
Recruitment & Operations Specialist, Global People Operations
IDinsight
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dakar • Senegal
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About the role
- Owning Org-Wide Recruitment: Lead and oversee global recruiting drives for teams hiring across multiple geographies, in conjunction with the Global Operations team.
- Lead organizational recruitment initiatives to ensure IDinsight teams are achieving their hiring goals; execute on global recruiting strategies to ensure IDinsight is finding and winning the best talent in the sector
- Partner with regional operations and functional teams to understand hiring needs and provide timely, high-quality support
- Manage end-to-end recruiting processes, including job postings, candidate screening, interview coordination, and offer management
- Track recruiting metrics and pipeline data to inform hiring decisions and improve process efficiency
- Improving Recruitment Processes: Analyze recruiting metrics and pipeline data to identify process improvements and enhance efficiency
- Develop and maintain global recruiting strategies, including building and nurturing relationships with US, UK, and other international universities to connect with students and plan global recruiting events
- Continuously optimize the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) for better data integrity and positive candidate experience
- People Experience & People Operations: As a secondary focus to recruitment, this role will also contribute to other workstreams led by the Global People Ops team and act as a reliable execution partner across people operations workstreams, stepping in where needed to move priorities forward and ensure strong follow-through.
Requirements
- 3-5+ years of professional experience in talent acquisition, people operations, human resources, operations, or international development
- Proven track record in full-cycle recruiting, ideally within non-profit, development, or mission-driven organizations
- Demonstrated experience managing and optimizing an Applicant Tracking System
- Experience partnering directly with hiring managers to define role requirements, align on candidate profiles, and move searches forward efficiently
- Proven ability to source and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn, job boards, university networks, and other talent channels
- Detail- and execution-oriented, able to take a task from high-level strategic idea to rapid execution with a large amount of autonomy and conscientiousness; Demonstrated track record as a self-starter and leader, including comfort with ambiguity and dynamic environments and work streams
- Strong communicator in multiple fora (written communications, public speaking, teamwork, and upward management)
- Strong desire for professional growth and development, with a track record of openness to give and receive feedback
- People-focused and people-facing, with high levels of empathy and desire to listen to and share in teammates’ victories, concerns, and needs
- Strong ability to maintain integrity and confidentiality in complex situations; Ability to handle sensitive information, data, and issues with mature and discreet professionalism.
Benefits
- Professional Development
- Employee Experience & Culture
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
talent acquisitionfull-cycle recruitingApplicant Tracking Systemcandidate screeninginterview coordinationoffer managementrecruiting metricsprocess improvementsourcing candidatesdata integrity
Soft Skills
detail-orientedexecution-orientedself-starterstrong communicatorempathyprofessional growthopenness to feedbackability to handle sensitive informationleadershipadaptability