Job Vacancies at Andela Nigeria

About You

• You are passionate about supporting recruiting functions, building and designing systems and process that increase efficiency and you have a love for finding and supporting unique individuals that, given the right role have the power to change the world.
• You are excited to represent Andela to a wide variety of candidates across levels of seniority and thrive in a multi-functional role in fast-paced, innovative environments, and solving key issues enabling recruiting functions to thrive and aiding in finding and empowering Africa’s top talents.
• You have strong analytical and time/project management skills. You are a confident self-starter and a results-oriented individual excited by the mission that you apply your skills towards.
• You’ll partner closely with the Recruiting team to optimize the job roles in focus.

About the Role

• Andela is a fast growing organization that requires a strong recruitment team to achieve its hiring goals.
• The Recruitment Specialist will work with an awesome team to drive Andela’s recruitment strategy of hiring top talents whose values and goals are very well aligned with that of Andela.
• In partnership with hiring managers, you will be responsible for sourcing and hiring these talents while ensuring all stakeholders have a great hiring experience.

Key Responsibilities
Candidate Sourcing and selection:

• Actively source top talent online to build a funnel of qualified candidates for a quickly scaling and dynamic global team, for diverse functions across the organisation
• Work closely with hiring managers to achieve a clear understanding of job roles in order to identify the best talents
• Design and maintain systems that guarantee punctual and delightful evaluation processes for our candidates.
• Comply with and bolster data analysis systems to improve performance tracking once hired.
• Engage and captivate the interest of high-quality candidates and convert those candidates into hires.
• Identify new sourcing channels and tools through frequent research
• Ensure a best-in-class selection process

Stakeholder Management:

• Coordinate and communicate with internal stakeholders to guarantee headcount is filled on time, and through the most equitable and objective processes possible.
• Partner with hiring managers to identify hiring needs and best ways to fill those needs.
• Proactively guide internal stakeholders towards best hiring practices.
• Provide timely feedback to candidates to ensure a great candidate experience
• Maintain positive relationships with candidates in ways that could yield referrals that could become potential hire
• Build a community of top talents that can be tapped into in the near future
• Create accessible resources for your stakeholder (candidates, hiring managers and interviewers)

Others:

• Facilitate workshops aimed to improve the recruitment process across the organisation
• Develop Initiatives that add value to the organisation in areas relating to talent sourcing and management
• Collaborate with the Recruiting Manager to continually develop and improve on existing recruitment processes
• Assist the recruiting operations team in optimizing the hiring process

Qualifications & Characteristics
As the ideal candidates for this role should possess the following:

• 2-5 years experience in talent acquisition/recruitment - technical recruiting would be a bonus
• Certified member of Chartered Institute of Personnel Management or related body is a bonus.
• A self-starter and able to work independently with some ambiguity and develop process and structure as needed.
• Creativity in expanding the ecosystem for sourcing top talent for Andela.You are Innovative and a supporter of diversity and equal employment opportunity
• Active sourcing experience through platforms such as LinkedIn, Boolean search exposure and leveraging networks through referrals and internal applicants
• Familiarity with employment laws and be supportive of diversity
• Curiosity about how to improve efficiency in attracting top talent from across the continent and the diaspora.
• Motivation to relentlessly and consistently engage and follow-up with prospective candidates and referrers.
• Excellent People, Communication, Problem-solving, Negotiation, Time management and Coordination skills.
• You understand the value of maintaining positive relationships and creating an awesome candidate/hiring manager’s experience.
• You have a knack for developing, coordinating and implementing the calendars of activities to ensure that targets are hit in a timely manner
• Excellent knowledge and passion about Andela’s mission and vision. Able to convincingly sell Andela’s opportunity to prospective employees
• You drive results in a big way and can get things done. You are self-driven and have great independent follow-through
• You are great at researching candidates and their previous employers online, and have a very strong interest in talent acquisition and personal career trajectories.
• High learning velocity and readiness to be awesome

EPIC Values Alignment

• Demonstrable commitment to the learning & development of people and technology
• The ability to learn new things fast enough to amaze your friends and family.

Interested?

• If the above sounds like an exciting role to you, please tell us why you believe you’re a good fit and we’ll be in touch.

Benefits & Compensation

• Full-time compensation
• Full medical coverage
• Lunch and snacks provided daily
• Beautiful working environment
• Opportunity to work with the brightest minds on the planet
• Oh, And a chance to change the world!

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About the Role

• The Corporate Counsel will be an experienced generalist reporting directly to the Deputy General Counsel.
• This role provides, in a consultative approach, legal guidance to internal clients at various levels in the corporation.
• This person will interact with senior executives, including the CEO, COO and CFO, and will work remotely with the Deputy General Counsel who is located in New York.
• Among other things, the ideal candidate is likeable but firm when necessary, will possess business savvy, be able to understand and recommend constructive solutions to complex issues, apply a results oriented approach to get things done, exhibit an ability to balance legal and business perspectives so as not to interfere with the flow of the business, have a proven track record in drafting and negotiating contracts with a firm understanding of the market Andela is in and will have been embraced by their business counterparts as an indispensable part of their team.

Key Responsibilities of the Role

• Advising senior management and business partners on all aspects of commercial transactions.
• Negotiating and drafting M&A transactions.
• Support Andela’s sales organization (new sales and partner experience).
• Working on financing transactions, including an initial public offering.
• Intellectual curiosity to gain a deep understanding of regulations impacting the business and the ability to translate that understanding into actionable guidance for the business teams.
• Negotiating and drafting contracts--large and small.
• Advising on the business terms of established commercial agreements.
• Creating and revising applicable terms and conditions.
• Advising and assisting partner experience team to resolve customer concerns.
• Managing corporate governance, including board and shareholder materials.
• Reviewing advertising and marketing materials, website content and press releases to ensure compliance with legal requirements.
• Creating and implementing corporate policies.
• Drafting/reviewing incentive compensation plans.
• Advising on employment law matters, including disputes with competitors regarding non-compete and non-solicit agreements.
• Advising on intellectual property matters, including proactive cease and desist demands.

Minimum Experience Required

• 7+ years of relevant legal experience
• Prior experience as a company-side corporate lawyer at a law firm
• Prior in-house experience is preferred, and some experience with employment law and international law would be ideal.
• Law Degree

Job Qualifications / Experience Requirements:

• Comfortable working in an entrepreneurial, dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, especially in contract negotiations. Easygoing negotiating style is a must.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Ability to get things done quickly without sweating the small stuff.
• Business savvy and customer-service oriented approach to facilitate achievement of business objectives.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal supervision, but also to accept direction from the Deputy General Counsel.
• Collegial style, team player with excellent independent judgment.
• Superior contract drafting skills–understand the “power of the pen.”
• Excellent communication (verbal, written and listening) skills.

EPIC Values Alignment:

• Demonstrable commitment to the learning & development of people and technology
• The ability to learn new things fast enough to amaze your friends and family

Interested?

• If the above sounds like an exciting role to you, please tell us why you believe you’re a good fit and we’ll be in touch.

Benefits & Compensation

• Full-time compensation
• Full medical coverage
• Breakfast, lunch and snacks provided daily
• Beautiful working environment
• Opportunity to work with the brightest minds on the planet
• Oh, and a chance to change the world!