Kenya: Talent Acquisition Manager (Regional)

Organization: KOMAZA

Country: Kenya

Closing date: 31 Jul 2016

Who We Are

Komaza is revolutionizing African forestry by unlocking the potential for small farmers to serve industrial wood markets. With roots in San Francisco and operational HQ in coastal Kenya, we have planted 2 million trees with over 6,000 farmers, making us Kenya’s largest commercial tree planter. By leveraging farmer land and labor, Komaza can access effectively limitless land and establish a hectare of trees for far less than big plantations – a hugely powerful disruption to the traditional forestry model. We have been recognized with numerous awards and investments, including Forbes, Ashoka, Mulago Foundation, and Novastar Ventures. Having assembled a leading group of investors for a significant Series A, we are at an exciting operational tipping point and are seeking rock star leaders to drive our upcoming chapter of accelerated growth.

About the Team

People are at the core of what we do and are a top strategic priority for Komaza. Our People Operations department is responsible for recruiting and onboarding top talent, staff training and development, administrative HR, and cultivating a positive and productive company culture. Komaza’s People Ops Director has 8+ years of diverse HR experience in Kenya, most recently leading People Ops at the world’s largest network of private schools for bottom of the pyramid children.

In preparation for many years of fast growth, we are building a strong in-house recruiting team within People Ops, adding an experienced team of Officers and Associates to work on attracting the very best talent the world has to offer. Our talent acquisition team will liaise with all departments to define staffing needs and work closely with our senior leadership team to develop and implement our recruiting strategies.

About this Role

As Regional Talent Acquisition Manager, you will recruit top talent from the African continent. Your highest priority is to identify, woo, screen, and hire mid-level to senior leaders (Officers, Managers, Directors & VPs) who will thrive in our fast-growth startup. This role calls for combining recruiting-focused PR/Communications to build a strong professional brand regionally, plus traditional headhunting and recruiting workflows. We need a champion with very high IQ, EQ, positive energy and top-tier educational & professional experience to encourage the world’s best people to join our awesome company. Your primary geographic focus will be top talent pools within continental Africa, working in collaboration with our Talent Acquisition Manager (Global) who will focus on primarily USA & Africa. The Regional Talent Acquisition Manager will report to Komaza’s People Operations Director, and work very closely with our senior leadership team, to design and implement innovative industry-leading recruiting strategies to build a team of rock stars.

Responsibilities

• Hire our leadership team, including loads of rock stars in 2016/17, working with our senior team to define roles and cultural fit in detail. We’ve got a blockbuster high-impact business model, but can only succeed with a stellar team.


• Build a strong, inspirational company brand to facilitate regional hiring for continued rapid growth. Develop our strategy and capabilities on social media, blogging, op eds, press, and white papers to establish Komaza as a thought leader.


• Develop strategies and build and run systems throughout the recruitment life-cycle for both “rifle-shot” headhunting and “shotgun” recruiting approaches: run PR/marketing/advertising, candidate analysis, interview schedules and offers.


• Optimize and apply recruiting tools, including our LinkedIn Recruiter and Jobvite ATS platforms, to source and screen the best candidates and efficiently manage workflows across the recruiting team and hiring managers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years work experience, ideally with extensive experience headhunting or recruiting for senior leaders of fast-growth companies; MBA is preferred.


• Proven experience working in high-performing teams, especially in dynamic, data-driven environments, tackling a diverse number of challenges.


• Self-starter, highly-driven individual who will take ownership from the get-go and proactively look for opportunities for improvement. A well-organized, detailed doer who will set targets, engage others, and do whatever it takes to multi-task dozens of such projects, consistently executing to a high level of quality.


• Excellent oral and written communication skills, with experience or strong natural aptitude for developing compelling communication materials, and ability to tailor content and tone to diverse audiences and individual styles.


• Passion and perseverance for finding the perfect people for our hiring needs.

Expectations

We need a Talent Acquisition Manager (Regional) who wants to make a meaningful commitment to an awesome career opportunity for a minimum of 3-5+ years. While we will open a Nairobi office to support regional expansion in the near future, this role will be based at our current HQ in gorgeous Kilifi, Kenya for the foreseeable future.

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