Safaricom M-Pesa Africa – Talent Acquisition Manager Job

About the Role

You will partner closely with leaders and the people team to implement our Talent Acquisition strategy while enriching the business by supporting our diversity and inclusion efforts. This role will  help develop and deploy Employer Branding and Talent initiatives in close collaboration with our Human Resources team.

Why this role is tailored for you

• You will lead talent acquisition efforts across Africa by partnering with the various Centers of Excellence in the markets that we serve while also managing third party vendors that we partner work with;
• We will expose you to the SAFe Agile ways of working and give you a blank canvas to explore a world of endless possibilities;
• At MPA, we live our cultural pillars that include being Customer Focused, Thinking BIG, Learning & Adapting and finally, Being Humane.

Responsibilities

• Work with recruitment agencies to successfully recruit all key/required skills into the organization within agreed SLA aligned to approved workforce plans;
• Act as a talent advisor and influence and guide the business with knowledge, insights and expertise of external markets;
• Conduct intake meetings with Hiring Managers to confirm the desired profile and develop a sourcing strategy for the open position. You drive progress and you always have;
• Drive a high volume of roles, stay connected to a robust pipeline of candidates, maintain long-term candidate relationships, and energetically sell the role and the M-Pesa Africa mission and brand;
• Develop diversity of business talent pools on gender, people of determination and diversity targets;
• Implement efforts to drive exceptional candidate and hiring manager experiences before, during and after the interview process;
• Proactively review against all vacancies within account managed, our  internal talent pool to place ready now talent into vacant roles before going out for external recruitment
• End-to-end responsibility for the recruitment system, ensuring data quality, and compliance;
• Manage relationships with external providers including recruiting firms, institutions of higher learning, background check businesses among others;
• Produce reports and statistical data as required to include weekly reporting on recruitment initiatives, talent identified and placed, and challenges faced; Monthly reports – against workforce plan and other key performance indicators;
• Ensure the employer brand is fully leveraged and embedded in talent acquisition touchpoints (including candidate and vendor interactions)
• Deliver full compliance to employer brand governance process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and relevant local or international HR Certification;
• Over 5 years of experience in Talent Acquisition in an international organization;
• Experience using applicant tracking systems (ATS);
• Ability to influence senior local and global leaders through exceptional communication, strategic alignment and subject matter authority knowledge on market data and standard methodologies;
• Experience in coaching staff and line managers on best recruitment and selection principles / practices and interviewing skills;
• Experience in optimizing processes and ways of working to create a positive employee experience;
• Agile, innovative, pragmatic, commercial, and customer-focused approach;
• Applicable knowledge of and exposure to relevant employment legislation such as Data Protection etc;
• International experience and multicultural sensitivity.

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