Senior Recruiter

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Kenya, +2 more countries.

📋 Description

• Manage Senior Manager+ recruitment processes from initiation to offer, typically within a 6 to 8 week timeframe depending on market conditions.

• Act as the primary recruitment contact for senior searches across various programs, including technology, product, general and administrative functions, and fundraising.

• Develop and sustain regional talent pipelines while enhancing GiveDirectly's visibility within institutions and networks throughout Africa.

• Spearhead outbound sourcing efforts, identify talent pools, create boolean searches, and utilize LinkedIn Recruiter along with other tools.

• Convert ambiguous profiles into successful searches and suggest modifications to profiles or search approaches as needed.

• Create diverse candidate slates.

• Facilitate recruiter-led searches in collaboration with senior hiring managers, including those at the C-suite level.

• Conduct launch calls and synchronization meetings, oversee timelines, question assumptions, and uphold process integrity.

• Manage Greenhouse pipelines, analyze funnels, monitor candidate progress, and leverage pipeline data to troubleshoot stalled searches.

• Oversee the candidate experience up to offer acceptance, ensuring candidate engagement, mission advocacy, compensation discussions, logistics, and closing processes are seamless.

• Mentor junior recruiters and foster collective recruiting practices.

• Establish and implement standardized search and outbound sourcing methodologies.

• Utilize French and/or Portuguese to access otherwise unreachable searches.

• Provide market insights to the Director of Talent Acquisition and undertake selected talent acquisition initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• 5+ years of pertinent experience in recruiting for technology-driven international non-governmental organizations, or within a mission-oriented scale-up or startup environment.

• Extensive experience in proactive sourcing for senior positions, including building pipelines from the ground up through outbound efforts.

• Proven ability to recruit senior talent across various functions, including both technical or professional roles as well as program or field leadership.

• Recent recruitment experience in sub-Saharan Africa.

• Demonstrated success in owning searches from start to finish while strategically partnering with hiring managers.

• Strong process management skills and a data-oriented mindset, including monitoring conversion rates and time spent in each stage.

• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous situations and thin market conditions.

• Strong instincts for closing candidates.

• Preference for candidates based in Africa.

• Proficiency in French and/or Portuguese is highly desirable.

• Familiarity with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, and AI-driven sourcing tools is strongly preferred.

• Successful completion of safeguarding and pre-hire screening processes may involve reference checks, criminal background checks, and sanctions screenings.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance-based bonus of 10% at target, with the possibility for higher rewards.

• Annual benefits stipend of $8,453 for Kenya, $21,393 for the United States, or £2,760 for the United Kingdom.

• The benefits stipend can be utilized to cover benefits or received as additional taxable income.

• Referral bonus of $3,000 for hiring a Senior Manager or above, and $500 for a Manager role, payable if the referral is successfully hired.

• Option for fully remote work.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Reasonable accommodations provided during the application, interview, or work process.