Recruitment Consultant – Headhunter

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Mexico.

📋 Description

• Proactively identify, approach, and engage passive candidates through targeted headhunting, market mapping, and direct outreach rather than depending solely on inbound applications.

• Establish credibility and manage relationships with senior stakeholders, including hiring managers, executive leadership, regional HR, and external partners, influencing and aligning them throughout the recruitment process.

• Rigorously apply CIMMYT's recruitment policies and procedures, GEYSI standards, and host-institute requirements, ensuring that every search is fully compliant and prepared for audits from start to finish.

• Oversee multiple concurrent searches with minimal supervision, prioritizing tasks and driving processes to completion amidst competing demands and changing timelines.

• Collaborate effectively across a globally distributed, multi-stakeholder organization, working with hiring managers, regional HR, host institutions, and external vendors, often in situations with ambiguous or evolving requirements.

• Adopt a genuinely international perspective for sourcing and engaging candidates across Africa, Asia, and LATAM.

• Design and implement targeted sourcing strategies customized for each role and region.

• Identify and connect with high-potential passive candidates via professional platforms (e.g., LinkedIn, academic networks, sector-specific boards).

• Maintain and refresh candidate pipelines and sourcing trackers regularly.

• Conduct structured screening interviews using competency- and values-based approaches.

• Prepare interview sheets and assist interview panels with relevant evaluation tools.

• Facilitate structured debriefs to support transparent and inclusive selection decisions.

• Ensure a smooth and timely recruitment process that aligns with both candidate and hiring manager expectations.

• Provide weekly updates to the Talent Acquisition Manager.

• Suggest enhancements to processes, tools, or communications based on feedback from candidates and hiring managers.

• Ensure positive and respectful interactions with candidates throughout the recruitment process.

• Deliver timely updates to candidates and hiring teams.

• Assist with reference checks and offer coordination as necessary.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 12 years of experience in international recruitment, executive search, or talent acquisition.

• Proven success in sourcing and hiring for complex, technical, and/or international mid-to-senior level positions.

• Solid understanding of sourcing tools, Boolean search techniques, and sector-specific networks.

• Experience working with or for mission-driven organizations, preferably in the agriculture, research, development, or nonprofit sectors.

• Exceptional communication, organization, and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Fluency in English is required; proficiency in Spanish is a strong asset.

• Experience with applicant tracking systems is mandatory.

• The ideal candidate should demonstrate the following competencies: Client Orientation, Critical and Creative Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Teamwork, and Communication.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.

• A supportive and inclusive work environment.

• Flexible working arrangements to promote work-life balance.

• Opportunities to engage in meaningful work that impacts global communities.