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Job Title:   Regional Recruiting Associate – East Africa

Organisation: Educate!

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

About US:

Educate! prepares youth in Africa with the skills to succeed in today’s economy. We tackle youth unemployment by partnering with schools and governments to reform what schools teach and how they teach it, so that students in Africa have the skills to attain further education, overcome gender inequities, start businesses, get jobs and drive development in their communities. Our model is delivered through practically-trained teachers and youth mentors. Educate!’s goal is to make this practical, skills-based model part of national education systems.

Job Summary:   Educate! has an exciting opening for a Regional Recruiting Associate who will play a critical role in ensuring we attract, hire and retain the best employees, while growing a strong talent pipeline. As the Regional Recruiting Associate, you’ll apply your experience sourcing and hiring top talent to shape the team that will drive growth at an award-winning social enterprise.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Recruiting

• Each role we hire for is unique. You’ll adapt and implement creative recruiting strategies to reach prospective applicants. Build and follow robust screening and interview techniques to adapt the process to each role.
• Implement recruiting processes for high-level global and new country hires
• Liaising and maintaining relationships with recruitment channel partners including developing partnership agreements and monitoring performance of these channels.
• Ensure a positive candidate experience for all applicants by responding to enquiries from prospective applicants timely and professionally.
• Act as a point of contact and build influential candidate relationships during the selection process
• We value creating an engaging candidate experience throughout the entire process. Provide a memorable interview experience for the candidates.
• Utilize the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) to support interview scheduling, and building pipeline, maintaining candidate data, and analytics and reporting.
• Work with hiring managers to develop candidate profiles, develop interview and assessment activities and maintain alignment to the recruiting processes.

Build Candidate Pipeline

• Build networks for best-in-class talent sourcing and internal pipelines for several key functions.
• Use our recruitment technology to leverage market data to develop insights that inform our sourcing and recruitment initiatives.
• Implement new strategies to further develop the Educate! brand to prospective applicants.
• Be a great Educate! ambassador with all prospective applicants and candidates by implementing new strategies and developing your skills as a great Educate! storyteller.
• Use our recruitment technology to leverage market data to develop insights that inform our sourcing and recruitment initiatives.

Recruiting Team Support

• Support our in-country teams in Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda with recruiting needs as they arise.
• Hold hiring managers accountable to following our recruiting processes 98% of the time

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Background in HR, BA, Psychology preferred not required
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment
• 2-3 years of experience in recruitment is preferred.
• Attention to detail, organizational and prioritization skills
• Skills in database management and record keeping; Proficiency in G-suites, Excel and email/internet. Familiarity or experience working with an Application Tracking System (we use Greenhouse) is preferred, but not required
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment and handle a high volume of requests in an effective and timely manner
• Exceptional judgment in maintaining confidentiality of employee and candidate information.
• Fits our Five Cultural Tenets (see What is Educate! About? below); Learn more by looking at Educate!’s culture deck here

How to Apply:

All candidates should apply online at the link below.

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