Talent Acquisition Specialist

The Safal Group is a manufacturing company founded in 1958, based in Nairobi, Kenya, focusing on identifying, attracting, assessing, and engaging high-quality talent across its various operations.

This role involves supporting the Group Talent Acquisition function by identifying, attracting, assessing, and engaging high-quality talent across the organization. A key focus will be on talent sourcing, market mapping, candidate research, recruitment analytics, and developing talent pipelines for both immediate and future hiring needs. The ideal candidate is a commercially-minded recruitment professional with experience from a recruitment consultancy, executive search firm, or a fast-paced in-house talent acquisition environment. They should be highly skilled in direct sourcing, candidate research, utilizing LinkedIn and other digital sourcing tools, market intelligence, and leveraging data to enhance recruitment outcomes.

1. Proactively source and engage suitable candidates using various channels like LinkedIn Recruiter, job portals, professional networks, and referrals.
2. Build and maintain robust talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs across the Group.
3. Identify and approach passive candidates, especially for specialist, technical, and management roles.
4. Conduct market mapping and research to identify talent from relevant industries and competitor organizations.
5. Review and screen candidate profiles against agreed role requirements.
6. Conduct initial conversations with candidates to assess their experience, interest, availability, and suitability.
7. Prepare candidate longlists, shortlists, and profiles to support recruitment decisions.
8. Support the recruitment of senior and hard-to-fill positions through targeted research and direct sourcing.
9. Maintain accurate recruitment data and regularly track key recruitment metrics.
10. Prepare recruitment reports and dashboards covering vacancy status, time to fill, source effectiveness, pipeline conversion, and other key trends.
11. Analyze recruitment data and provide practical insights to improve sourcing strategies and recruitment outcomes.
12. Collaborate closely with the Talent Acquisition Manager, Group, Business Unit HR teams, and hiring managers to understand hiring requirements and agree on sourcing approaches.
13. Support the smooth coordination of recruitment assignments and ensure timely follow-up with candidates and stakeholders.
14. Contribute ideas and improvements to strengthen recruitment processes, tools, technology, and candidate experience.
15. Support the effective use of LinkedIn Recruiter, AI tools, and other approved Talent Acquisition platforms.

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, Management, or a related field.
2. Additional certification in Recruitment, Talent Acquisition, HR Analytics, or related areas is an advantage.
3. Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in Talent Acquisition, Recruitment, Executive Search, or Recruitment Consulting.
4. Previous experience working with a recruitment consultancy, executive search firm, or search-based recruitment environment is strongly preferred.
5. Demonstrated experience in direct sourcing and identifying passive candidates.
6. Experience in market mapping, talent research, and candidate identification.
7. Experience supporting recruitment for specialist, technical, management, and/or senior-level positions is an advantage.
8. Practical experience using LinkedIn Recruiter and other digital sourcing platforms.
9. Experience in recruitment reporting and analytics, including the ability to analyze recruitment data and generate actionable insights.
10. Exposure to working across multiple business units, industries, countries, or geographically dispersed teams is an advantage.