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Talent Lead

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Key Purpose

As an integral part of our People and Talent team, you will help create, and then drive the delivery of our Talent strategy at pawaPay as we continue to scale.

You will work hand-in-hand with our leaders to bring A-players into the company, from crafting sourcing strategies to building a strong pipeline and exciting top-tier talent who align with our pawaPay mission. 

You will build deep partnerships with our managers to positively influence the hiring process and ensure a smooth transition to successful candidates’ onboarding journey.

What is required of the ideal candidate?

  • Immerse yourself in our mission, product, and growth plans so you can anticipate talent needs and spot opportunities early;
  • Build creative sourcing strategies, engage passive talent, and tell our story in a way that gets people excited to join us;
  • Leverage our ATS and use the right tools to streamline hiring, track engagement, and create a smooth, human candidate journey from hello to offer;
  • Build the capability of our managers to recruit effectively and carry out high impact interviews that give our candidates a clear understanding of pawaPay and the role we’re sourcing;
  • Ensure every touchpoint with our candidates reflects our culture, values, and pace — whether we bring them on board or not;
  • Improve and evolve our operational and strategic talent processes in order to provide an exceptional candidate and employee experience;
  • In partnership with the People Operations Lead, manage contracts across multiple geographies, balancing local compliance requirements with a smooth employee experience;
  • Contributing to the continuous development of pawaPay’s employment brand and related content and network engagement Including a regular presence and events that attract top-tier talent;
  • Be a true thought partner around best in class talent attraction and selection;
  • Effectively use data to help drive our decision making across People and Talent;
  • Delivery in country expertise as relevant e.g. for supporting local payroll implementation, new contract management or relevant employment law implementation.

You'll be well aligned to the role if you have: 

  • Demonstrable experience in building and executing creative sourcing strategies across channels (LinkedIn, referrals, networks, events, etc.), especially for hard-to-fill or niche roles;
  • Clear, concise, and engaging communication style — whether writing outreach messages, sharing insights, or providing feedback to candidates or our hiring managers;
  • Expertise and experience using an ATS (Greenhouse in our case) and talent CRM plus other sourcing and collaboration tools (e.g. Slack communities, CultureAmp, LinkedIn, Agency partnerships);
  • Demonstrable experience streamlining and improving recruiting and people processes that scale with the business;
  • Experience building successful working practises, particularly around talent in a distributed environment including a comfort navigating multiple geographies, local employment nuances, and remote-first working styles;
  • An ability to provide high quality candidate feedback and outcomes with clarity;
  • Fluent English;
  • Success in working in a fast paced, highly autonomous and accountable culture with a strongly proactive drive to achieve;
  • Demonstrable passion for enabling a working environment that provides the tools, structures and behaviours for people to do their best work.

 

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