screening, interviewing and referral of candidates for potential employment with Catholic Relief Services. Working in partnership with proposal and/or country teams, he/she provides guidance on staffing strategies based on requirements outlined in requests for proposals.  The Regional Recruiter will support the agency’s competitive positioning and pursuit of competitive opportunities, through both assistance and acquisition mechanisms. While primarily focused on recruitment of key personnel, the Regional Recruiter will also assist country teams, as appropriate, with the recruitment of non-key personnel for project start-up.  The Regional Recruiter is responsible for proactively developing and maintaining a large network of current and potential candidates for key positions and for working collaboratively with other specialists, ensuring CRS can identify and secure high performing / high potential staff from the countries that we serve in alignment with agency Respect, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) values and priorities.

Roles and Key Responsibilities:

• • Participate in the development, planning, and implementation of recruiting activities designed to enhance CRS’ ability to attract and retain highly qualified and local candidates.
  • Develop innovative strategies to specifically attract local talent from the diaspora.
  • Introduce new, creative methods and strategies to recruit highly qualified local talent for competitive proposals and hard to fill leadership positions. Teach these methods to Country Program staff.
  • Develop and maintain network of contacts to help identify and source qualified candidates.
  • Work in close collaboration with the Global Sourcer to grow the CRS Talent Pool of qualified Key Personnel for proposals.
  • Participate in capture planning and proposal development teams, ensuring that staffing and management strategies are realistic and reflective of the existing talent pool.
  • Coordinate proposal recruitment initiatives with Country Program Business Development Specialist, Head of Programs, Country Representative and HR Manager
  • Manage the timely collection, verification and editing of proposal submission materials including CVs, biographical data forms and letters of commitment to ensure donor compliance.
  • Source, screen and refer external and internal candidates for interviews with a focus on providing a diverse candidate slate.
  • Conduct reference checks, communicate salaries, benefits and allowances within proposal budget and donor regulations

• Perform and promote all activities in compliance with local employment laws and donor regulations.
• Coordinate all recruitments for the WARO Regional Team.
• Seek, establish, and maintain relationships with organizations with the goal of recruiting diverse and highly qualified staff.
• Develop country program capacity to attract and retain highly qualified candidates, consistent with the agency’s objectives around Respect, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (REDI).
• Capacity building of local HR Managers for in country recruitment techniques
• Other duties and recruitment -related projects as needed to support strategic talent acquisition for the agency, including internal and external representation, recruitment surge support

Typical Background, Experience & Requirements:

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management/Business or related field
• Minimum of five years’ recruitment experience
• Established network of contacts within the development sector
• Experience in recruiting Key Personnel for grants and contracts in the global development industry

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with sourcing techniques
• Demonstrable, verifiable results from recruiting success
• Knowledge / experience recruiting in the West African region talent market
• Excellent PC skills (MS Office) and experience using Applicant Tracking Systems

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

• Proactive, resourceful, and results-oriented – a “go getter”
• Solid verbal and written communication skills
• Strong customer service orientation with excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Outstanding capacity to network and to promote CRS

Required Languages – Proficiency in English and French required. Fluency preferred.

Travel – Must be willing and able to travel up to 25% of the time to support country program recruitment (for example new program start-up, emergency response, etc.).

Key Working Relationships: 

Supervisory Responsibilities:  None

Internal: Country Program Management (CRs, HoPs, HoOPs, Chiefs of Party, HR Managers, Business Development Specialists, etc..); WARO Regional Team, Global People Resources Team (Headquarters HR)

External: Candidates, Organizations

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply for any of these positions please send up-to-date CV and a supporting letter, copies of relevant certificates to SL_HR@crs.org. Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Also send a copy of your application package to the desk Officers, Ministry of Employment and Social Security, New England, and Extension Offices in Applicants’ Locations 

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