HR Specialist - Talent Acquisition and Management
About Us:
Amini is a dynamic, fast-growing deep tech startup. We are building the sovereign, AI-native distributed infrastructure stack for the Global South. At Amini, we empower our partners and customers to leverage artificial intelligence for innovation, growth, equality, and success.
Our core values of Collaboration, Trust, Integrity, Humility, and Passion are at the heart of everything we do.
Our team embodies inclusivity, diversity, agility, and dynamism. Comprising highly skilled experts, we recognize the transformational nature of our work while remaining humble, ego-free, and non-hierarchical. We believe in fully utilizing our skills and experiences, sharing ideas, and making a collective impact to drive change and positively influence the AI industry and billions of lives.
Role
Amini is seeking a proactive and strategic HR professional to join our team as a Global HR – People and Talent Specialist. This position combines full-cycle talent acquisition with people development and generalist HR responsibilities. You will work closely with hiring managers to source, attract, and onboard top talent, while supporting HR initiatives, career development programs, and succession planning to meet our business objectives.
What you will be doing
Talent Acquisition:
- Lead all hiring activity across the organisation, ensuring timely and quality recruitment outcomes.
- Develop and execute talent acquisition strategies to attract top engineering and technical talent.
- Manage the full recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand talent needs and provide recruitment expertise.
- Build and maintain strong talent pipelines through job boards, social media, networking, and direct outreach.
- Manage relationships with external recruitment agencies where necessary.
- Conduct reference follow-ups and maintain communication with candidates during their notice period.
- Develop and maintain interview question banks and recruitment dashboards.
- Ensure a seamless and positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
- Lead recruitment and interview training for managers and teams.
Generalist HR
- Support HR processes including employee relations, probation management, performance management, and policy implementation.
- Assist with onboarding and induction processes, ensuring smooth integration of new employees.
- Maintain and update HR records, ensuring compliance with employment laws and company policies.
- Contribute to HR projects including employee engagement, diversity & inclusion, and learning & development initiatives.
- Provide HR advice and guidance to managers and employees on HR policies, procedures, and best practices.
Talent Development:
- Support experienced hires in talent management, career ladders, and career planning.
- Lead early careers programs, including strategy for graduates, interns, and early talent: career planning, skill development, mentoring, and experience opportunities.
- Support succession planning and career development initiatives across the organisation.
What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience in HR and talent acquisition, ideally within the engineering or technical sector.
- Solid understanding of HR functions, best practices, and employment law.
- A person with a high work rate and the ability to manage multiple deliverables and priorities whilst not compromising in quality or standards.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience in leading early careers programs, succession planning, and career development initiatives.
- Proficiency in applicant tracking systems (ATS), HRIS, and other HR software.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to work independently as well as collaboratively.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
Why Join Amini?
- Be part of a groundbreaking AI startup at the forefront of innovation
- Be instrumental in a truly transformational mission, positively impacting billions of lives
- Our people and team Culture – it really is special. Work in a non-hierarchical, open, positive environment, where egos are left at the door and people are happy to come to work
- Collaborate and learn with a highly skilled, talented, and inclusive team of professionals.
- Massive opportunity for career growth and development
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Make a meaningful impact on the future of AI technology
- Remote and hybrid working opportunities
- Laptop and all necessary technology tools provided for effective remote working
Skills Required
- Proven experience in HR and talent acquisition
- Understanding of HR functions and employment law
- Ability to manage multiple deliverables and priorities
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Experience in leading early careers programs
- Proficiency in ATS, HRIS, and other HR software
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
What We Do
At Amini, we are committed to making a difference for our customers, colleagues, and communities. We are a dynamic, fast-growing deep tech startup. We are building environmental data infrastructure for Africa and the tropical belt. Amini is at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, utilizing Geospatial Data and AI / Machine Learning capabilities to solve environmental data scarcity for countries in the global south. Everyone at Amini knows how their work enables the realization of our vision. Without them and their contribution, we will not be a whole team, and we will not complete our mission. Every person at Amini knows that they matter and their work makes a difference — a difference to our company, a difference to our customers, and a difference to communities across Africa and the global south. Our team embodies inclusivity, diversity, agility, and dynamism. Comprising highly skilled experts, we recognize the transformational nature of our work while remaining humble, ego-free, and non-hierarchical. We believe in our mission to build an environmental data infrastructure for Africa and the tropical belt to solve environmental data scarcity for countries in the global south. We believe in our vision of Africa being a catalyst for global transformation and creating opportunities for over 1 billion lives. We believe in our collective strength and talents - we have the brightest brains creating a leading edge platform and products, utilising AI to deliver the largest combined catalogue of satellite and ground truth data available for the tropical belt. We believe in each other – We work together to achieve outstanding results. Amini’s people are great to work with, always inclusive, generous, quick to learn, energetic and fun, never bureaucratical or ego driven. We believe our future is cosmic – We have huge, ambitious plans and the excitement about the impact our company can make and how we can enable the global south is off the charts.
