Our vision, our mission and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. We believe that no-one should have to live in fear that they won’t have a home to sleep in or enough food to feed their children. For over 50 years we have been working with the world’s poorest people towards this goal.

Today we are a team of over 4,400 highly skilled and dedicated professionals from 50 countries who share an exceptional depth and diversity of experience. We want committed, values driven staff to join our Dublin team and are currently looking for a Recruiter to be part of our HR department.

We are committed to providing our staff with the skills needed to excel in their jobs. Concern offers in-house management and leadership courses and tailored organisation-wide learning opportunities both in-person and online. All employees are required to undertake training in equality, diversity and inclusion; the Code of Conduct; and safeguarding, along with any other training required for the role.

Our culture is values driven and friendly. A global engagement survey conducted in 2022, responded to by 3,577 of our staff, showed that 89% of our staff would happily recommend Concern as a great place to work and 94% are proud to tell people that they work for Concern.

Our office is in Dublin 2 and we are currently working a hybrid model (50% remote working) and offer flexi time.

You will report to the Talent Acquisition Manager and work with the International Programme Department; International Field Staff (as appropriate); Technical Advisors; Head Office line managers, other members of the Recruitment and HR team.

The salary is from €34,432 – €39,351 and this is a fixed term two-year contract

The job: The Recruiter is a key member of the Recruitment Team and overall HR Team and is essential in recruiting quality HQ & international staff for Concern.  This begins with the job requisition and ends with a candidate’s acceptance and joining Concern.

If you join us, this is what you will be doing:

• Working in partnership with Desk Officers and Regional Directors on staff requisitions and developing a recruitment plan for each vacancy;
• Managing recruitment activities to source candidates including advertising vacant positions on relevant sites and networks as required;
• Working with the internal talent management team to source potential candidates;
• Screening CVs and establishing first round shortlists;
• Interviewing candidates, making recommendations, offering and negotiating;
• Ensuring accurate data collection to support effective management of key performance indicators and metrics to measure recruitment effectiveness.
• Updating hiring managers and recruitment reports as needed;
• Developing a pool of qualified candidates in advance of need;
• Ensuring the organisation is meeting its accountability commitments within the recruitment process.
• Upholding and promoting Concern’s values, including our workplace equality, diversity and inclusion values.