Recruiting and Talent Acquisition Intern

Davis Unlimited Information Technologies, Inc. (DUIT), is seeking an intern to work in our staffing department for the summer.

What you will do:

• Participate in full-cycle recruitment for assigned entry-level to senior level searches that require creative applications of knowledge to specific recruitment challenges.
• Work with hiring managers to develop position descriptions, provide counsel and recommendations.
• Source appropriate candidates through internal and external networks, industry events, DUIT's internal recruitment database and online electronic resources.
• Lead strategic sourcing and research activities, such as targeted sector and competitor mapping, to identify and build the talent network.
• Follow standardized processes to screen and select the best candidates, ensuring compliance with all governmental and client employment specifications.
• Facilitate decision-making by hiring managers in order to meet hiring deadlines.
• Support Talent Acquisition to improve recruitment processes and efficiencies across the agency, building partnerships with recruitment peers.
• Travel to the region to interview candidates in person and produce detailed trip reports
• Ensure that all staffing documentation submitted with proposals complies with donor specifications (including letters of commitment, references, due diligence, and other proposal documents).
• Tailor candidates’ CVs to address qualifications required for roles specified in proposals; provide other writing inputs to proposals, as needed.

Additional responsibilities as deemed necessary.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Willing to make consistent phone calls as necessary to schedule and conduct interviews
• Willing to conduct interviews via phone and or video conferencing
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form

Minimum Requirements:

• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment with increasingly less direction.
• Demonstrated ability to take responsibility for assignments and report on progress with minimal oversight.
• Able to and willing to handle confidential and/or sensitive information with discretion.
• Willing to learn how to research technical areas to identify qualified candidates and inform hiring discussions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and professionally with internal clients and external candidates, both verbally and in writing, as well as tailor communication style to diverse audiences.
• Able to write and/or tailor personnel deliverables for proposals and/or projects.
• Able to build and maintain excellent working relationships with staff at all levels of the organization and external clients from diverse backgrounds.
• Able and willing to travel to drive to events and or to various sites to engage in recruiting activities.
• Excellent interpersonal and time management skills, and ability to work effectively with diverse teams and handle many tasks simultaneously, often with inflexible deadlines.
• Lead full-cycle recruitment for assigned entry-level to senior level searches that require creative applications of knowledge to specific recruitment challenges.
• Work with hiring managers to develop position descriptions, provide counsel and recommendations.
• Source appropriate candidates through internal and external networks, industry events, and DUIT's internal recruitment database and online electronic resources.
• Lead strategic sourcing and research activities, such as targeted sector and competitor mapping, to identify and build the talent network.
• Follow standardized processes to screen and select the best candidates, ensuring compliance with all governmental and client employment specifications.
• Facilitate decision-making by hiring managers in order to meet hiring deadlines.
• Collaborate with Compensation to negotiate candidate salaries and allowances in accordance with budget constraints.
• Support Talent Acquisition to improve recruitment processes and efficiencies across the agency, building partnerships with recruitment peers.
• Travel to the region to interview candidates in person and produce detailed trip reports
• Ensure that all staffing documentation submitted with proposals complies with donor specifications (including letters of commitment, references, due diligence, and other proposal documents).
• Tailor candidates’ CVs to address qualifications required for roles specified in proposals; provide other writing inputs to proposals, as needed.

Additional responsibilities as deemed necessary.
Minimum Requirements:

• Grade 5: Minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience working in business development and talent acquisition and a college degree. Equivalent combinations of education and experience will be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment with only general direction.
• Demonstrated ability to take responsibility for assignments and report on progress with minimal oversight.
• Able to handle confidential and/or sensitive information with discretion.
• Able to research technical areas to identify qualified candidates and inform hiring discussions.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and professionally with internal clients and external candidates, both verbally and in writing, as well as tailor communication style to diverse audiences.
• Able to write and/or tailor personnel deliverables for proposals and/or projects.
• Able to build and maintain excellent working relationships with staff at all levels of the organization and external clients from diverse background.

Preferred, but not required:

• A sales or telemarketing background or experience