• Meet with Client Search Committee members, key staff, and key stakeholders to understand and calibrate organizational requirements for the position as well as to understand the organization’s culture.
• Understand and assess the dynamics and current situation of the client organization.
• Draft, review and edit the Position Specification

Phase Two: Candidate Identification & Outreach (weeks 2 to 5)

• Engage with members of the board, senior staff, and other stakeholders and community members to identify prospective candidates.
• Perform independent research to identify potential candidates.
• Create listing of initial professionals to be approached.
• Create and confirm an outreach strategy to increase the probability of individuals’ consideration of the opportunity.
• Solicit, review and assess professional submissions from candidates in response to our outreach.
• Facilitate Search Committee review of professionals’ presentations of qualifications.

• Interview and qualify candidates employing competency-based assessment
• Interview internal candidates, as appropriate
• Prepare candidate presentations for client Search Committee
• Assist client in setting up interviews and a successful interview process
• Present qualified candidates to the Search Committee

• Consult to client Search Committee on candidate selection
• Conduct 360-degree referencing
• Assist in structuring and presenting offer
• Facilitate communication internally and externally regarding acceptance of offer.

• Follow-up with successful Placement and client to ensure successful transition at 60- and 90-day intervals, as well as at the six-month and 12-month anniversary of the Placement’s date of hire