Senior Recruiter

1 day, 3 hours ago
Full-time
Senior
HR and Recruiting
GiveDirectly

GiveDirectly

GiveDirectly is a non-profit organization that sends money directly to people in poverty, empowering them to choose how to improve their lives.

Capital Markets
51-250
Founded 2009
$1M raised

Description

  • Own Senior Manager+ searches from launch through offer, targeting a 6–8 week process where market conditions allow.
  • Serve as the primary recruitment partner for senior hiring managers, including C-suite stakeholders.
  • Map talent markets, conduct outbound sourcing, build Boolean searches, and develop calibrated regional pipelines.
  • Translate unclear hiring profiles into focused search strategies and recommend adjustments based on market data.
  • Build diverse candidate slates and strengthen GiveDirectly’s relationships with institutions and professional networks across Africa.
  • Manage candidate experience end to end, including engagement, compensation discussions, logistics, selling the mission, and closing offers.
  • Maintain clean Greenhouse pipelines, monitor funnel metrics, and use data to identify stalled searches and drive decisions.
  • Coach junior recruiters, establish consistent sourcing practices, and improve the overall recruitment process.
  • Share market insights with the Director of Talent Acquisition and contribute to selected talent acquisition projects.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of recruiting experience in a tech-forward INGO, mission-driven scale-up, or startup.
  • Deep experience proactively sourcing and closing senior talent in markets where candidates are not easily identifiable.
  • Experience leading end-to-end senior searches across multiple functions, ideally including technical or professional roles and programs or field leadership.
  • Recent recruiting experience in sub-Saharan Africa and strong knowledge of regional talent markets.
  • Demonstrated ability to strategically partner with hiring managers and challenge process or profile assumptions when needed.
  • Strong recruiting operations and data skills, including pipeline management, conversion tracking, and time-in-stage analysis.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments with limited existing pipelines.
  • Strong candidate-closing skills and ability to represent and sell a mission-driven organization.
  • Based on the African continent (preferred).
  • Professional French or Portuguese, and experience with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, or AI-assisted sourcing tools (preferred).

Benefits

  • Fully remote work arrangement.
  • Kenya compensation: $83,820 base salary, 10% target bonus, estimated target compensation of $92,202+, and an $8,453 annual benefits stipend.
  • United States compensation: $114,660 base salary, 10% target bonus, estimated target compensation of $126,126+, and a $21,393 annual benefits stipend.
  • United Kingdom compensation: £77,600 base salary, 10% target bonus, estimated target compensation of £85,360+, and a £2,760 annual benefits stipend.
  • Country-specific salary benchmarks for employees outside Kenya, the US, and UK.
  • Equitable, non-negotiated compensation structure and benefits stipend that may be used for benefits or taxable income.
  • $3,000 referral reward for Senior Manager+ hires and $500 for Manager hires.

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