Children International (CI) is a global nonprofit that delivers child and youth development programming to break the cycle of generational poverty. Through a long-term, customized approach, we serve young people in 10 different countries around world for the first two decades of their lives. By providing access to health care, education, positive role models, and the life and job skills they need to become sustainably employed adults, we are empowering and equipping our participants with opportunities to improve their own lives, while transforming their families and communities. We are in it for the long haul, because we know that the nearly 218,000 children and youth we support around the world deserve a fighting chance. 

Children International’s work is made possible by generous and caring sponsors, donors, corporations, nearly 3,800 dedicated volunteers and approximately 1,300 employees. To ensure that our programs continue giving children and youth the best possible chance to break free from poverty, we are growing our people talent worldwide. That’s where you come in.

Position Summary

At Children International, Talent Growth is the function responsible for all people and culture practices. The Talent Growth (TG), Global Recruitment & Development Manager will play a pivotal role in developing and executing best in class recruitment and development strategies in support of the organization's mission and strategic direction.  As a key partner to leadership, this role will implement policies and practices to attract, nurture and develop our talent globally and ensure the organization is proactively building the right people capabilities to enable greater impact and growth.

Responsibilities

•    Enhance our global recruitment strategy and build the organization’s recruitment capability to attract and retain the right mission focused talent.
•    Leverage technology and best-in-class recruitment practices to continuously improve the process and ensure we are meeting our key stakeholders’ needs and key recruitment metrics.  
•    Partner with hiring leaders and Talent Growth (TG) business partners to forecast staffing needs and design proactive recruitment strategies such as building a strong talent pipeline for our organization’s current and future staffing needs.
•    Enhance and lead our global onboarding business process to ensure a positive and consistent new hire experience that drives performance and retention.
•    Design and implement CI’s Global Academy to support performance enhancement by providing the right leadership and staff training and development, based on the organization’s strategic needs.  
•    In partnership with local TG managers, conduct training needs assessments and design and implement professional development programs aligned with organizational and agency priorities: upskilling/reskilling.
•    Leverage technology to optimize training content, scalability and cost efficiency.
•    Evaluate the effectiveness and impact of training programs through feedback and performance outcomes.
•    Partner with leaders and local TG business partners to help them develop high-performing effective teams.
•    Coach leaders and local TG Business partners in best practices to develop their team members.
•    Support the Performance & Potential Conversation (PPC) process, as needed: development of skills, coaching leaders in defining IDPs and aligning CI Academy offering to yearly performance/development needs.
•    Support succession management development needs.
•    Partners with TG business partners and local TG in developing and implementing initiatives that promote a culture of belonging for greater impact. 
• Support recognition programs that drive the desired performance behaviors and retention strategies.

Personal Characteristics & Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or a related field required/or relevant work experience.  
•    8+ years of progressive HR experience in recruitment and learning and development, 2 years of which should be in an expertise leadership role.
•    Nonprofit experience a plus.
•    Demonstrated ability to link people and development practices to organization performance and outcomes 
•    Exhibit knowledge of effective up-to-date recruitment, learning and development best-class practices.
•    Demonstrated alignment with CI Values
•    Display interpersonal, relational and communication skills. Has the ability to collaborate across various functions and geographies.
•    Excellent communication and coaching skills.
•    A strong background in project management, with a proven ability to lead complex initiatives from conception to completion.
•    A proactive and independent work style, comfortable operating with ambiguity and taking initiative to drive work forward.
•    Proven ability to design and deliver engaging live and asynchronous training experiences.
•    Strong facilitation skills with comfort leading virtual training sessions and workshops for diverse learner audiences
•    Comfort with global, virtual, distributed leadership work environments.
•    Fluent in Spanish and English.

This Position’s Contributions will be Evaluated By:

• Successfully meeting the recruitment and development key TG metrics such as, time to fill positions, post training impact surveys.   
• Participation and engagement of leaders and staff with our CI Academy.
• Satisfaction indicators from leaders and staff regarding development and recruitment.
• Value added partnership with regional and local TG business partners.
•    Strategic and innovative contributor to our global TG strategy and implementation.

Organizational Policies

•   Strictly observe confidentiality and strong ethics with respect to all beneficiary information/financial and other organizational data.
•   Comply with and ensure adherence to the organization’s policies, safety and security protocols and child safeguarding norms and guidelines by self as well all stakeholders both internal and external.
•    Value other cultures and demonstrate respect while relating with all organizational constituents irrespective of their race, color, faiths, gender, sexual orientation, age, caste, disabilities, experiences, beliefs, and ethnicity.

Overall Decision Making & Supervision

•    This position requires complex decisions requiring independent action and a high degree of initiative to resolve issues.
•    This position is monitored on progress.

Job Information

•    Department: Talent Growth
•    Reports to: VP of Talent Growth
•    FLSA Status: Exempt