Position Overview

• As our Talent Acquisition and Onboarding Partner, you’ll be at the heart of Jaza’s growth: identifying, attracting, and hiring exceptional talent that will accelerate our mission.
• In this role, you will be a critical team member helping us recruit our very first staff in new markets across Africa, navigating both English and French-speaking regions.
• You’ll work closely with hiring managers, build strong pipelines ahead of need, and deliver a consistently positive candidate experience from first contact to final offer.
• You will also lead a thorough pre-onboarding and onboarding process to ensure every new hire transitions smoothly and is set up for success from day one.
• This role offers you the chance to shape not just who we hire, but how we hire; bringing structure, data, and values into every decision.

Roles & Responsibilities
Talent Acquisition & Sourcing:

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for roles across Jaza with a focus on group and country leadership and technical specialist roles.
• Build and maintain strong talent pipelines for technical, operational and business roles
• Use a wide range of sourcing methods LinkedIn, referrals, talent networks, niche job boards, universities, etc.
• Screen and guide candidates through structured, high-quality interviews
• Ensure every interaction reflects Jaza’s values

Onboarding & New Hire Experience:

• Lead a structured, end-to-end pre-onboarding and onboarding process for all hires.
• Coordinate key activities with hiring managers, HR teams and functional leads to ensure new hires are set up for success.
• Ensure timely delivery of onboarding communication, documentation and system setup.
• Monitor the new hire experience during the first 30-60-90 days and flag risks or support needs early.

Hiring Manager Partnership & Process Leadership:

• Act as a strategic thought partner, supporting hiring managers with role scoping, interviewing, decision-making and assessment design.
• Collaborate with team leads to align recruitment priorities with expansion timelines.
• Share updates, insights and recommendations to improve hiring outcomes.
• Document and improve recruitment workflows, aligned with our ATS PeopleHum

Candidate Experience, Systems & Reporting:

• Send out monthly internal job bulletins to promote internal mobility and ensure employees have visibility on open roles.
• Prepare and share new joiner announcement emails to keep teams informed and support smooth onboarding communication.
• Deliver a seamless candidate experience through timely, respectful and transparent communication.
• Maintain accurate and compliant data across HR systems HRMS, HRIS, ATS.
• Use data and reports to track pipeline health, identify risks, and propose improvements
• Deliver weekly hiring reports and insights

How we’ll measure success 

• Time-to-fill and quality-of-hire
• Conversion rates across recruitment stages
• Hiring manager and candidate satisfaction
• Accuracy of ATS data and compliance
• Pipeline diversity
• % of hires successfully completing probation

Experience & Competencies

• Bi-lingual in French and English is required
• 4-7 years of recruitment experience, including hiring across multiple African countries especially in both English and French speaking countries is required
• Demonstrated ability to design, lead and improve structured pre-onboarding and onboarding processes, ensuring new hires are set up for success
• Exposure to tech hiring or technical/engineering-adjacent roles
• Experience in similar or adjacent sectors clean energy, social impact or other high-growth environments
• Fluent in using HR systems HRMS, HRIS, ATS 
• Skilled in a range of sourcing strategies, with strong capabilities in direct sourcing
• Data-savvy and use metrics to improve process and outcomes
• A trusted thought partner. You know how to advise, align and challenge constructively
• Excellent relationship-building skills across cultures and functions
• Committed to delivering exceptional hiring manager and candidate experience
• Committed to values-based hiring, not just skill-matching
• Thrives in ambiguity, fast-paced change and high-growth environments
• Strong ownership mindset and high attention to detail

Key Working Relationships:

• Talent Lead
• Hiring Managers
• Country HR Teams
• External recruitment partners, agencies and universities