HR Specialist, Recruitment

About the role

The World Bank Group is hiring an HR Specialist (Recruitment) in Bogota, Colombia, within its Talent Acquisition and Global Mobility department. The specialist manages the end-to-end hiring process for professional-level roles, builds talent pipelines and helps implement a new talent acquisition model with improved recruitment processes, candidate engagement and service delivery standards.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for an assigned client group, working with recruiters, HR business partners, recruitment service teams and hiring managers.
• Partner with hiring managers on talent strategy, labor market trends and competitive landscapes.
• Use global sourcing and screening techniques to find skilled and diverse candidates, and build talent pipelines through talent mapping and market research.
• Advise clients in the region and help gain buy-in for a new recruitment model.
• Conduct compensation evaluations and negotiate candidate offers.
• Use recruitment systems and LinkedIn Recruiter to track candidates, record decisions, maintain data and produce recruitment metrics and reports.
• Support team initiatives, recruitment working groups and change management.

Required profile

• Master's degree with at least 5 years of relevant international recruitment experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience managing several recruitment assignments in complex, fast-paced environments in Latin America and the Caribbean.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and hiring managers, and to work in diverse, multicultural settings.
• Proven ability to source and headhunt talent for specialized or hard-to-fill roles.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English; Spanish and/or Portuguese is an advantage.

Required skills

• Strong proficiency in LinkedIn Recruiter and ATS/CRM platforms.
• Data analysis and reporting, and recruitment metrics generation.

What we offer

• A retirement plan, medical, life and disability insurance, and paid leave including parental leave.
• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.