Specialist, Recruitment at Athena

Athena Consulting is an international business advisory and human capital consulting company based in Nairobi.

 

Specialist, Recruitment

  • Job TypeHybrid
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience5 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldHuman Resources / HR 

High-level Responsibilities

  • Team management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Candidate management
  • Candidate sourcing, processing, and endorsement
  • Job offers and onboarding
  • Reporting

Specific Responsibilities

Collaboration with Hiring Managers

  • Understand the hiring requirements of a specific role through open communication with the hiring manager
  • Ensure that all needed information is gathered using the job description template including but not limited to:
  • Position Summary
    • Specific Duties and Responsibilities
    • Metrics
    • About You (Qualifications)
    • Hiring Plan
    • Interview Questions

Searching

  • Post the open position in the Athena Applicant Tracking System tool 
  • Utilize all sourcing channels in searching for a good pool of candidates including online job portals, social media platforms and LinkedIn, referral program, own network
  • Coordinate with Recruitment Marketing Specialist for any marketing material needed for sourcing initiatives

Processing

  • Process the pool of candidates in the bucket for a specific position
  • Administer exams and project tests and/or endorse the applicant to the Test Administrator as applicable
  • Conduct final interviews
  • Prepare a corporate profile of each qualified candidate

Endorsement

  • Endorse to the hiring manager the qualified candidates for the position
  • Coordinate the availability of the hiring manager to conduct the interviews
  • Coordinate with the candidate on the interview schedules
  • Send meeting invites for the scheduled interviews
  • Ensure attendance of the hiring manager and the candidate for the scheduled interview

Feedback Giving

  • Get the results of the interview and hiring decision of the hiring manager
  • Share the hiring results to the candidate via email

Onboarding

  • Conduct job offer to the chosen candidate
  • Endorse to 3rd party partner for Background Investigation
  • Endorse for onboarding

Management of the ATS 

Reporting

  • Regularly submit reports on the status of XP vacancies

Continuous Improvement

  • Anticipate hiring needs of various Athena departments
  • Build the reputation of Athena that passive applicants send their CVs even without any actual open positions
  • Build a database of applicants for Athena corporate positions
  • Build a database of job descriptions and hiring plans for all existing positions
  • Develop testing tools on basic skills for administrative functions, supervisory positions, and leadership competency
  • Develop unstructured questions for the 1st part of the interview (building rapport and validation of Athena culture) and incorporate the structured/behavioral questions for the 2nd part of the interview which will be used by the final interviewers
  • Stay up to date on current trends, best practices and new opportunities on headhunting and executive searches

Your Metrics Results

  • Sense of Urgency = demonstrates a sense of urgency and drives closure of tasks
  • Project Management = creates and manages project plans to achieve business goals
  • Timeliness = prompt submission of reports and reply to emails
  • Quality/Attrition = 90 day retention of new hire
  • Time to Hire = 30 days for non-working candidates, 60 days for working candidates
  • Cost per Hire = within budget of the approved CPH

External and Internal Customers

  • Candidate Feedback = applicant satisfaction during the course of the specific stage of the recruitment process
  • Hiring Manager = internal customer satisfaction in the hiring process of a specific position

Values

  • Teamwork - we are one team and shares one vision that gains strength from our professional diversity
  • Integrity - we uphold strong moral uprightness
  • Respect - we treat our applicants and our clients with mutual respect, sensitivity and embrace individual diversity
  • Passionate - we are passionate about recruitment showing enthusiasm, drive and energy while understanding of the needs of our applicants and our clients
  • Accountability - we take ownership in seizing opportunities and honor our commitments, we use experience and good judgment to support the company
  • Excellence - we deliver what we promised while working to the highest quality standard
  • Communication - we ensure clear communication, we encourage open exchange of ideas and opinions
  • Continuous Improvement - we proactively seek to improve ourselves and our service quality to exceed client expectations with forward-looking ideas

About You

  • Solid Experience
    • At least 5 years of work experience in end-to-end corporate recruitment experience
    • In-depth understanding of recruitment processes and candidate selection processes including boolean passive searches and utilizing job portal
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Inherently motivated and professionally persistent
  • Listening skills and time management
  • Excellent project management and multi-tasking skills
  • Creative thinker and proactive problem solver 
  • A police clearance is required for successful candidates and should be readily available once identified for the role

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Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to Athena on athenago.wd108.myworkdayjobs.com to apply

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