Staffing Specialist

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), is seeking an innovative, self-motivated, candidate Staffing Specialist. The position will be based at CIMMYT’s Main Campus located 45 km northeast of Mexico City, Mexico.

The Staffing specialist is responsible for effective planning and management of the recruitment process. This will include evaluation of various recruitment channels and sources and recommending appropriate ones. The recruitment specialist will lead the recruitment strategy work and explore opportunities for the introduction of new recruitment vendors. Responsible for cost effectiveness and will regularly monitor expenses by vendor, vacancy etc. and ensure streamlined processes are maintained.

Specific responsibilities of this position will include:

• Develop and propose recruitment strategy including branding.
• Implement effective recruitment processes and tools.
• Works with business leaders’ managers to develop annual staffing plan.
• Designs and executes talent initiatives from design to execution.
• Manage the IRS and NRS recruitment systems and processes.
• Develop and leverage internal and external contacts to ensure availability of large pools of talent. Develop databases to index and perform targeted search of such talent pools.
• Develop and propose innovative reach-out strategies using traditional media, end new tools such as social media applications.
• Manage relationships with external service providers such as search consultants, job boards, etc. in functional areas to ensure that services are of an acceptable standard and that issues are resolved in a timely and effective manner.
• Measure key metrics relevant to recruitment, sourcing and methodologies.
• Explore, develop and maintain relationships with Universities and all other appropriate sources of talent for young talent.
• Manage Consultant engagements.
• Serve on recruitment panels.
• Conduct and report on exit interviews.
• Analyze staff turnover and recommend options to address issues.
• Maintain resourcing aspects of HR database.
• Develop and report performance of the function using appropriate metrics.
• Support process automation.
• Supervise assigned HR Associates.
• Other duties as directed by supervisor.

We are seeking candidates with the following qualifications:

• MBA in HR, or BA/ BS with more than 10 years’ experience.
• Search firm experience is preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in human resource management with at least 3 years’ experience in managing OD / Training activities.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Creativity and willingness to develop new models and approaches.
• Excellent communication skills in English.
• Knowledge of Spanish will be an advantage.
• Ability to work effectively in a results-oriented environment with a strong customer service and consultative orientation.
• Well-developed interpersonal communications, negotiation, writing, speaking, and strong listening skills.
• Considerable knowledge of domestic and international employment, benefit and immigration laws, and expatriate compensation and benefits program options.
• Candidate should be a Mexican national with permanent residence in Mexico.

CIMMYT offers an attractive remuneration package, along with on-going professional development and a package of benefits above to the Mexican Labor Law which includes:

• Year-end Bonus (40 days).
• Vacation Premium (56%).
• Life Insurance and Medical Insurance.
• Supermarket Coupons.
• Saving Fund.
• Social Mexican Benefits (IMSS, SAR e Infonavit).

The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT, is a not-for-profit research and training organization with partners in over 100 countries. The center works to sustainably increase the productivity of maize and wheat systems and thus ensure global food security and reduce poverty. The center's outputs and services include improved maize and wheat varieties and cropping systems, the conservation of maize and wheat genetic resources, and capacity building. CIMMYT belongs to and is funded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) (www.cgiar.org) and also receives support from national governments, foundations, development banks, and other public and private agencies.

CIMMYT has had enormous impact in the developing world. It is the center of excellence for work on two of the three most important food crops in the developing world. Its most famous employee, Dr. Norman Borlaug, is credited by many with saving more lives than any other individual in the history of the world. Borlaug’s work dramatically increased yields of wheat in the Indo-Gangetic plains in the 1960s and 1970s, staving off starvation for hundreds of millions. For this work, Borlaug received the Nobel Prize in 1970. Scores of other CIMMYT efforts have saved or enriched millions of lives, from releasing disease-resistant varieties and varieties resistant to drought and heat and soil deficiencies, to dispersing techniques to reduce farmer costs and post-harvest losses. In developing countries, wheat varieties developed by CIMMYT and its partners cover 75% of the area planted to modern wheat varieties.

CIMMYT is an equal-opportunity employer and actively seeks and encourages diversity in gender and nationality.

Apply online or email cover letter and CV no later than Friday, July 13th, 2012 to Human Resources, CIMMYT. Email to submit applications: Alba Sulbaran a.sulbaran@cgiar.org /Position Reference number: 2012/N43. For further information please contact Krista Baldini, k.baldini@cgiar.org

Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.