Senior Recruiter

We are a startup recruitment and talent solutions agency focused on connecting top talent with high-performing organizations across multiple industries. This Senior Recruiter role is Lagos-based and about 95% remote.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruitment for mid-level to senior-level roles across multiple industries and functions.
• Partner with clients to understand hiring needs, role requirements, timelines, and recruitment strategies.
• Source candidates using job boards, professional networks, referrals, networking, headhunting, and talent pipelines.
• Conduct candidate screening, interviews, and assessments.
• Present qualified candidates to clients with detailed evaluation notes and recommendations.
• Coordinate interviews, feedback sessions, offer negotiations, and onboarding processes.
• Ensure excellent candidate and client experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Lead and supervise one Mid-Level Recruiter and two Junior Recruiters.
• Assign roles, prioritize workloads, and monitor recruitment progress across active mandates.
• Provide coaching, mentorship, training, and performance feedback to team members.
• Support junior recruiters in sourcing strategies, candidate engagement, and recruitment best practices.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective clients.
• Serve as a key point of contact for recruitment updates and hiring consultations.
• Manage client expectations regarding timelines, market realities, and candidate availability.
• Support business development initiatives by identifying upselling and new client opportunities.
• Track recruitment KPIs including time-to-fill, submission-to-interview ratio, offer acceptance rate, and placement success.
• Ensure accurate documentation and maintenance of candidate records within the ATS/database.
• Improve recruitment processes, sourcing strategies, and workflow efficiencies.
• Support the development of recruitment SOPs, templates, and reporting structures.
• Stay updated on industry trends, salary benchmarks, and hiring market conditions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5-7 years experience in agency recruitment or executive search.
• Proven experience managing recruiters or leading recruitment teams.
• Strong experience recruiting across multiple functions and industries.
• Excellent sourcing, interviewing, and candidate assessment skills.
• Strong client management and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and other recruitment tools.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.
• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a startup or high-growth recruitment agency.
• Knowledge of international recruitment markets and remote hiring.
• Experience handling technical, executive, or niche recruitment mandates.
• Professional HR or recruitment certifications are an added advantage.