WaterAid UK Talent Acquisition Lead

WaterAid UK Talent Acquisition Lead

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Location: The role will be based in a WaterAid Office in either London - UK, Abuja - Nigeria, Nairobi - Kenya, Kathmandu - Nepal or Pretoria - South Africa. All locations are subject to right-to-work eligibility in the respective countries. Hybrid working options are available and can be discussed at the interview.

Salary & Benefits

• London, UK: Grade 2: 56,249 - 59,602 GBP with excellent benefits
• Lagos, Nigeria, Grade G0: 28,986,826 – 35,264,000 NGN with excellent benefits
• Nairobi, Kenya, Grade G0: 7,238,479 – 8,145,000 KES with excellent benefits
• Pretoria, South Africa, Grade G0: 1,009,626 - 1,193,045 ZAR with excellent benefits
• Kathmandu, Nepal, Grade G0: 4,428,304 – 5,030,000 NPR with excellent benefits

About WaterAid:
Want to use your skills in talent acquisition to play a vital role in making clean water, decent toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone everywhere? We need passionate, creative and dedicated people. In return, you will be encouraged and empowered to be yourself at your very best. Together, we will make a bigger difference.

Join WaterAid as our Talent Acquisition Lead to change normal for millions of people so they can unlock their potential, break free from poverty and change their lives for good.

About the Team:
The Talent Acquisition team play a mission-critical role in sourcing, attracting and recruiting the talented individuals we need in WaterAid, to enable the delivery of our ambitious strategy. The Talent Acquisition Team are responsible for strategic sourcing, proactive placement of talent and an inclusive approach to selection and appointment through an excellent hiring manager and candidate experience. As part of WaterAid UK, the role will be a member of the senior people management team, providing leadership, expertise and direction for 900+ staff over 20 countries.

About the Role:
As our Talent Acquisition Lead you will be dynamic and creative, proactively, and relentlessly searching and securing the right talent for WaterAid across our 20+ countries in Africa, South Asia and the UK. Responsible for leading the talent acquisition team you will work collaboratively with senior stakeholders to align resourcing strategies with organisational goals. You will create a high quality and engaging candidate hiring experience, all in service of WaterAid being resourced with the right leaders, people and skills to deliver our strategy.

In this role, you will:

• Extensive experience in international talent acquisition search and selection with a deep understanding of different channels, methods and approaches.
• Own the full recruitment life-cycle and manage the team to proactively plan, source, assess, and recruit high quality external candidates for WaterAid.
• Leverage market intelligence and analytics to enhance the recruiting methodology to elevate hiring, selection and creating a positive candidate experience and brand awareness.
• Establish key connections and relationships with leaders and Hiring Managers to ensure deep understanding of organisational objectives and role requirements to implement effective strategies to source, attract and recruit.
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines through proactive sourcing, networking, and relationship-building with potential candidates and external agencies for both immediate and future hiring needs.
• Be solutions focused, suggesting best practices for how talent acquisition is developed at WaterAid.
• Develop our online / social media presence and actively prospect talent through trusted networks.
• Stay up to date on market trends and competitor hiring practices to continuously refine recruitment strategies and drive competitive advantage.

About You:
To be successful, you’ll need:

• Depth of experience in delivering senior/ niche recruitment in a competitive market
• Innovative and resourceful in developing creative candidate attraction strategies and ensuring we are able to attract and appoint the talent we need.
• Experience of integrating diversity and equity through talent acquisition processes and approaches
• Experience of activating an employee value proposition to enhance attraction and increase diversity to build a talent pipeline relevant to organisational needs.
• Exceptional communication and relationship building skills, able to encourage great candidates to apply and join WaterAid and serving as a strategic partner to stakeholders.

Closing date: Applications will close at 23:59 on 20th November 2024. Availability for first interview is required on Friday, 29th November and Monday 2nd December 2024.

Please apply by submitting your CV and a cover letter into one document in either Word Document or PDF format. Please indicate your location and the right-to-work eligibility in your Cover letter.

Pre-employment screening: To apply for this post, you must be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the respective country. All pre-employment checks will be carried out according to the applicable laws in the respective countries. All our UK-based vacancies require a basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check to comply with our Safer Recruitment policy.

Our Commitment:
Our People Promise:
We will work with passion and focus to ensure safe and sustainable water, toilets and hygiene are available to everyone, everywhere. WaterAid is a place of purpose – where people have a real commitment and shared responsibility for the impact we have. We are a global community with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, motivated by inspiring, stimulating work. We are determined to put the wellbeing of our people first, to be a place where people feel safe and able to contribute their voice and truly live our values.

Equal opportunities:
We are an equal opportunity, disability-confident employer and are dedicated to achieving the highest standards of diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, beliefs, customs, traditions and ways of life. This includes, but is not limited to, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion, national or social origin, health status, and economic or social situation.

Safeguarding:
We are also committed to protecting everyone we come into contact with. We have a zero-tolerance approach to abuse of power, privilege or trust across our global work, and any form of inappropriate behaviour, discrimination, abuse, bullying, harassment, or exploitation. Safeguarding the people and communities we work with, our staff, volunteers and anyone working on our behalf is our top priority, and we take our responsibilities extremely seriously.