[Hiring] Senior Recruiter @GiveDirectly

Role Description

GiveDirectly has delivered more than $1B in cash directly to 2+ million people living in poverty and crisis around the world since 2011. We're scaling significantly and building the People function to carry it, including evolving the recruitment function needed to drive that growth.

The core of the job is proactive sourcing in markets where the talent is real but not obvious. You will not wait for inbound. You'll map the market, build calibrated pipelines from scratch, and get strong candidates into process quickly.

What you'll do

• Own our hardest senior searches end to end.
• Own Senior Manager+ searches from launch through offer at a 6 to 8 week pace where the market allows, starting with programs leadership and tech and extending to our toughest searches across other functions.
• Serve as the recruitment focal point for these roles: the person hiring managers come to, and the person who knows where this talent is.
• Build and maintain regional talent pipelines and GiveDirectly's presence with strong institutions and networks across the continent.
• Source proactively:
  • Lead with outbound. Map talent pools, build boolean searches, and use LinkedIn Recruiter and our other tools to build small, strong, calibrated pipelines rather than working through inbound volume.
  • Translate a vague profile into a real search in a thin market, and recommend profile or approach changes when the market tells you something.
  • Build diverse slates as a matter of course rather than treating it as an afterthought.
• Drive the process and partner with senior hiring managers:
  • Run recruiter-led searches with senior hiring managers (up to c-suite): you drive, they don't.
  • Run clean pipelines: keep Greenhouse current, review your funnels regularly to catch where candidates are stalling, and use pipeline data to diagnose a stuck search.
  • Own the candidate experience end to end: keep people warm and moving, sell GiveDirectly, run comp and logistics, and close the offer.
• Contribute to the team:
  • Peer-coach more junior recruiters on sourcing and search craft, and turn what you learn into shared practice.
  • Raise the bar for how our team recruits: build and roll out a consistent search process and outbound sourcing practice.
  • If you bring French and/or Portuguese, put it to work on searches the rest of the team can't reach today.
  • Feed what you're seeing in the market back to the Director, TA to sharpen overall strategy.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience recruiting for tech-forward INGOs, or in a mission-driven scale-up or startup.
• Deep proactive-sourcing experience for senior roles.
• Recruiting range across multiple functions.
• Recent experience recruiting in sub-Saharan Africa.
• A track record owning searches end to end and partnering strategically with hiring managers.
• Strong process hygiene and a data-driven approach.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity.
• Strong candidate-closing instincts.

Requirements

• Based on the African continent.
• Professional French and/or Portuguese language skills.
• Fluency with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, and AI-assisted sourcing tools.

Benefits

• At GiveDirectly, we strive to pay our employees generously and equitably.
• This role is fully remote.
• Base Salary and Bonus details for different locations:
  • Kenya: Base Salary: $83,820, Bonus at Target Performance: 10% (~$8,382).
  • United States: Base Salary: $114,660, Bonus at Target Performance: 10% (~$11,466).
  • United Kingdom: Base Salary: £77,600, Bonus at Target Performance: 10% (~£7,760).
• Annual Benefits Stipend varies by location.

Company Description

GiveDirectly is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to the person’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible work environment.