Website Administrator for www.naypyidawliving.com

Worked closely with Human Resources Director to provide support to expat and national staff at HQ and in regional offices. With HR Director, Contracts and Benefits Officers, and Director Generals office, coordinated global recruitment efforts. Managed staffing during change-over in HR department and worked closely with new local-hire recruitment and contracts staff. Developed Terms of References with scientific/research leads, wrote advertising, managed advertising strategy; long- and short-listed and interviewed candidates. Designed advertising and talking points for recruitment events and conferences.Designed, developed and rolled-out a recruitment database and applicant tracking system. Re-imagined defunct On-Boarding program for CIFOR staff and consultants; worldwide (Indonesia, Kenya, Cameroon, Zambia, Burkina Faso, Peru, Brazil, DRCongo). Standardized On-Boarding procedures across the company; which included tracking and organizing new staff and consultant trainings during new hire probation periods. Coordinated inputs and talking points from internal support and scientific departments, designed and ran trainings. These included project management systems, HR policies and procedures, technical section work, security, finance, IT, data management, and corporate ethics.Worked with other HR specialists to write and revise Standard Operating Procedures for the HR department and identify areas for shared tools between internal divisions such as finance, IT and HR. Acted as liaison and first point of contact between expat staff and HR department with regards to full HR life cycle concerns, disputes and grievances (for HQ and regional office staff). Conceptualized expatriate reference website, www.whatsupcifor.org and worked with developer to update content.

Responsible for maintaining and enhancing the company’s ability to match potential candidates with long and short term international assignments, fill open positions with quick turnaround, and play a key role in proposal development processes. Day to day responsibilities include:• Identify and contact technical experts for specialized international assignments, using an in-house registry, advanced candidate mining techniques, networking and advertising. • Act as Recruitment Systems Manager in her absence.• Conduct preliminary consultant assessments and work with project/proposal staff to finalize selection of candidates. • Draft personnel sections of proposals and prepare personnel-related annexes, including resumes, letters of commitment templates, USAID biodata forms, and matrices. • Develop and post advertising for positions and manage responses.• Provide continual process and systems improvement suggestions.• Maintain close contact with Washington DC based team of Recruitment Specialists and Recruitment Assistants to constantly troubleshoot on proposal and project recruitment efforts, training needs for team members, and professional growth needs for colleagues.• Train newer Recruitment Specialists and Recruitment Assistants in systems and procedures; interviewing techniques, data mining techniques, advanced proposal and resume writing• Mentor younger team members in their professional development.• Develop new and update existing team systems and procedures.• Develop writing and interviewing professional development modules.•• Work with Recruitment Systems Director and other Senior Recruitment Specialist to develop capture and international local recruitment strategies.• Conduct capture recruitment ‘’general calls” in areas of registry weakness: food security, OTI experience, climate change experience, economic development, African diaspora experts

Manage the Recruitment Team with the International Development Services Group to guide personnel-related proposal strategy and development, including writing and managing personnel-related proposal sections, annexes and related documents; maintain recruitment tools and systems, including Consultant Registry; and manage consultant outreach, including advertising, job fairs, and networking.

Developed and implemented yearly recruitment strategy of university based local recruiting office consisting of: • Interviewing prospective candidates for overseas service and recommending them for nomination. Speaking and representing the Peace Corps at public events and careers fairs in western and southern Michigan. • Local office budget oversight. • Maintaining returned volunteer and current nominee database. • Advising prospective candidates on local volunteer placements and university courses that would be beneficial to their placement in the Peace Corps upon graduation. • Scheduling and developing speaker events. • Developing public service projects in conjunction with the returned Peace Corps groups in Michigan. Public Relations liaison with community and university. • Reported to regional Chicago recruiters and local coordinator via monthly and yearly reports. • Consulted on campus task forces: Michigan State University President’s Task Force on Internationalization, Department of Anthropology Chair Search Committee. • Supervised and trained junior recruiters. • Supervised recruitment and outreach efforts of 50+ returned Peace Corps Volunteers. • Wrote successful proposal and supervised start-up of Michigan State University and Peace Corps Master’s International Graduate Program in the areas of Agricultural Economics, Crop and Soil Sciences, and Community Agriculture, Recreation, and Resource Studies with specializations in Agribusiness, International Development, Environmental and Resources Economics, Environmental Sciences and Policy and Ethics and Development. Awarded 2005.