Recruiting Assistant (Schools)
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Number of Positions: 4
About Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies is a startup revolutionizing education across Africa with a truly unique business model. The company has launched a large-scale franchise-like network of ultra low-cost for-profit private primary schools across Africa.
Our schools profitably deliver high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, enabling local school managers to operate their school businesses profitably, while creating a highly successful business at the central level.
About this position
Bridge International Academies is looking for an individual with a successful track record of processing and interviewing large numbers of applications for recruitment.
This position requires someone with high demonstrated energy levels, who is extremely motivated to succeed and is accountable for results.
This position reports to the Recruiting Officer (Schools) and the primary goal is to manage large scale recruitment drives for our schools which are located in the local income areas and/or informal settlements of Nairobi and beyond.
Because of the eventual size of our operations, the company will ultimately need to hire thousands of new teachers each year and hundreds of new school managers to manage this undertaking.
It is critical to our success to be able to design and manage streamlined selection, recruiting, and hiring processes to find the right people and to do so in a cost-effective manner. It is the role of the Recruiting Assistant to support this process whilst overseeing a small team of temporary workers.
Hiring responsibilities will include:
- Teachers
& School Managers from the low income areas and/or informal
settlements where our schools are launched
More specifically:
- As
a lead up to the recruitment exercise, organizes meetings with the local
community and identifies key people who will provide support in advocacy
and sourcing for prospective candidates from the slums
- Directs
and supervisors the temporary support personnel to ensure that the ‘call
for interviews’ Bridge posters are strategically displayed in the
communities.
- Designs
leaflets and posters specifying recruitment dates and times and circulates
to the community, chiefs, church leaders etc
- Identifies
recruitment site and schedules mass screening and interview day(s). Keeps
supervisor abreast of potential problem areas, identify and recommend
solutions
- Preparing
of materials needed for the recruitment process i.e. tests, writing
materials, chairs, desks, tents etc in good time prior to the recruitment
process
- Supervising
of support staff during the recruitment process to maximize efficiency
- Assists
in the recruitment of teachers and school managers, including keeping
computerized roster of applications, evaluating candidate applications,
administering exams, reviews and evaluates work of temporary contractors.
- Ensuring
contracted teachers and school managers are issued with employment
contracts and assisting them in the contract interpretation i.e. conditions
of employment, working hours, benefits etc
- Assists
in interpretation and processing of benefits/entitlements, issuance of
contracts and maintenance of various personnel records and files
- Participates
actively in the teacher and school manager forums together with School
Operations’ teams
- Recommends
any improvements to the recruitment process
- Prepares
on own initiative, correspondence, reports, evaluations and
justifications, as required, on general personnel issues related to
teachers and school managers for improved human resource management by the
department
About You
- Minimum
of 3-4 years experience with high volume screening and recruiting
- Diploma
in either Human Resource Management, Administration, Social Sciences
- Computer
skills in Microsoft Windows products including MS Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint
- Excellent
written and verbal communication skills
- Interacts
with and works well with others in various fast changing, environments/
situations including a strong sense of community networking and listening
skills
- Effective
problem solving skills; able to prioritize, manage time and orchestrate
multiple tasks simultaneously
- Able
to maintain self-confidence and high self esteem in tasks requiring
prospecting for teacher and school manager candidates
- Able
to effectively work both independently and in a team environment
- Able
to spend a high percentage of time in the low income areas and/or informal
settlements.
Submit a cover letter, CV and view detailed job requisitions on the Careers page at www.bridgeinternationalacademies.com
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