Talent Acquisition Manager at Bridge International

East Africa

We work across Kenya and Uganda to improve learning for underserved communities. Kenya was where we launched our social enterprise, opening our first school in 2009. We began partnering with the government, communities, teachers and parents to improve education in Kenya. We run a range of affordable schools across Uganda, working closely with the Ministry for Education and Sports to help improve education outcomes. We’re data driven and our models adapt to the needs of individual governments. We’re flexible wherever we can serve more marginalized communities and improve learning outcomes for children.

People Group

People are at the core of what we do, from the teachers in our schools to the software developers building our tech platform – and we do it at massive scale with rapid growth. We are the champions of Bridge culture. We find passionate change-makers across rural communities, informal settlements and global cities who want to lead the movement to reform public education. We help them grow through continuous learning, strong focus on performance and extensive collaboration. We rely on technology to engage with, innovate for and serve thousands of our people spread across multiple time-zones. We are evidence-based, outcomes driven and lead through service.

Talent Acquisition, People

The Talent Acquisition team is our agency for bringing together purpose-driven, inspirational talent from diverse backgrounds to lead the Bridge movement in our support offices and schools. We believe in attracting such talent before they find out about us! Our process encourages candidates to experience a slice of Bridge life. They get to meet Bridge leaders, visit our schools and engage with our pupils, parents and teachers. We own their welcome to Bridge when they join us and work towards ensuring a great onboarding. We also work closely with the People Operations team to help our internal talent grow by having a strong internal hiring process. Our north star is to find the best possible talent for every open role as quickly as we can, ensuring excellence in candidate experience and in employee onboarding and induction.

Responsibilities

• Conduct organisational structure review, job design, development of job descriptions and skills requirement.
• Manage relations across businesses by establishing on-going relationships with hiring managers in order to understand their business and recruitment needs and fill their open positions in a timely manner
• Demonstrating an in-depth understanding of overall business model and driving effective hiring  principles
• Creating cohesive and effective partnerships with People Operations Functional Leaders in support of business
• Hiring applicants through job postings, networking, employee referrals, and local job fairs
• Develop and execute effective strategies for sourcing for a variety of positions and develop a continuous pipeline of candidates
• Candidate control – keep in regular contact to review progress and performance
• Review resumes, screen, and interview job applicants to fill all level of job openings
• Coordinate company openings and internally available staff to maximize internal development opportunities
• Schedule interviews with hiring managers
• Perform reference checks and manage background check process
• Lead salary negotiations with potential hires before sending out an offer
• Track recruiting metrics
• Building alumni database to create strong referral external pipeline
• Driving campus recruitments to kick start the graduate trainee programs and to build pipeline for entry level positions

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in business administration, human resources or relevant field
• Proven experience as Talent Acquisition Manager
• Experience in full-cycle recruiting, sourcing and employment branding
• Understanding of all selection methods and techniques
• Proficient in the use of social media and job boards
• Willingness to understand the duties and competencies of different roles
• Working knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and databases
• Excellent communicator
• Well-organized
• A leader and strategic thinker

You’re also

• A detailed doer – You have a track record of getting things done. You’re organized and responsive. You take ownership of every idea you touch and execute it to a fine level of detail, setting targets, engaging others, and doing whatever it takes to get the job done. You can multi-task dozens of such projects at once and never lose sight of the details. Likely, you have some experience in a start-up or other rapid-growth company.
• A creative problem-solver – Growing any business from scratch comes with massive and constant challenges. On top of that, Bridge works in often fragile, sometimes volatile low-resource communities and with complex government systems. You need to be flexible and ready to get everything done effectively, quickly, and affordably with the materials at hand.
• A relentless advocate – The children we serve and teachers we empower never leave your mind. You know them, get them, have shared a meal with them (or would be happy to in the future). You would never shrink back from shaking a parent’s hand or picking up a crying child, no matter what the person was wearing or looked like. Every decision you make considers their benefit, experience, and value.
• A malleable learner – You believe you can always do better. You welcome constructive criticism and provide it freely to others. You know you only get better tomorrow when others point out where you’ve missed things or failed today.
• A data-driven decision-maker – When making decisions, you don’t rely your intuition alone. You collect data, you analyze it and make decisions with clear justifications.
• A curious investigator – You ask why a lot. You don’t just take what you see and accept it. You wonder why it is that way, and are aware that the world we see is created by human choices and actions – and it could be different. You wonder, and see the world as wonderful even when you want to change a part of it that is unjust.