Recruitment & Selection Lead

Make It Good; Remote; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative NGO is looking for a Recruitment Lead to manage their end-to-end recruitment strategy for various programmes. The role will involve designing scalable processes to handle high volumes of applicants while ensuring an inclusive candidate experience. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of recruitment experience, including 2 in a leadership role, strong data literacy, and excellent communication skills. This is a fully remote position based anywhere in South Africa, offering competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits including medical aid

Annual team event

Work with a collaborative team

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in recruitment or talent acquisition, with 2+ years in a lead or management role.
• Experience designing or managing recruitment processes and supervising a team.
• Hands-on experience planning and managing paid social media recruitment campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment strategy for all programmes.
• Improve scalable recruitment processes for large applicant volumes.
• Track and analyze recruitment funnel metrics.

Skills

Recruitment strategy

Team leadership

Process design

Data literacy

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

ATS

CRM

Job description

Location

South Africa

Work model

Fully remote (can be based anywhere in South Africa).

You need to be legally eligible to work in SA to be considered.

Salary

R30k-R40k CTC

Why you'd want to work here

Join a mission‑led NGO that uses education and tech to reduce inequality and youth unemployment by creating pathways into high‑value digital and tech careers

Fully remote, with intentional in‑person connection time in Johannesburg or Cape Town a few times a year, plus an annual all‑team event focused on alignment and connection

Comprehensive benefits including medical aid and a retirement annuity

A values‑driven culture built around impact, community, learning, accountability, trust and joy at work

High levels of ownership and autonomy – you're trusted as an adult to deliver, not micromanaged

A genuinely collaborative, kind team that believes in their learners and in each other

The chance to design and scale a recruitment engine that opens life‑changing opportunities for thousands of young people every year

About our client

Our client is a global, fully remote NGO building a community of young people, social innovators, employers and funders to create real pathways to livelihoods.

They run a series of "labs" – from skills training to real‑world paid gigs and support into long‑term work – to help marginalised youth move into sustainable, future‑fit careers in areas like data, web development and design.

They're impact‑obsessed, data‑informed and deeply learner‑centred.

If you care about using recruitment, systems and data to change lives (not just fill vacancies), this is a powerful place to do it.

What the job involves

Owning the end‑to‑end recruitment and selection strategy for all programmes and projects – from lead generation through to onboarding selected candidates

Designing and continuously improving scalable recruitment processes that can handle tens of thousands of applicants per year, while staying human, fair and inclusive

Developing and maintaining clear, compliant recruiting procedures and SOPs across sourcing, screening, interviewing and selection

Creating and managing an annual recruitment calendar, including bootcamps, application deadlines and communication plans

Planning and coordinating recruitment marketing campaigns with internal teams and agencies, including paid social media and other digital channels

Partnering with Data and programme teams to ensure clean, structured applicant data that can be used for decision‑making across the Skills and Experience Labs

Tracking and analysing funnel metrics (volume, conversion, time‑to‑fill, cost‑per‑hire) and using insights to refine processes and tests

Leading, coaching and developing a small recruitment team – setting clear targets, doing regular check‑ins and performance reviews, and building a collaborative, data‑forward culture

Acting as the connector between recruitment and internal stakeholders (Skills, Experience, Placement, Partnerships, Project Operations) to ensure recruitment is aligned with demand and capacity

Championing a fair, inclusive and positive candidate experience, including timely responses to queries and clear, empathetic communication via email, help desk and WhatsApp

Overseeing applicant tracking systems and databases, ensuring data hygiene, accurate tagging and accessible assessment records

Producing regular reports and dashboards on funnel health, candidate demographics, bootcamp outcomes and readiness for placement, and sharing insights with leadership

Identifying bottlenecks in the funnel, testing solutions and leading pilots for new sourcing methods, automation tools and assessment techniques

Working with internal teams to match candidates to the right pathways, labs and gigs, and managing the handover into onboarding so that transitions are smooth and well‑informed

Ensuring that all recruitment practices are compliant with policies, labour laws, data privacy regulations and inclusive hiring standards

What you need to be considered

5+ years' experience in recruitment or talent acquisition, with at least 2 years in a lead or management role

Proven experience designing or managing recruitment processes and supervising a small team

Strong systems and process design skills – able to map, optimise and scale recruitment workflows across multiple campaigns

High level of data literacy : comfortable using an ATS, CRM and analytics tools, and turning funnel metrics into practical improvements

Experience working closely with cross‑functional teams (e.g. programme delivery, project managers, external partners or clients)

Hands‑on experience planning and managing paid social‑media recruitment campaigns (e.g. Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills – able to engage candidates, brief stakeholders and write clear documentation and SOPs

Solid understanding of labour laws, data privacy and inclusive hiring practices

A genuine commitment to social impact and reducing inequality, ideally with a strong interest in education, youth development and / or tech

Comfortable working fully remotely, with the discipline and self‑management that requires

A relevant bachelor's degree (e.g. HR, Industrial Psychology, Business, Organisational Development or similar) is preferred

Bonus points if you

Have experience in high‑volume, assessment‑heavy recruitment (e.g. graduate programmes, learnerships, bootcamps)

Have worked in an NGO, social enterprise, EdTech or youth employability context

Bring hands‑on experience with South African labour legislation and POPIA in a recruitment context

Have implemented or optimised an ATS or CRM, or led a migration between systems

Are comfortable presenting data and insights to senior stakeholders and helping drive strategic decisions

Have experience working in fully remote, distributed teams across time zones

Are energised by experimentation – testing new sourcing channels, assessments or automations and sharing what you learn with the team