Specialist - Recruitment and Onboarding.Human Resources

We at MTN Cameroon are a purpose and value-led organization.

At MTN Cameroon we believe that understanding our people’s needs and aspirations is key to creating experiences that delight you at work, every day. We are committed to fostering an environment where every member of our Y’ello Family is heard, understood, and empowered to live an inspired life. Our values keep us grounded and moving in the right direction. Most importantly, they keep us honest. It is not something we claim to be. It is in our DNA.

As an organisation, we consider it our mission to create an exciting and rewarding place to work, where our people can be themselves, thrive in positivity and ignite their full potential. A workplace that boosts creativity and innovation, improves productivity, and ultimately drives meaningful results. A workplace that is built on relationships and achieving a purpose that is bigger than us. This is what we want you to experience with us!

Our commitments go beyond an organisational promise. It is in our leadership and managerial ethos to meaningfully partner with our employees, customers, and stakeholders with a vision to realise our shared goals. 

Our values dubbed, LIVE Y’ello, are the cornerstone of our culture.

Lead with Care

Can-do with Integrity

Collaborate with Agility

Serve with Respect

Act with Inclusion

• Develop and monitor the recruitment plan and process

  • Co-ordinate with HRBPs to ensure job profiles are kept up-to-date and complete 

  • Develop and execute on the sourcing strategy relative to the business, region, skillset and level of work 

  • Manage vacancies and job posting (incl. internal job postings) 

  • Plan, activate and manage the respective sourcing platforms - head hunters, recruitment agencies, internal referrals, online recruitment channels and digital platforms

  • Support and liaise with HRBPs for shortlisting and interviewing scheduling with business

  • Manage end to end offer management process 

  • Manage and perform hiring due diligence process

  • Co-ordinate with internal departments (and external agencies if any) to ensure onboarding readiness 

  • Manage end to end onboarding process

  • Assume accountability for recruitment related documentation and verification procedures

  • Timely coordination with employee services team for to the recruitment and onboarding updates to HRIS

  • Ensure compliance to respective internal policies, SLAs and regulatory requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree: Preferably in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, Communications or any relevant field.
• Professional Certification in Human Resources is an advantage

• Fluent in English and language of country preferable.

Experience:

• 3–5 years in a dedicated recruitment or HR generalist role.

• Proven track record of managing the entire lifecycle—from sourcing candidates (including passive candidates on LinkedIn) to conducting "Day 1" Onboarding.

• Experience with talent attraction facilitators as LinkedIn Recruiter…

• Experience with HRMS (HRIS, ORC, EBS…)

• Background in Analytics would be an advantage

• Experience in supervising others is an advantage 

• Experience working in a medium or large organization

Technical Competencies and Skills: 

• Mastery of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and HRIS platforms.

• Advanced knowledge of "LinkedIn Recruiter" and social selling to find niche talent.

• Basic understanding of local employment laws to ensure fair and legal hiring practices.

• Data Analytics: Ability to build activities reports and share with stakeholders.

• Ability to write compelling "hook" emails to candidates and lead engaging orientation presentations.

• Handling 10+ open roles and 5+ new hires simultaneously without letting a single detail (like a laptop delivery) slip through the cracks.

• The ability to "sell" the company's vision.

• Solid sense of accountability, sound personal judgment, and maturity.

• Strong project management, planning, and organizational skills, including ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.

• Superb oral and written communication

• Demonstrated experience and relevant expertise in the design and building of distributed solutions.

• Good IT knowledge of digitalized solutions

• Flexible and ready to work under tight deadlines

• Telecommunications Industry Knowledge

Behavioural Qualities (Live MTN Values)

Lead with Care

• Demonstrates our curiosity and determination to be game changers. 

• Own and deliver on our bold ambitions to generate value for our internal and external stakeholders 

• Lead with humanity and empathy

• Nurture relationships and act in the benefit of people, communities, societies, environment & planet

• Completely accountable

• Humble & considerate

Can-Do with Integrity

• Steadfast in our commitment to equity, ethics & morality.

• Discern right from wrong when "doing

• Honest and candid

• Bold & courageous - free to speak up and trustworthy in action, behavior & thought

• Do right by others 

Collaborate with Agility

• Demonstrates how to collectively engage and work to achieve our shared purpose

• Forge meaningful partnerships, operate with a solution mindset and take personal accountability for our contribution

• believe in our shared goals

• learn, adapt, break barriers, fail-fast and discover new ways to make a positive impact

Serve with Respect

• Demonstrates our higher purpose to be of service for good

• Humble and modest in our interactions

• Mindful of personal actions and its impact on people, customers, communities, ecosystems, nation state, shareholders & regulators

• Treat others with dignity, open yourself to other’s views and believe in collective mission to serve for the greater good

Act with Inclusion

• Value the power of diversity

• Empower others to do better for the people, communities, nation states and the ecosystem around us