- We are seeking a highly organized, professional, and personable USA Client Relations & Recruitment Coordinator to support our U.S.-based clients and recruitment operations in Kenya.
- This hybrid role combines sales support, client relationship management, recruitment, candidate presentation, and onboarding coordination.
- The successful candidate will participate in client discovery and sales conversations, understand staffing requirements, coordinate recruitment processes, interview candidates, prepare shortlisted candidates for client presentations, and support successful placements.
- The ideal candidate is confident communicating with U.S.-based business owners and executives, demonstrates excellent English communication skills, and can manage multiple client and recruitment processes simultaneously.
Sales Support, Client Discovery & Relationship Management
- Participate in introductory, sales, discovery, and strategic planning calls with prospective and existing U.S.-based clients.
- Understand clients' business operations, staffing needs, organizational structures, culture, technology, schedules, and performance expectations.
- Clearly explain the organization's services, recruitment process, remote staffing model, onboarding procedures, and ongoing client support.
- Translate client requirements into clear Job Description s, recruitment briefs, and candidate profiles.
- Support follow-up conversations and help move qualified prospective clients into the recruitment process.
- Build and maintain strong professional relationships with clients, identify opportunities for relationship growth, and address client questions and concerns.
- Support the resolution of client issues relating to recruitment and placed professionals.
- Keep management informed of significant client updates, business opportunities, and concerns.
Recruitment & Candidate Management
- Coordinate recruitment searches in line with client requirements and agreed timelines.
- Develop or review Job Description s, recruitment briefs, and candidate assessment criteria.
- Review applications, screen candidates, and conduct virtual or in-person interviews.
- Participate in second-round and final internal interviews where required.
- Evaluate candidates objectively against qualifications, experience, communication skills, and role-specific requirements.
- Identify and recommend suitable candidates for client consideration.
- Communicate professionally with candidates throughout the recruitment process, ensuring they understand the role, compensation, working hours, remote-work requirements, and client expectations.
- Maintain accurate recruitment records, candidate updates, and recruitment progress reports.
Candidate Presentation & Client Interview Coordination
- Prepare shortlisted candidates for presentation to clients, ensuring resumes and supporting materials are accurate and professionally presented.
- Prepare candidate summaries, introductory videos, portfolios, and other relevant presentation materials.
- Coordinate interview schedules, meeting links, instructions, and communication between candidates and clients.
- Prepare candidates for client interviews and participate in interviews when required.
- Gather client feedback, communicate interview outcomes, and coordinate next steps.
- Maintain accurate interview outcomes and recruitment decisions in designated tracking systems.
Onboarding & Placement Support
- Coordinate the transition from candidate selection to placement and onboarding.
- Confirm working hours, responsibilities, reporting arrangements, and communication expectations.
- Ensure selected professionals understand their roles, client expectations, schedules, reporting structures, and applicable policies.
- Assist in confirming technology, equipment, connectivity, and system requirements.
- Participate in onboarding meetings and coordinate communication between clients, placed professionals, Recruitment, HR, and Client Support teams.
- Follow up after placement to support a smooth transition and successful start.
Presentations, Outreach & Business Development Support
- Represent the organization professionally during client presentations, recruitment activities, networking events, and external engagements.
- Deliver presentations explaining the organization's services, recruitment process, and remote staffing model.
- Support relationship-building with prospective clients, universities, professional organizations, candidates, and referral partners.
- Present confidently to individuals, small groups, and larger audiences.
- Identify opportunities to generate awareness and support business development initiatives.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Communications, Marketing, Management, or a related field.
- Minimum of 2 - 3 years of relevant professional experience in recruitment, sales support, business development, client relations, account management, customer success, staffing, human resources, or professional services.
- Demonstrated experience in a client-facing role, preferably involving direct communication with business owners, executives, managers, or professional clients.
- Previous experience working with U.S.-based companies or international clients is strongly preferred.
- Practical experience in recruitment, candidate screening, interviewing, and client coordination.
- Ability to participate confidently in sales, discovery, and client-planning conversations.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple processes simultaneously.
- Demonstrated professionalism, sound judgment, initiative, and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality when handling client, candidate, and organizational information.
Communication Requirements
The successful candidate must demonstrate:
- Excellent written and spoken English, with clear, professional, and easily understandable verbal communication.
- Confidence communicating with U.S.-based business owners, executives, and professional clients.
- Strong business-email writing, telephone, and virtual meeting skills.
- Ability to ask effective discovery questions, actively listen, and understand client requirements.
- Ability to explain services, processes, and information clearly, concisely, and confidently.
- A professional U.S.- or U.K.-style English accent is preferred.
Working Hours & Availability
The successful candidate must be available to work during U.S. business hours as required.
The role involves regular participation in:
- Sales and client discovery calls.
- Client meetings and check-ins.
- Candidate and client interviews.
- Onboarding meetings.
- Team meetings and presentations.
- Some meetings may take place outside standard Kenyan business hours; therefore, schedule flexibility is essential.
The successful candidate should be comfortable using or quickly learning:
- Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.
- Zoom, Google Meet, Slack, and WhatsApp.
- Project management tools such as Trello, Asana, Monday.com, or ClickUp.
- Calendly or similar scheduling tools.
- LinkedIn, job boards, and candidate databases.
- Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.
- Electronic signature platforms such as DocuSign.
- ChatGPT or similar AI productivity tools.
- Final compensation will depend on relevant experience, qualifications, communication ability, client-facing exposure, demonstrated capability, and overall suitability.
- Hybrid work flexibility.
- Professional development and training.
- Opportunity to work directly with U.S.-based business owners and executives.
- Career growth within an international organization.