Director of Global Talent Acquisition, Global Human Resources (NEW)

Who We Are

IREX is a global development and education organization. We strive for a more just, prosperous, and inclusive world—where individuals reach their full potential, governments serve their people, and communities thrive. With a projected annual portfolio of more than $150 million and more than 750 staff worldwide, we work with partners in more than 100 countries in four areas essential to progress: cultivating leaders, empowering youth, strengthening institutions, and increasing access to quality education and information.

The Director of Global Talent Acquisition leads talent acquisition at IREX and is charged with ensuring effective sourcing, recruitment, and onboarding of IREX Country office, U.S., Expat, and TCN staff. This includes ensuring that IREX is consistently engaging in inclusive sourcing and hiring and ensuring that the employee composition at IREX reflects the diversity of the communities IREX serves. The Director of Global Talent Acquisition ensures adherence to compliant and inclusive recruitment procedures, developing tools and resources for staff, and assisting with Hiring Manager training designed to enhance capacity and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. The incumbent represents IREX at career fairs in multiple forums to raise IREX’s profile as a global development employer to effectively source and attract diverse candidates from various and diverse communities, institutions, and organizations.

The Director of Global Talent Acquisition serves as a strategic partner to unit and practice leaders, with a keen eye on diversity and inclusion, workforce planning, and proactive sourcing and pipelining for critical skills. They will also work closely with the manager on job classification, compensation alignment, workforce planning and strategic onboarding. The position will report to the Vice President of Global Human Resources and manage multiple recruiters.

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Your Background & Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology or equivalent required. Master’s degree in Human Resources Management or equivalent preferred.
• Minimum of 15 years of progressive professional experience in human resources management and leadership within organizations operating internationally, with a demonstrated track record of progressively increasing responsibility and delivery required.
• Proven experience as a Recruitment Director or in a senior-level recruiting role, with a track record of successfully managing recruitment teams and processes.
• Professional certification (i.e., SHRM- CP, or PHR) is required.
• Experience recruiting in the international development sector.
• Experience effectively working with a large group of individuals from diverse cultural, ethnic, and national backgrounds.
• Ability to research and learn employment law for various countries globally.
• Ability to deal with ambiguity and work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Experience conducting and managing sensitive background investigations.
• Experience writing recruitment guidelines, policies, and procedures.
• Experience compiling and presenting reports to a diverse audience.
• Experience conducting training to Hiring Managers and Internal applicants.
• Prior experience utilizing UKG UltiPro strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated track record of designing, implementing, and oversight of talent acquisition and overall human resource compliance and fully integrating a focus on diversity, equity and inclusiveness into each of these functions.
• Familiarity with or has worked for project-funded organizations in the international development and/or broader non-profit space.
• Highly collaborative and able to establish positive working relationships with all stakeholders to maximize cooperation and productivity.
• Willingness to travel internationally.
• Strong creative problem-solving skills with the ability to develop and implement practical solutions.
• Strong influencing skills, and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Possess technical expertise to carry out duties effectively and consistently.
• Excellent judgement and decision-making skills.
• Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and maintain confidentiality in all areas of work.
• Target driven with excellent ability to prioritize work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to manage metrics-driven recruitment activities.
• Ability to present data-driven recruitment updates.
• Strong ability to comply with all country and USG laws in all facets of recruitment.
• Ability to produce annu