United States of America: Recruiter

Crown Agents USA, Inc. (CA-USA) is seeking a Recruiter in our Washington DC Office.

Our Business

Crown Agents is an international development company employing over 600 personnel worldwide with a presence in more than 40 countries, subsidiaries in 11 countries, and permanent staff working on the ground in 22 corporate offices in Africa, Asia Latin America, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Crown Agents provides direct assistance, management consulting, and human and institutional development for public and private sector clients in customs and trade facilitation, public financial management, procurement, logistics, and health systems strengthening.

Crown Agents USA (CA-USA), the U.S. incorporated subsidiary of Crown Agents, provides direct technical assistance, capacity development, and procurement services to stimulate economic growth, establish good governance, and improve health outcomes across the developing world. Since its incorporation in the United States in 1998, CA-USA has provided technical assistance services and support to U.S. Government agencies and international organizations such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), Department of State (DOS), and the Gates Foundation.

Role & Responsibilities

To provide in-house, project and proposal recruiting support to CA-USA. Will aid in company’s business development efforts through acting as Lead Proposal Recruiter or by providing assistance such as performing CV searches for proposal inclusion, carrying out salary verification, formatting CVs and assisting with other related proposal recruitment tasks. Additionally, on an as needed basis and as time permits, contribute to full cycle recruitment for existing public and private donor funded projects (including USAID, MCC, World Bank, DOS and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation).

Specific Responsibilities

Proposal Recruiting

· Serve as lead recruiting on quick-turn around proposals and sub-contract proposal

· Work closely with practice area leads and business development team to ensure communication on staffing and recruitment efforts

· Conduct full-cycle recruitment on key and non-key proposal positions including sourcing qualified candidates, arranging interviews, conducting references checks, and verifying salaries

· Work in conjunction with technical and program staff to draft and finalize organizational charts based on the proposal’s scope of work

· Format and tailor CVs and develop final draft bioblurbs for proposed candidates

Recruitment& Selection

• Assist in selection of staff through:

• Screening & ranking applicant CVs sent in response to advertisements for open positions vis-à-vis position requirements

• Identifying non-active job seekers for difficult to fill CA-USA positions leveraging existing and innovative internet and networking techniques

• Carrying out interviews with hiring managers as requested by Senior Recruiter ensuring that interviews are carried out in a professional and consistent manner

• Support staffing efforts for existing projects through the identification of Permanent, Long-Term, and Short-Term candidates that meet or exceed minimum job description or scope of work requirements.

• Liaise with Human Resources to draft employment agreements, ensuring the equitable and consistent application of salaries and benefits for employment offers and other compliance aspects of recruitment.

Department Administration

• Gather and review for accuracy all candidate application materials, ensuring compliance with federal, donor and internal CA-USA procedural regulations
• Verify 1420 biodata documents including ensuring accuracy of the form to include gathering salary verification, signing, and filing forms within the recruitment database
• Consistently update candidate and assignment records in the applicant tracking system to ensure accuracy of information
• Participate in practice area meetings, bringing necessary updates to the attention of the recruiting team
• Develop job advertisements and scopes of work for international project positions

Special Projects

• Undertake any assigned special projects involving the development and implementation of new recruiting practices
• Create & give ad hoc presentations to CA group personnel on topics relevant to best recruiting practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field required
• Minimum three years of full-cycle recruitment experience sourcing and placing candidates required to qualify at the Recruiter level; Minimum two years of full-cycle recruitment experience sourcing and placing candidates required to qualify at the Associate Recruiter level
• Demonstrated, intermediate capability with an ATS (Applicant Tracking System) required. Experience with Taleo preferred.
• Prior experience recruiting within an international development or similar government contracting environment a plus.
• Knowledge and familiarity with use of social networking sites for recruitment preferred.
• Above average written and verbal communication skills.
• Must demonstrate personal attributes such as loyalty and integrity in addition to being resourceful and flexible, which is inherent in this position.
• Fluency in English is required; bi-lingual or multi-lingual ability preferred.
• Legal ability to work and live in USA is required.

Application Process

To apply to this position, please email your CV to careers@crownagents.com, including your name, along with “**16-40, Recruiter**”, in the subject line. Visit our website at www.crownagentsusa.com for more information about our company. No phone calls, faxes or walk-ins please. Crown Agents USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and affords equal opportunity to all qualified applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other status protected under local, state or federal laws.

Candidate must be able to demonstrate legal right to work in the United States.

Crown Agents USA will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with qualified disabilities in accordance with the ADA. If you require a reasonable accommodation for our application process, please contact our Recruiting department directly. Requests will be kept confidential and shared strictly on a need-to-know basis only.