• Application Deadline:
• Position: Talent Acquisition Manager


• Job Type Full Time , Hybrid


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 5 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Human Resources / HR 
  

• As our Talent Acquisition Manager you will make a critical contribution to the success of 54 Collective by identifying and hiring the best talent for our portfolio businesses and helping them build high performing teams as their ventures grow and their talent needs evolve.


• You will be a culture champion and an advocate of instilling the Company’s values.


• This is an exciting opportunity to build, support, and grow our community of talent and entrepreneurs as we help create the foundations for innovation for our early-stage start-ups.

Responsibilities

• Market research: Identifying, documenting, and immersing yourself in communities of entrepreneurs, non-tech operators and tech talent across Africa to discover and convert high-potential talent.


• Candidate attraction: Designing and implementing a creative strategy to increase candidates’ interest into our portfolio businesses’ opportunities.


• Job advertisements: Supporting our portfolio businesses and alumni business with job postings on our 54 Collective job portal and other relevant portals


• Talent acquisition process management: End to end process management, drafting of specs, posting on job boards, building talent pools, assessing talent suitability.


• Stakeholder engagement: Professional engagement with various stakeholders across the value chain.


• Coordination and Project coordination: Use project management principles to coordinate various search campaigns


• Talent Pipelines: Proactively build a robust and diverse pipeline of candidates in various jurisdictions across Africa


• Partnerships: Create and manage partnership opportunities with diverse communities including recruitment partners in across Africa, 54 Collective and founders’ communities


• Brand Ambassador: Live our values and work with the wider team to develop our employer brand strategy

Skills & Experiences

• At least 5 years’ relevant, progressive talent acquisition experience across multiple markets in both the corporate and startup landscape, with at least 2 years as a generalist business partner supporting Senior Leadership and Line managers


• Knowledge in talent acquisition methodologies, tools, and techniques and the HR value chain


• Very strong EQ and problem-solving skills, consistently demonstrating sound, trusted judgement


• Ability to influence and deliver through people


• Excellent knowledge of local labour legislation and people processes


• The ability to build collaborative relationships with good interpersonal skills and the ability to relate well to colleagues with differing levels of expertise and skills while championing inclusion and diversity


• Extremely high levels of confidentiality and integrity


• Attention to detail and a desire to drive quality


• A collaborative approach and willingness to be challenged on the status quo