Bridge International Academies is the world’s largest education innovation company serving the 700 million families who live on less than $2 USD per day. We strive to provide the highest quality education product to the more than 100,000 students who attend Bridge’s more than 400 nursery and primary schools across emerging markets in Africa and (...
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- Manager, Talent Acquisition
- Officer, Communications
- Method of Application
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience3 years
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldHuman Resources / HR 
As the Talent Acquisition Manager, you will have the opportunity to join and shape a fast-scaling global foundation by developing a highly effective talent pipeline for all positions in the program. This is a highly hands on, and analytical role with intense stakeholder and project management across the various teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong ability to multi-task and take ownership of the current talent acquisition process from the get-go. Working closely with our Bridge leadership team and department leads, you will oversee staff and schools hiring.
You’re an extremely effective communicator, both written and verbal, and are energized by interacting with people, building relationships, and networking. These things come naturally to you and are what you crave in your working life. A keen sense of ownership, speedy execution, and scrappiness is a must. The candidate is equally comfortable as an individual contributor as well as a leader who can drive the efforts of a team. This role reports directly to both our People Director and dotted reporting to the Managing Director
What You Will Do
- Work with hiring managers and their teams to oversee recruitment efforts, across both support staff and school hiring in Bridge. You will take lead on all staff hiring and oversee a Talent Acquisition Officers focussed on schools hiring across Bridge Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and India – Andhra Pradesh.
- Partner with the People team to project and meet teacher and academy manager hiring needs to ensure we have full coverage of all permanent and substitute teachers, and academy managers.
- Support the People team with placement of the hired teachers and academy managers in each recruitment cycle.
- Partner with department leads and the People team for internal hiring efforts (internal recruitment is the assessment of employees for different or more senior roles).
- Use social media, job boards, internet sourcing, and other technical means to source candidates for open jobs for current open roles and identify future talent needs and proactively recruit and source candidates.
- Develop and maintain networks that ensure we meet our needs for teachers, academy managers and the staff that support delivery in our schools. This could be through targeted community outreach, and partnerships with teacher training colleges.
- Manage the recruitment process and life-cycle, including initial assessments, interviews, and offers.
- Guide hiring managers and decision makers by providing valuable insight and hiring and employment data.
- Manage relationships with recruiters, academic and professional groups, and with a wider audience through use of social media and other targeted outreach to key audiences; including coordination of on-campus recruiting, job fairs, conferences, and other opportunities to connect with audiences interested in for-profit education space.
- Leverage a candidate experience focused; coach and mentor a team on meticulous candidate management using an applicant tracking system to track applicants from the selection phase through to on-boarding.
- Create and deploy various hiring strategies and initiatives – around sourcing and hiring practices, talent attraction, employer branding, outreach and partnership programs and internships.
- Review current processes objectively, and relentlessly focus on iteration – across quality of hire, time to hire and experience.
- Candidate experience focused; meticulous candidate management using an applicant tracking system to track applicants from the selection phase through to on-boarding.
What You Should Have
- Bachelor’s degree with superior academic performance.
- 3+ years within Talent Acquisition; we particularly value experience in extreme growth situations. Experience recruiting for field teams is preferred.
- Extensive headhunting / direct recruitment experience, particularly with building diverse teams.
- Prior experience within a fast-paced, metric driven Talent Acquisition organization (in-house / corporate or agency), as well as in designing and implementing talent acquisition solutions encompassing talent attraction and outreach programmes to build for longer-term talent pipeline.
- Curiosity, grit and a relentless spirit to uncover talent across Kenya and Uganda.
- Experience with establishing and maintaining senior stakeholders, internally and externally, demonstrating the ability to work effectively across internal and external organizations for hiring partnerships.
- Job TypeFull Time
- QualificationBA/BSc/HND
- Experience
- LocationNairobi
- Job FieldMedia / Advertising / Branding 
- Working closely with the Communications Director, this role is pivotal in helping drive the communications and engagement strategy. The position holder will be assisting in the management of the organization’s reputation which safeguards the organization’s integrity and image. The position holder will be successful at creating high-quality communications materials to maximize impact, learning, and knowledge of our programs. The person will be responsible for maintaining our digital archives and supporting the Director, Communications in content creation, events, and campaigns. This position reports directly to the Communications Director.
What You Will Do
- Support the development and distribution of publications, press releases, website content, photographs, videos, partnership marketing resources/materials, and other strategic and targeted communications as required to communicate Bridge Kenya and Uganda’s mission and impact.
- Support the development and implementation of internal and external brand and communication strategies that align with the organization’s mission and audience needs as well as align it to progressive changes if any.
- Provide support and participate in campaign activities directly handled by the communications team.
- Keeping Bridge images and video libraries updated.
- Support the Communications Director in compelling positioning and developing marketing collaterals.
- Support the maintenance of social media platforms (Facebook, LinkedIn, and WhatsApp); by generation and posting of content on the sites to increase visibility and foster positive engagement; Support the design and implementation of strategies to increase the number of followers at each site and website management.
- Collect and document success stories, best practices, and impact stories from the field to share with donors and external audiences.
- Support events in Kenya and Uganda by preparing communication materials and documenting events through photography and videography for promotional use.
- In collaboration with the technical leads, initiate or accompany field visits to collect quality photos, quotes, and materials suitable for success stories and use in the communications work.
- Ensure all communications materials are aligned with Bridge Kenya and Uganda brand guidelines, maintaining consistency across all platforms.
- Monitor media alerts and relevant publications.
- Create timely reports for all communication campaigns.
What You Should Have
- A Degree in Communications or any other related field.
- Proven ability to produce compelling material and stories for external audiences.
- Proven ability to collate, produce, and edit multimedia content.
- An awareness of the media and political landscape both locally and nationally.
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills to deal effectively, efficiently, and appropriately with internal and external stakeholders including the media.
- Ability to successfully influence and negotiate with individuals and achieve objectives through excellent relationships.
- Experience of collecting data from various sources, and ability to analyze and present findings clearly for internal and external communications including for press releases.
- Proven ability to prioritize and organize own workload effectively and efficiently and meet deadlines.
- Well-developed ability to work well with others as part of a team, provide support as required, and build and maintain effective working relationships.
- Understanding and experience in using digital media and social media channels.
- Membership of PRSK is an added advantage.
Method of Application Interested and qualified? Go to Bridge International on www.bridge.ac.ke to apply
