One Acre Fund , People Operations Associate Recruiter Jobs Vacancy

Title: People Operations
Associate Recruiter
Team:People Operations
Location: Rwanda-Kigali
Career
Level:
Global
Professionals
Start
date:

As soon as possible
Job
Description
One
Acre Fund supplies smallholder farmers with the financing and training they
need to grow their way out of hunger and pov

erty. Instead of giving handouts,
we invest in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We supply a
complete service bundle of seeds and fertilizer, financing, training, and
market facilitation—and we deliver these services within walking distance of
the 400,000 rural farmers we serve. We
measure success on our ability to make farmers more prosperous and we always
put Farmers First.www.oneacrefund.org

One
Acre Fund is a rapidly-growing organization with limitless potential for
impact.  We commit significant resources to our recruiting efforts to hire
the world’s best international development professionals.  Every year we
receive tens of thousands of applications, and we are seeking an
HR/administration professional with excellent organizational skills to help us
manage our growing candidate pipeline.
We
are seeking an exceptional professional with 5+ years’ work experience to serve
as a People Operations Associate Recruiter.
Duties&
Responsibilities
  • Lead
    Generation
     –
    perform research on “knowable universe” of priority candidates for Rwanda
    leadership roles. This includes understanding strong university programs,
    career services, scholarship and fellowship programs. It also means
    understanding and mapping our competitor and private sector landscape to
    help identify where we could find future staff members.
  • Create
    and execute leadership search strategies
     with a
    variety of departments for the Rwanda program team then
    identify, evaluate and present leadership talent to senior management
    across Rwanda program team.
  • Create
    and Maintaining Relationships with key networks in Rwanda

    this means taking over existing relationships as well as taking over new
    relationships with universities, fellowships, government scholarship
    recipients, social enterprises, development organizations, recruitment
    agencies etc.
  • Brand
    Building
     –
    Coordinate with the East African and Rwandan communications team to
    increase brand awareness to our target audiences. One example is creating
    a campaign as an “employer of choice” that highlights why working for One
    Acre Fund is unique in the Kenya job market.
  • Host
    Career Events
     –
    Host info sessions, career fairs, networking events. It also includes
    attending events by other key players to network on behalf of One Acre
    Fund.
  • Support
    Rwanda Program Staff in Outreach Efforts 

    provide support to the referral program by supporting staff members in
    their efforts to network, cold-call individual 
  • Application
    screening
    :
    The Associate Recruiters will be an integral part in our candidate screening
    and selection process from the review of applications through the
    interview process.  They will be the front line application reviewers
    and will select approximately the top 10-20% of applications each week to
    move to second review for Kenya based positions.
  • Candidate
    interviews
    :
    Once candidates are selected for interviews, the Associate Recruiters will
    conduct many of the interviews and make recommendations on whether
    candidates move forward or are declined.
  • Candidate
    database management
    : As applicants move through One
    Acre Fund’s candidate pipeline, the Associate Recruiter will help to
    accurately track the progress of those applicants and update field staff
    on the progress of specific candidates.
  • Recruiting
    special projects

    The Associate Recruiters will play an integral part in ensuring our talent
    search is effective and successful and would be called on to come up with
    innovative strategies to recruit, grow, and retain staffers for the Rwanda
    program
  • Admin
    Tasks
    :
    We are a young organization that is growing rapidly.  This means that
    all staffers pitch in to ensure we are providing the very best support and
    services to both our staffers and clients. We are looking for diligent and
    enthusiastic staffers who can tackle tasks quickly and accurately.
Requirements
We
are seeking someone with an interest in people and recruiting, experience in a
fast-paced work environment, and a deep interest in international development
and/or nonprofit work. The ideal candidate possesses the following
qualities: 
  • Superior
    organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail; the ability to
    perform tasks accurately and efficiently.
  • Excellent
    interpersonal skills and superior written communication skills: the People
    Operations Associate Recruiter will have daily contact with our candidates
    and East Africa-based team members and should be able to engage with them
    in a friendly and professional way.
  • Presentation
    skills and comfortable with public speaking
  • Event
    planning experience preferred but not required
  • Experience in
    recuitment, executive search or sales
  • The
    ability to multi-task while effectively prioritizing
  • Internal
    drive: the People Operations Associate Recruiter will often work without
    much supervision and must be a self-starter who can proactively complete
    tasks without continuous oversight.
  • Top-performing
    academic record: please include class marks and distinctions on your
    resume
  • A
    humble approach to service: we are looking for passionate professionals
    who combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and
    humility.
  • Language:
    English required; Kinyarwanda, and/or French a plus.
Career
Growth and Development
One
Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. Your manager
and a global support team will commit significant time in your career
development. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through
mentorship and through regular management consulting-style career reviews. We
also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals,
and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate
about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles
opening up and opportunities in many functions.
Travel
Requirement
Up
to 15-20% travel required in country of service. Frequently travel to rural
field location to work closely with hiring managers
Preferred
start date
Flexible,
but as soon as possible.
Compensation
We
offer a modest starting salary that affords a high quality of life in our areas
of operation. This is a career-track role with performance-based raises and the
ability to expand responsibilities over time.
Other
Benefits
  • Health
    Insurance
  • Airtime
    including inclusion in the MTN closed user group for free texting and
    calling to all One Acre Fund staff.
  • Immunizations,
    flights, housing.
To
Apply
We
are offering a world class professional and international environment that
focuses on your career development and are looking forward to receiving your
application.
Please
Note: One Acre Fund will never ask you for money in return for advancement in
the recruitment process or for being offered a position.If you are being
approached by someone demanding money, please do not hesitate to report this to
the Tubura Fraud Hotline: 0785443136 (Do not use this number for any purpose
other than reporting fraud attempts. If you misuse his number and use it for
general information about the position and not to report Fraud, we will not
consider you for this position).
One
Acre Fund is an equal opportunity employer; all candidates with legal working
age will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
region, sex, disability status or any other characteristic protected by the
law.
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