Associate, Talent Acquisition

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

This Opportunity:

As an Associate, Talent Acquisition, you will help to manage end-to-end recruitment of a variety of positions across the business, from project delivery roles to business support functions. You will have the opportunity to source and shepherd candidates through the recruitment process, from sourcing and application review through the offer stage. We have a positive, team-oriented culture that encourages horizontal and vertical collaboration across technical sectors and geographies.

Location:

The position is based in Palladium’s Washington, D.C. Office

You and Your Career:

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in communication and organizational skills, we are interested in hearing from you.

We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting and Supervision:

The role reports to the Manager, Talent Acquisition
The role will work closely with hiring managers across all sectors along with Human Resources

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

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  Lead full-cycle recruitment for junior and mid-level positions, from initial contact through to the offer stage
  
• Full lifecycle recruiting to include: developing recruiting strategy, applying innovative sourcing methodologies, drafting advertisements, screening CVs, conducting interviews, reference checking, drafting offer letters, negotiating compensation packages
  
• Work with hiring managers across the business to develop recruitment strategies for various positions
  
• Conduct competency-based interviews and use appropriate assessment tools
  
• Screen and short-list priority candidates, ensuring compliance with all governmental and client employment specifications
  
• Attend and represent Palladium at recruitment events/career fairs
  
• Utilize internal systems, including job postings and candidate tracking
  
• Help to implement effective recruitment strategies to address key recruitment objectives and challenges
  
• Support the rest of the Talent Acquisition team on projects or recruitments
  
• Provide resources to hiring teams across the business on processes and strategies of recruitment
  
• Maintains records on recruiting activities and analyzes metrics within the global ATS/CRM
  
• Support the development and implementation of candidate care
  
• Other assignments pertaining to the recruitment function as needed

Key Competencies Required:

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  Ability to deliver structured full cycle recruitment
  
• A proactive approach and the ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  
• Sound knowledge of recruitment tools and strategies
  
• Good problem-solving abilities and willingness to learn
  
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written
  
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills
  
• Ability to manage multiple roles and responsibilities with varying priorities and deadlines

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.