Talent Acquisition Lead

About

Penda Health seeks a Talent Acquisition Lead to support the full recruitment lifecycle primarily for Integrated Patient Services clinical and medical-centre roles, and secondarily for Support Office roles. The role works with the Talent Acquisition Manager to maintain process standards, support hiring managers, and maintain talent pipelines. This is a 6-month to 1-year contract. Terms of service: 6 months to 1-year contract. Duty station: Nairobi, Kenya.

How to apply

Apply online through the official advert page on Penda Health Career Page. Submit the required application form and resume; the resume may be attached as .pdf, .doc, .docx, .odt, .txt, or .rtf (limit 5MB), or pasted into the form.

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Responsibilities

• Manages end-to-end recruitment for assigned roles, from role activation through to offer, in line with Penda’s Hiring System standards and agreed SLAs.
• Coordinates each stage of the hiring process, including job posting, shortlisting, assessment scheduling, interview panel logistics, and candidate communication.
• Conducts structured screening interviews and supports panel interviews to assess candidates against defined competency and culture-fit criteria.
• Ensures consistent, respectful, and timely communication with all candidates at every touchpoint in the process.
• Partners with hiring managers and HRBPs to align on role requirements, candidate progress, and hiring decisions.
• Follows and applies Penda’s recruitment SOPs at every stage, flagging deviations and escalating process risks to the Talent Acquisition Manager.
• Confirms that all JDs meet the quality gate standard before a role is activated for recruitment.
• Applies defined assessment tools and evaluation criteria consistently across all roles to support fair and objective hiring.
• Tracks and updates candidate records in the ATS accurately throughout the recruitment cycle, maintaining data integrity at all times.
• Supports pre-boarding handover to the HRBP team, ensuring documentation is complete and the transition is clean and timely.
• Maintains active talent pipelines, particularly for high-volume and recurring clinical roles, ensuring Penda is never starting from zero on a critical hire.
• Executes sourcing strategies designed by the Talent Acquisition Manager, using job boards, professional networks, referrals, and community channels to attract qualified candidates.
• Participates in proactive outreach to potential candidates for hard-to-fill roles.
• Monitors pipeline health by role and flags early warning signs of sourcing challenges to the Talent Acquisition Manager.
• Serves as the day-to-day point of contact for hiring managers on all active roles, keeping them informed on candidate progress, next steps, and timeline expectations.

Qualifications

• Higher diploma in Human Resource Management, Business, Psychology, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of hands-on recruitment experience, with meaningful exposure to high-volume or clinical/healthcare hiring environments strongly preferred.
• Demonstrable experience managing recruitment end-to-end, from sourcing through to offer and pre-boarding handover.
• Experience conducting structured interviews and applying competency-based evaluation frameworks.
• Familiarity with ATS platforms and a track record of maintaining accurate recruitment records and data.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple open roles simultaneously without losing rigour or attention to detail.
• Confident communicator — able to engage professionally with candidates, hiring managers, and other stakeholders across different levels.
• Sound judgement in screening and assessing candidates against both competency and culture-fit criteria.
• Committed to process standards — follows SOPs consistently and holds themselves accountable to agreed timelines and quality gates.
• Data-conscious — tracks what matters, updates records in real time, and uses metrics to flag risks and drive improvements.
• Embodies the Penda Way: passionate, trustworthy, responsible, and genuinely invested in getting the right people into the organisation.