Current Opportunities at Edge Performance

About the role

• We are looking for passionate recruiters tjoin our team tlead and support delivery of our RightHire services tour clients. You will lead multiple client projects every quarter, from the first meetings where we understand the business model, the organizational culture and the job thire for, through implementation (sourcing and screening) all the way tsupporting successful onboarding and final probation review with the hiring manager and their new employee.
• By having you on board, we want tensure that ambitious and exciting but potential not well-known organizations attract the best talent and accelerate the roll-out of innovative onboarding practices in Kenya and East Africa. This role is ideal for you if you love the culture and dynamics of small and growing organizations and if you want your creative spirit and people skills tmatter!
• While all Associates will lead their own projects, Senior Recruitment Associates are involved in executive searches, while alsleading others on projects.

Your responsibilities will include

• Understand the client's realities in-depth: Their business or impact model, their growth goals, their current team and structure, and team related needs and pains.
• Understand the big picture and the nitty gritties of the position thire for, clearly map out the responsibilities of the role, and derive the required talent profile and criteria.
• Conduct market research about the role and salary budget and advise the sales team on the feasibility and timelines of the hiring project.
• Design and lead the implementation of different recruitment tools and approaches to attract great candidates tthe position.
• Actively build pipeline of candidates through creative and smart headhunting approaches: tapping professional networks tsolicit referrals pitching roles via phone and in writing tpotential candidates
• Using social media, esp. LinkedIn treach out trelevant professional
• Design and use assessment and screening methods tfilter candidates until we have a relevant shortlist of final candidates.
• Assess videand written applications and CVs.
• Conduct phone, videand in-person interviews, deeply understanding a candidate's professional strengths.
• Work collaboratively with the edge team at all times.
• Knowledge management: project reports, applicant tracking system, documentation
• Ensure edge is learning: Research market trends, proactively gather learnings, collect client feedback, share insights to continue innovating how we deliver our services and participate in edge strategic meetings.
• Support edge's growth: external representation at events, identifying opportunities for cross-selling, taking care of the wellbeing of the team

Whwe are looking for:

• You are excited about connecting people with the bigger picture of their organizations, you believe that workplaces should be both effective and healthy, and you want tgrow your career in the human capital space.
• You are intellectually curious, question things, are okay with being proven wrong, and love using your brain tanalyze and strategize around difficult questions.
• You are a fast and self-driven learner.
• You are proud of your ability tovercome obstacles fast and tput in the hard work to get to your end goal.
• You express yourself well in writing and via phone.
• You have 2+ years of experience in either: (for Senior Associates: 4+ years) a client or project oriented environment where you have gained skills that are transferable tthis role, or in talent recruitment, headhunting, creating and implementing HR processes and policies
• You have a track record of executing tasks in a timely manner and are good at meeting deadlines.
• You have a great eye for detail, making documents look fantastic with excellent knowledge of English, grammar and style
• You are happy torganize your work independently; you are resourceful and can create lots of value with small budgets and little time
• You are able tadd value in fast-changing environments where things are uncertain and you have tfigure things out.
• You easily navigate google documents and spreadsheets.

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About the opportunity:

• We are looking for Freelancers to support the delivery of our various services to our clients, be it business advisory services, recruitment drives, or internal research projects.
• You will contribute to success of projects through research, identifying relevant networks/contacts, carrying out administrative tasks, promotions, communicating with stakeholders, building our internal knowledge bases, among others.
• This is a work-from-home role so strong personal effectiveness is key. You are joining a highly independent team that operates fully remotely while maintaining a strong virtual collaboration in real time ethic.

 Who we are looking for:

• You are intellectually curious, question things, are okay with being proven wrong, and love using your brain to analyze and strategize around difficult questions.
• You are a fast and self-driven learner, and easily grasp new issues and concepts.
• You have at least one year of work experience, possibly in one of the following: research work, project support, business administration, events management or community programs.
• You have a track record of executing tasks in a timely manner and are good at meeting deadlines.
• You have a great eye for detail
• You are happy to organize your work independently, and are excited to work remotely
• You are able to add value in fast-changing environments where things are uncertain and you have to figure things out.
• Experience writing emails in a professional context, with excellent knowledge of English, grammar and style
• You have strong computer skills and experience with: Web research, Spreadsheets to organize data, Google Drive and other tools like CRM, LinkedIn, or similar.

Logistics:

• We are operating as a virtual team and this is a work-from-home role. The role is open to applicants from Nairobi and beyond.  You have to be able to collaborate, achieve results and build trust virtually. You will need access to a computer to do the work.