Position Title:
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Staffing Specialist - South Africa Regional Office (SARO)
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Application Deadline Date:
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03 Feb 2014
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Position Location:
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Open to any location within the South Africa Region where
WVI is registered.
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Position Start Date
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01 Apr 2014
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Region:
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Africa\Southern Africa
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Position End Date:
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Requisition Category:
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International
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Recruitment Priority:
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Need Immediately
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Country Name:
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South Africa
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Program/Office Name:
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SS&D
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City/Province:
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Open to any location within the South Africa Region where
WVI is registered.
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Employee Type:
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Contract
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Job Grade Level:
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15
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Recruitment Status:
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Advertising in Progress
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Is this a family post?
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Non-family - Staff only
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Requisition Num:
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2014AFSKWOY-9FCT5Q
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*PREFERRED LOCATION WITHIN THE SOUTHERN AFRICA REGION - NO RELOCATION ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE*
PURPOSE OF POSITION:
To provide effective, transparent and legally compliant international staffing services to a designated group of hiring offices in the Southern Africa Region focused on delivering quality ministry to the communities and children we seek to serve. This is accomplished through the forecasting, sourcing, screening, assessment and placement of executive, professional and technical personnel in a timely and cost effective manner. This will require a strong customer service orientation along with the ability to anticipate emerging organizational staffing trends and external market trends.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Workforce Planning & Needs Assessment.
- Develop,
build and maintain relationships with managers and People & Culture
(P&C) staff in a designated group of hiring offices in order to fill
all international vacancies in a timely manner. Build capacity of these
staff to engage with International Staffing policies, procedures and
systems, as required.
- Support
hiring offices and regional offices in assessing international vacancy
requirements/recruiting needs and developing recruitment strategies and
plans for the coming fiscal year.
- Provide
end-to-end process support to hiring office managers and P&C staff, to
fill specific international vacancies.
- May
provide direct consulting with management on employment procedures and
assistance (e.g. interviewing techniques).
Candidate Sourcing & Screening: - Develop
and maintain multiple channels and networks to build a deep, diverse, and
reliable sourcing pool from a specified country or group of countries.
Proactively identify and develop effective sourcing strategies (e.g.
networking contacts, system queries/searches, religious institutions,
College/Universities presentations).
- Develop,
design and implement recruiting plan for assigned positions (e.g.
advertisements, networking tools); write advertisements and job postings
using WVI guidelines/templates.
- Maintain
knowledge of and sensitivity to the constantly changing environment of the
marketplace relative to the sourcing and recruitment of qualified
professionals.
- Work
in close partnership with hiring managers to achieve service level
agreements and recruitment objectives for assigned positions by verifying
appropriate position requirement, budget and target source.
- Conduct
effective screening, interviewing, and assessments for the best candidates
for a position match.
- Develop,
build and maintain candidate relationships through ongoing communications
regarding questions, updates and status during the interview process.
Interviewing & Selection: - Provide
regular updates to hiring managers on search progress.
- Shortlist
candidates for assigned positions from own and other International
Staffing Specialist (ISS) sourcing pools and present candidate short-list
to hiring managers.
- Coordinate
background screening (e.g. police, child protection, reference checks, etc.)
for own short-listed candidates.
- Manage
field interviews for short-listed candidates with appropriate hiring
managers.
- Capture
and manage candidate interview results and selection decisions.
- Provide
feedback to candidates on interview results and selection decisions.
Offer, Feedback, Closing & Selling: - Negotiate
offer with selected candidate within limits specified by hiring office.
- Draw
up and issue contract/offer letter for candidate.
- Initiate
PAF paperwork based on candidate acceptance.
- Coordinate
with International Staffing Administrator to ensure appropriate
orientation/on-boarding support is provided to new hires.
Ongoing, Exit & Transfer Support: - Coordinate
payroll administration with appropriate Support offices.
- Manage/coordinate
international staff relocation for International staff with contract
length< 2 years.
- Provide
support to International HR for managing employee data in personnel
files/HR data systems.
- Conduct/coordinate
exit debrief sessions.
- Support
staff and HR in process of relocating to new assignment (salary &
benefits administration changes, logistics, Visa/travel arrangements).
General: - Utilise
applicant tracking system efficiently to ensure consistent, timely and
accurate data entry.
- Generate
status and financial reports as needed and participate in continuous
quality improvement of the process (i.e. tracking applicants to
requisitions, statusing applicants within the system, entering hire/offer
data, log interview information, notes and other types of applicable
data).
- Maintain
current knowledge of applicable laws, regulations and trends in
recruitment, WVI organizational policies, benefits and compensation,
relocation and repatriation.
- Conduct
recruitment responsibilities in a professional, service-oriented,
responsive, innovative, ethical and cost effective manner in accordance
with WVI goals and Christian principles.
- May
function as staff lead at the discretion or request of the Director,
International Staffing Services.
- Attend
and participate in Christian devotional meetings/chapel services, as
provided by hosting office.
Supervisor Responsibility: - This
person may have supervisory responsibilities of interns, temporary staff,
International Staffing Administrator or entry-level international staffing
specialists.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:
Required:
- Bachelor’s
degree or equivalent of 5 years of on the job training in recruitment and
or human resources management.
- Experience
in recruitment of executive, professional and technical positions is
required.
- Experience
in international/global workforce is essential, preferable in Africa.
Working knowledge of Humanitarian NGO’s is desirable. Knowledge of
emergency relief contexts like DRC is desirable.
- Experience
in forecasting of workforce/staffing needs preferred.
- Ability
to manage all recruiting processes (applicant sourcing, resume screening,
applicant assessment and interview, negotiating contracts). Targeted
Selection certification or behavioural interviewing is a plus
- People
management experience – this position will manage intern or International
Staffing Administrator for Southern Africa Region.
- Must
be a team player, collaborator, and able to effectively network amongst
all levels within and outside of the Partnership.
- Must
have strong interpersonal, negotiation and oral/written communication
skills. Ability to provide high-level customer service required.
- Ability
to work in a fast-paced environment and accomplish multiple tasks
simultaneously.
- Possess
cross-cultural sensitivity, knowledge of and ability to work with people
of diverse backgrounds.
- Demonstrated
computer literacy to include experience in tracking recruitment
outcomes/metrics. Working knowledge of applicant tracking systems such as
RecruitSoft is a plus.
- Ability
to travel domestically and internationally (at least 20%) per year if
required.
- Ability
to operate within a geographically dispersed organization.
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Supervisory Responsibility: - This
person may have supervisory responsibilities of interns, temporary staff,
International Staffing Administrator or entry-level international staffing
specialists.
Other Remarks: - The
incumbent accepts the World Vision ethos as stated in the Mission
Statement and Core Values.
- This
position requires someone who is committed to excellence in servicing our
clients and our network. Also, this person will be expected to understand
the fundamentals of HR practice with regard to confidentiality and
exercising discretion.
Preferred: - Fluency
in English second language like French or Portuguese is added advantage.
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