Recruitment Manager

Position summary:

At the Rainforest Alliance we are looking for an enthusiastic, service oriented, and detail focused new team member for our Talent Acquisition team. The Rainforest Alliance is a fast-growing organization with 650+ staff spread across the globe with the ambition to further diversity its staff base and, to hire significantly more staff in the three geographical regions where we create the impact.

The Recruitment Manager is leading the Global Talent Acquisition team, with the support of 2 Full-time colleagues (based in Latin America and Europe, Africa or Asia). This role is responsible to manage the end-to-end recruitment process while delivering a distinctive candidate experience.

Responsibilities:

• The Rainforest Alliance’s Core Values are Impact, Change, Collaboration, Openness and Trust and as such they form the basis of the behaviours we demonstrate;
• Design, implement and lead the global strategy for talent acquisition in line with the mission and culture of the organization;
• Work in close collaboration with the People Business Partners and the Director of Advice & Operations to determine the priorities and needs per region and business portfolio in order to drive the design and implementation accordingly;
• Based on RA’s goals and strategy, responsible for job descriptions design to attract the desired talent, and uses inclusive language aligned with the diversity and inclusion strategy;
• Responsible for the recruitment of all senior level positions;
• Develop and follow up recruitment KPI’s, in coordination with Lead People Analytics;
• Develop relationships with third party recruitment agencies and staffing firms and manage the procurement and measurement process;
• Develop recruiting and interviewing best practices and build expertise and capacity by training, coaching and mentoring Hiring Managers across the organization; and
• Responsible for managing the Talent Acquisition budget.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s and / or Masters’ degree in Human Resources Management or related field preferred.
• 7+ year’s relevant experience in recruitment required.
• Minimum 2-3 years’ people management experience.
• Knowledge of trends and cutting-edge HR strategies.
• Inspired by our mission and always looking for the best way to make the organization stronger.
• Experience with recruitment and in sourcing.
• Fluent in English and additional language welcome.
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented with strong time management and follow-through skills.
• Able to plan, organize, manage and/or carry out multiple related activities simultaneously.
• Must be pro-active, creative and self-driven