Recruitment Specialist (Remote, Philippines)

Aussie Founders Club; Manila; Remote; PHP 1,033,000 - 1,550,000; Part time

Job summary

Kairos Recruitment, a Melbourne-based firm, is seeking an experienced recruiter in the Philippines to run the front end of every search for Australian startups. You’ll work with Megan, build an offshore service, and lead the candidate experience from sourcing to shortlisting.

You’ll manage end-to-end processes, run screens, and design scalable assessment workflows while coordinating with founders and ATS platforms, all during Melbourne business hours.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment, ideally agency-side, with AU/US/UK clients.
• Ability to manage a process end-to-end without supervision.
• Experience building or improving recruitment processes.
• Interest in leading a new offshore service.
• Excellent written and spoken English; comfortable on calls.
• Organised with experience using an ATS.
• Available for at least four hours daily during Melbourne business hours.

Responsibilities

• Head hunt and source candidates for live Kairos roles.
• Run first-round phone/video screens and document notes.
• Keep ATS clean and up to date.
• Support Aussie Fractionals board with outreach to founders and fractional operators.
• Handle admin like scheduling, follow-ups and reference checks.
• Design and manage scalable offshore service processes.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment

Candidate screening

Process design

Leadership

English communication

ATS familiarity

Tools

Teamtailor

Workable

Recruitee

Job description

Remote, Philippines | Part-time, 20 hours a week to start | Contract

Kairos Recruitment is a Melbourne-based recruitment business that hires for Australian startups and scaleups. We work directly with founders, often as their first recruitment partner, across growth, operations, product, tech and people roles. Kairos sits alongside Aussie Founders Club, a community of 2,000+ Australian founders, so our network runs deep across the startup scene.

We're looking for an experienced recruiter in the Philippines to work with Megan, our founder, and run the front end of every search. As we grow, you'll help us build a new offshore recruitment service that places VAs and remote talent with Australian startups, and you'll lead that process.

What you'll do

• Headhunt and source candidates for live Kairos roles on LinkedIn and other channels
• Run first-round phone and video screens, write clear notes, and put your best candidates forward to Megan
• Keep our ATS (Teamtailor) clean and up to date: stages, notes and candidate follow-ups
• Support our Aussie Fractionals board with outreach to founders and fractional operators
• Handle the admin that keeps searches moving, like scheduling, follow-ups and reference checks
• As the offshore service grows, design a repeatable process for it, including skills tests and assessments, and then run and manage it

About you

• You've worked in recruitment, ideally agency-side, and you've sourced and screened candidates for Australian, US or UK clients
• You can run a process end to end without being chased. You know what a strong shortlist looks like and how to keep candidates warm.
• You've built or improved a recruitment process before, and you have clear views on how to test candidates properly
• You want to lead. We'd love to hear how you'd shape a new service if you owned it.
• Your written and spoken English is excellent, and you're confident on calls with Australian candidates
• You're organised and comfortable in an ATS (Teamtailor, Workable, Recruitee or similar)
• You can work at least four hours a day in Melbourne business hours (AEST/AEDT)
• You have reliable internet, a quiet space for calls and your own laptop

What's in it for you

• Stable, long-term work with an Australian business, starting at 20 hours a week with room to grow
• The chance to build and lead a new service from the ground up
• Working directly with a founder who was named 2025 Victorian Ecosystem Hero of the Year, inside Australia's startup scene
• Exposure to a wide range of roles and fast-growing companies