ARK is an international charitable foundation whose mission is to transform the lives of children. The foundation currently operates within three core themes: health, children in care, and education.

ARK Ventures is a unit within the foundation which develops new initiatives, bringing together proven ideas, talent, and funding to rapidly launch and scale programmes with the potential to sustainably transform the life outcomes of children from low income backgrounds. For high performing mission-driven individuals who have the ability to build businesses, Ventures provides a career path from initial involvement in social entrepreneurship as a consultant, through to leadership of launched programmes and serial system entrepreneurship and steering portfolios of projects as Ventures Fellows.

The Resourcing Manager is responsible for managing the recruitment and enrolment needs of the Ventures core team and Ventures consultants in the UK and in overseas locations (e.g. India, Sub-Saharan Africa).  The post holder will report directly to Director of Ventures, and have part-time clerical support.

Key responsibilities
Attraction

• Work closely with the Director of Ventures to monitor roles that need filling by Ventures globally
• Support the Director of Ventures in proactively contacting or advertising candidates for Ventures core roles or Project Leader as well as technical experts, drafting job descriptions, placing adverts and arranging interviews with multiple internal stakeholders as necessary
• On behalf of Ventures, respond to any incoming enquiries/unsolicited applications from any source for consulting or permanent positions from intern through to senior level, ensuring details are stored on the database and that whoever is interested or referred a query follows it up by progressing or closing it
• Run events to attract talent both in the UK and overseas as required and build a network of partners to help attract high quality resources to ARK.

Selection

• Carry out first level assessments for key project team member roles and brief Ventures Executives accordingly
• Ensure applicants have a key point of contact during the selection process, and that they are followed up properly by those who have interviewed them or directly to ensure they have a positive experience of ARK
• Brief interviewers carefully, providing coaching and training where needed to ensure they collect and capture the data and evidence needed, ensuring that data protection and ethical standards are adhered to
• Periodically review and improve the selection process based on feedback and experience
• Administer and provide reports on psychometric testing to assist decision-makers in their appointments
• Log and upload to the talent database changes and materials to ensure that they can be referred to efficiently

Enrolment

• Handle pre-joining queries from new joiners
• Liaise with the Office Manager to ensure that contracts are drafted and approved in a timely fashion
• Ensure new joiners follow the correct procedure for joining and start their roles smoothly

Person Specification
•    At least 5 years experience working in an office administrative environment for a high end professional or financial services firm
•    Experience and interest in recruitment and performance management
•    Ability to produce training materials and presentation and experience in delivering group training sessions both physically and online
•    Flexible and able to multi-task
•    Resilient and self-starting
•    Trained in psychometric testing (Predictive Index, Belbin, Myers-Briggs)
•    Self-driven, results orientated and with the confidence to work in a high pressured environment
•    Good working knowledge of IT systems, including Outlook, Blackberry software, Microsoft Office, online platforms, company database applications
•    Ability to run events and manage associated logistics
•    Discrete and self-aware, able to maintain confidence in an open plan environment
•    International experience and ability to access top talent (e.g. MBA, professional services) networks in areas where ARK is currently located such as across sub-Saharan Africa, the UK, and Asia.

Logistics
•    Salary is competitive and based on experience, paid in sterling
•    The location will be in ARK’s headquarters in London, with travel as required to run events and train other employees in offices overseas (e.g. India and South Africa)
•    Interested candidates to send a CV with covering letter to ventures.recruitment@arkonline.org putting Resourcing Manager in the subject line by 13 June 2008