UNPAID VOLUNTEER - Head of Recruitment/ Human Capital Manager

The Blockchain & Climate Institute is seeking an unpaid volunteer for the role of Head of Recruitment/Human Capital Manager. This home-based position involves coordinating recruitment efforts, managing a team, and supporting organizational development in the context of climate change and blockchain technology. Ideal candidates should have experience in human resources, project management, and stakeholder engagement, and possess strong communication and organizational skills.
THIS IS AN UNPAID ROLE

Role Title: Head of Recruitment/ Human Capital Manager

Role Nature: Volunteer

Location: Home-based

The Blockchain & Climate Institute (BCI) is an international volunteers-led think tank supporting and advocating the application of blockchain technology in the global fight against climate change.

We are looking for passionate VOLUNTEERS who build professional relationships with stakeholders and generate opportunities for the organization's development. The Head of Recruitment or Human Capital Manager will coordinate recruitment administrative support, oversee the recruitment team and BCI operations.

The ideal candidate is driven, experienced, and looking to make a difference in international climate change governance. The successful candidate will be a competent manager or director with experience managing teams and projects from inception to completion. Working with initiative and having the desire to find solutions to organizational problems should be second nature. Experience with human resource management is highly preferable.

As with all roles in BCI, this is a voluntary unpaid role.

Responsibilities:
• To coordinate Recruitment administrative support;
• To liaise with BCI members regarding Human Capital/Recruitment policies;
• To manage the application of GDPR compliance;
• To oversee the Recruitment team and BCI Operations with your administrative inputs.

Requirements

Relevant experience
• Proven ability in organization/business administration;
• Experience in building constructive relationships with stakeholders; and,
• Experience in working independently and with teams to drive forward projects using one's own initiative.

Skills and abilities
• Previous and/or ongoing experience in Human Capital Administration;
• Excellent oral communication skills, including the ability to develop effective working relationships, work flexibly across professional and operational boundaries, and communicate professionally with internal and external stakeholders at all levels;
• Excellent English writing;
• Close attention to detail;
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to balance competing demands under pressure.

General and specialist knowledge
• Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office; and,
• Strong depth of knowledge on topics central to the BCI such as climate change, climate finance, and blockchain technology preferred.

What difference will you make? Blockchain and other emerging technologies. Climate change and sustainability. These are two hot topic groups that have been headlining media outlets, dominating conferences & events, and gaining increasing traction in research and pilot projects. BCI is here as an expert platform to help governments, inter-governmental and regional organizations as well as relevant corporates to negotiate the complex landscape of emerging technologies for environmental good. We cement our expertise by putting in the hard work in researching, identifying, and analyzing the applications of emerging technologies so that informed decisions can be made by the stakeholders in the climate change and action network.

Benefits

Blockchain and other emerging technologies. Climate change and sustainability. These are two hot topic groups that have been headlining media outlets, dominating conferences & events, and gaining increasing traction in research and pilot projects. BCI is here as an expert platform to help governments, inter-governmental and regional organizations as well as relevant corporates to negotiate the complex landscape of emerging technologies for environmental good. We cement our expertise by putting in the hard work in researching, identifying, and analyzing the applications of emerging technologies so that informed decisions can be made by the stakeholders in the climate change and action network.

What's in it for the volunteer?

Benefits you will get from volunteering with BCI are enormous and some include:
• Your mind will be mentally stimulated, hence providing you with a sense of purpose;
• You will advance and boost your professional career by helping you to make professional connections and giving you real-world experience at the intersection between climate and emerging technologies; and
• Help you develop long-lasting professional relationships with others. People who come together to make the world a better place forge a close connection.

Selection Process

As a voluntary organization, we are pleased to open the door for candidates who may not have the prior experience they need to start, progress, or switch their careers. To recruit the most suitable, talented, or potential new members out of the volume of applications received, it is the BCI’s policy to also consider inexperienced candidates to fill our voluntary unpaid roles as long as they can demonstrate the skills required in the written assessment. In the selection process, most candidates will be invited to complete the following assessment.

Section A: Verbal and Numerical Reasoning (20 multiple-choice questions)

Section B: Situation Judgement Test (20 multiple-choice questions)

Section C: In-Tray Exercise (An open-ended assessment relevant to the duties of the role)

Candidates who pass all three sections will be invited to attend a phone screening, first interview, and final interview online.