Associate, Sourcing & Insights - Global Talent Acquisition

• Work in close partnership with recruiters to develop and execute sourcing strategies across CHAI's global hiring portfolio, with a particular focus on complex and niche searches where required. 
• Source and engage passive candidates directly — through LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean and targeted outreach — while also managing referrals from leaders and their teams and maintaining contact with alumni as an active sourcing channel. 
• Build compelling market intelligence outputs — candidate and market maps, supply and demand analysis, and role-specific summaries — for recruiters and hiring managers before a search begins. 
• Engage directly with passive candidates, building their interest in CHAI and bringing them into the process with an approach that is warm, informed and grounded in the CHAI mission. 
• Build credible, well-researched long lists — sifting through large volumes of candidates with strong attention to detail and clear, consistent dispositioning at every stage. 
• Use data and feedback to continuously refine outreach — adapting messages, channels, and follow-up approach based on what is working, and sharing successful approaches with the team. 
• Make full use of CHAI's sourcing and TA technology stack, including AI-enabled tools, to find the right candidates faster and support a higher quality of search. 
• Track and report on sourcing channel effectiveness, helping the team understand which approaches are delivering and where effort should be focused. 
• Maintain accurate candidate and pipeline data in iCIMS, ensuring sourced candidates are tracked consistently and handed over to recruiters with full context. 

• Solid experience in a sourcing or talent acquisition role with a strong focus on proactive, direct sourcing of passive candidates across a range of disciplines and geographies. 
• Strong LinkedIn Recruiter skills and Boolean capability, with a track record of finding and engaging candidates who are not actively on the market. 
• Experience building market intelligence outputs — candidate and market maps, supply and demand analyses and candidate briefings — that inform search strategy and hiring manager conversations. 
• Comfortable working in close partnership with recruiters, contributing to searches without owning them end-to-end. 
• Strong outreach and engagement skills — able to reach passive candidates in a way that is personalised, credible and compelling. 
• High attention to detail when reviewing large volumes of candidates — able to disposition clearly and consistently with strong data integrity. 
• A working knowledge of global health or international development sufficient to engage candidates credibly and represent CHAI's mission in outreach. 

Skills and Traits 

Hard skills: 

• Proactive sourcing using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean and direct candidate identification across multiple platforms and communities. 
• Talent market mapping and intelligence — building candidate and market maps, supply and demand analysis, and role-specific summaries that are genuinely useful for recruiters and hiring managers. 
• Sourcing channel knowledge — understanding which platforms, communities and approaches work for different role types and tracking their effectiveness over time. 
• Outreach and candidate engagement — writing engaging outreach messages, following up consistently and bringing passive candidates into the process in a way that represents CHAI well. 
• ATS data management — maintaining accurate candidate and pipeline records in iCIMS with strong data integrity throughout. 

Soft skills: 

• A collaborative working style — this role works through close partnership with recruiters, so the ability to contribute meaningfully without owning the outcome is essential. 
• Curious and research-minded — comfortable going deep on a talent market or discipline to understand it properly before making sourcing decisions. 
• Organised and systematic — managing multiple sourcing workstreams across different roles and geographies without losing track of them. 
• Clear communicator — able to present market intelligence and sourcing findings in a straightforward, useful way. 
• Proactive and self-directed - able to identify where the team needs support and get on with it. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience working in or recruiting for international NGOs, global health or international development organisations, with an understanding of the mission-driven candidate landscape. 
• Experience sourcing candidates across multiple geographies and disciplines simultaneously, adapting approach to different markets and role types.