Andela is developing a corps of high-quality technology
talent across the African continent that will drive the current and future
phases of tech-enabled growth around the world. With the fastest growing
population and highest youth population in the world, we believe Africa is one
of the greatest untapped markets for talent development.
Andela extends engineering teams with world-class software
developers. We recruit the most talented developers on the African continent,
shape them into technical leaders, and place them as full-time distributed team
members with companies that range from Microsoft and IBM to dozens of
high-growth startups. Backed by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, GV (Google
Ventures) and Spark Capital, Andela is building the next generation of global
technology leaders. Passion, excellence, entrepreneurial spirit, and rejecting
the status quo are just a few of the things that Andela team members have in
common.
We have a vision to train 100,000 world-class developers in
the next 10 years – and we want you to help make it happen.
Position: Marketing
and Outreach Associate
Type: Full Time
Experience:
Junior Level
Location: Lagos
About the Marketing
and Outreach Associate Role
The purpose of this position is to plan, coordinate, and
direct strategies and activities that optimize recruitment by attracting new
applicants to Andela’s Fellowship Program. This is accomplished by providing
essential information about Andela as it relates to recruitment.; making vital
information available to partners and recruitment pipelines through recruitment
content marketing and outreach.
This is a critical role at Andela as the success of our
program depends on the quality of developers that we admit into the program. He/she
would report to the Community Manager, Technical Talent and work with the
Talent Operations Associate and Talent Sourcing Analyst to set the country
recruitment team’s objectives, set priorities, and execute on a well laid out
plan.
Key Attributes of the role include:
You are biased towards action. You take action first, and
improve on the actions for optimal results.
You drive results in a big way and can get things done. You
are self-driven and have great follow-through
You have superior organizational skills, integrity and
excellence-oriented mindset.
Excellent problem solving and organizational skills
Resolving any arising problems and complaints
Liaise with other departments to successfully complete tasks
and projects
Strategically plan and execute recruitment events and cycle
You are very analytical, and can create insights from
analyzing sets of data
Responsibilities
Outreach
Work with Community Manager, Technical Talent to develop
outreach and marketing plan to recruit new fellows in line with the
organizational objectives.
Assist implementing annual outreach and recruitment plan.
Organizing or attending events that would drive the
awareness of Andela’s programs.
Attend relevant community meetings, conferences and round
tables.
Marketing
Create and maintain Digital Talent Marketing Calendar;
update as campaign elements shift and add new information as it becomes
available
Coordinate the creation of Talent digital content (e.g.
website, blogs, press releases and podcasts)
Monitor return on investment and key performance indicators
of all digital channels
Strategic Planning
Develop and implement direct marketing methods to increase
successful application rates
Stay up-to-date with digital media developments and research
Social Media Recruiting trends to offer best practices on how to utilize social
sites as candidate networking tools.
Reports
Create and generate standard quarterly and year-end reports
as well as ad-hoc reports to inform operational and workforce optimization
decisions by managers and senior leadership
Maintain up to date knowledge of recruiting trends and
issues, labour laws and government regulations that have short and long term
implications.
Qualifications and competencies
Bachelor’s Degree is an added advantage.
At least 1-2 years experience in a similar position.
Knowledgeable of the tech ecosystem in Nigeria.
Excellent public speaking and presentation skills.
Ability to connect with others and forge strong
relationships.
Ability to perform several tasks concurrently.
Excellent analytical skills.
Ability to organize and maintain detailed records and meet
deadlines.
Must be able to work under pressure meeting deadlines and
changing priorities.
Able to effectively communicate both verbally and in
writing.
Willingness to travel.
How to Apply
Interested persons should click here to apply
Note
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at
our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color,
national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran
status, or disability status.
