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Internals Only: Talent Acquisition Specialist

Hybrid / Remote
Full-time
Permanent employee

Your mission

The Talent Acquisition Specialist helps ensure War Child attracts and appoints people in a timely, fair, and inclusive way that supports organisational priorities and values. The role delivers end-to-end recruitment across assigned vacancies, strengthens candidate experience and hiring quality, and works with managers and People and Culture colleagues to improve sourcing, selection, and talent pipeline approaches. 

What you will do:
This role sits within the People and Culture function and supports recruitment and hiring across assigned functions, countries, or portfolios. The role works closely with hiring managers, HR Business Partners, HR Services colleagues, candidates, and external suppliers where relevant, helping ensure recruitment processes are well managed, inclusive, and aligned with War Child’s values, safeguarding standards, and organisational needs. 
  • Lead and manage end-to-end recruitment for assigned portfolios, ensuring high-quality, timely, and consistent hiring aligned with organisational priorities and standards. 
  • Act as a specialist to hiring managers and HR Business Partners, shaping recruitment strategies, advising on role design and market approaches, and supporting robust and consistent selection decisions. 
  • Coordinate candidate assessment and selection processes, ensuring structured, professional, and inclusive candidate handling throughout.  
  • Draft and publish recruitment materials that are clear, inclusive, and aligned with War Child’s employer brand and role requirements.  
  • Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs, particularly for recurring, hard-to-fill, or strategic roles.  
  • Track recruitment activity, provide updates and insight to stakeholders, and use recruitment data to improve process quality, timeliness, and decision-making.  
  • Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of War Child’s talent acquisition strategy, translating organisational workforce needs into practical hiring approaches. 
  • Drive the development, implementation, and consistent application of recruitment standard operating procedures (SOPs), tools, and minimum standards across functions and geographies. 
  • Design and implement targeted sourcing and talent pipeline strategies to attract diverse and high-quality candidates, particularly for priority, hard-to-fill, or strategic roles. 
  • Strengthen employer branding and talent attraction approaches, supporting War Child’s positioning in relevant talent markets and improving candidate engagement and experience. 
  • Analyse recruitment data, trends, and market insights to inform decision-making, identify risks and opportunities, and support workforce planning and organisational prioritisation. 
  • Lead continuous improvement of recruitment systems, processes, and ways of working, ensuring alignment with inclusive hiring practices, safeguarding standards, and organisational policies. 
ROLE-SPECIFIC OR CONTEXT RESPONSIBILITIES 
  • The role may support recruitment for specialist, multi-country, or hard-to-fill positions and needs to work confidently with different stakeholders, systems, and hiring timelines while maintaining inclusive and compliant processes.  
  • May provide talent acquisition support to other War Child offices through the Alliance Shared Services model, contributing to recruitment delivery across multiple countries or entities as required.  
  • Supports consistent application of recruitment standards, tools, and processes across supported offices, ensuring alignment with organisational policies and minimum standards.  
  • Works with HR Business Partners, hiring managers, and local teams in different locations to deliver recruitment processes in a coordinated, efficient, and culturally appropriate way.  
  • Provides guidance and practical support to offices with limited internal recruitment capacity, helping strengthen local hiring practices and capability.  
  • Adapts recruitment approaches to different labour markets, regulatory environments, and operational contexts while maintaining overall consistency and quality.  
  • Contributes to knowledge sharing and alignment across offices, supporting continuous improvement of recruitment practices within the shared services model. 

Your profile

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE  
Education 
  • Relevant qualification or equivalent professional experience in human resources, recruitment, business administration, psychology, or a related field is desirable. 
Experience 
  • Managed or supported recruitment processes across multiple vacancies or stakeholder groups  
  • Worked with hiring managers to clarify role requirements and coordinate recruitment activity  
  • Used sourcing channels, talent search methods, or candidate outreach approaches to attract relevant applicants  
  • Supported shortlisting, interview coordination, selection, offer preparation, or recruitment administration  
  • Used recruitment systems, applicant tracking tools, or digital workflows to manage process steps and data  
  • Contributed to improving recruitment processes, candidate experience, or recruitment reporting  
  • Worked in an international, matrixed, or values-led organisation is desirable 
Languages 
  • Fluency in English is required for this role.  
  • Additional languages may be useful depending on stakeholder groups and organisational context, for example Arabic, Dari, French, Spanish, or Ukrainian 
(Technical) Knowledge 
  • Knowledge of recruitment and talent acquisition processes across the hiring lifecycle  
  • Understanding of sourcing approaches, candidate assessment methods, and structured selection processes  
  • Understanding of inclusive recruitment practice and the importance of reducing bias in attraction and selection  
  • Ability to manage multiple recruitment processes in an organised and timely way  
  • Ability to build effective working relationships with managers, candidates, and People and Culture colleagues  
  • Comfortable using applicant tracking systems, recruitment platforms, and reporting tools  
  • Communicates clearly and supports a professional, respectful, and candidate-friendly hiring process  
  • Uses judgement to balance timeliness, quality, fairness, and stakeholder needs 

What we offer

  • Location : We work with global teams with team members being based in different locations. War Child is currently operates in: Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Colombia, DR Congo, Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory, South Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine (soon to be registered), and Yemen. We also have offices in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Preference is given to applicants who reside and have valid working permits. War Child does not offer relocation.
  • Type of Contract : Local contract with salary and secondary labour conditions based on the in-country salary scale, local T&C's will apply.
  • Internals only may apply.
Why You Should Apply
  • Meaningful Impact : Contribute directly to improving the lives of children and families affected by conflict through quality education and long-term, sustainable change.
  • Professional Growth: Join a dynamic organisation that values learning, innovation, and professional development, with opportunities for capacity building and growth through the role and War Child’s global network.
  • Global Reach : Play a key role in scaling a ground-breaking programme across multiple conflict-affected contexts worldwide.
  • Collaborative & Inclusive Culture : Work alongside passionate, mission-driven colleagues in a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace that prioritises safety, fairness and equal opportunity for all.

How to Apply

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their applications (CV and motivation letter in English) by June 26, 2026. We are reviewing submissions on a rolling basis, so early applications are strongly recommended. ________________________________________________________________________________
By submitting your application you certify that all of the statements made in your application are true, complete, and correct and are made in good faith. You understand that falsifying, misrepresenting or intentionally withholding information will be grounds for rejection of your application or withdrawal of any offer of appointment or, if an appointment offer has been accepted, this will be ground for employment sanctions, such as, but not limited to, instant dismissal. In addition, you understand that you need to submit a Criminal Record Certificate and that, if you fail to submit it, no employment relationship can be established.

Disclaimer
  • Only applications received via our website are processed.
  • If we appoint a suitable candidate before the given closing date, we reserve the right to remove the vacancy from our website before that date. In such a case, any responses received after that time are not processed.
  • It could be that during our selection process the closing date for the vacancy is extended. If so, and you have not yet heard from us, your application will remain active.

About us

The War Child Alliance is an international non-governmental organization committed to providing psychosocial support, child protection, youth empowerment programming and quality education to the children affected by armed conflict. We implement evidence-based interventions to empower key stakeholders—including governments, educators, caregivers, and communities—to foster children’s wellbeing, education, and self-determination. We work with global teams with team members being based in different locations. War Child is currently operates in: Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Colombia, DR Congo, Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, the occupied Palestinian territory, South Sudan, Sweden, Syria, Uganda, Ukraine (soon to be registered), and Yemen. We also have offices in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Learn more about War Child and our programmes https://www.warchild.net/ 

Safeguarding and Integrity
Our work with children and at-risk adults to keep them safe is the most important thing we do. We are committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults in all areas of our work. We have zero tolerance for any behaviours and practices that puts children and/or vulnerable adults at risk of abuse and/or harm. All (prospective) employees will be expected to be compliant with and sign up to our Child Safeguarding policy, our Code of Conduct and PSEA: Adults at Risk Policy. You can find the Child Safeguarding and Adults at Risk policy here: Integrity & Safeguarding - Home
 
Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) and Belonging (DEIB)
We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to ensuring that all our people and job applicants are treated fairly, irrespective of where, what or whom they were born, or of other characteristics. We want to offer a safe and inclusive workplace where all our people, especially those who are currently marginalised or underrepresented, can be themselves at work. If you have any questions about our commitment to Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) and Belonging (DEIB) do get in touch: JEDI.team@warchild.net