Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Position Name: Senior Manager Talent Acquisition

Division / Function: HR & Admin

Location of the Job: Abuja

Reports to: Chief People Officer

Role Summary

Husk is seeking a Senior Manager Talent Acquisition to provide strategic leadership and operational excellence for the Talent Acquisition function in Nigeria ensuring the timely hiring of top-tier talent across technical operational commercial and leadership roles.

The Senior Manager Talent Acquisition will shape recruitment strategies strengthen employer brand positioning in Nigeria and ensure sustainable talent pipelines to support Husks rapid growth

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition Strategy & Planning

• Lead the design and execution of the national talent acquisition strategy in alignment with business goals and workforce plans.
• Partner with the CPO and Country Director to ensure hiring priorities are aligned with expansion roadmaps for minigrids energy services and corporate functions.
• Develop yearly manpower plans with functional heads and ensure execution.
• Build and maintain a high-quality talent pipeline for critical and future roles.

2. Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement

• Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on talent market insights hiring forecasts and competitive analysis.
• Engage cross-functionally with Operations Engineering Commercial Finance and HR teams to understand functional needs and deliver tailored hiring solutions.
• Facilitate interview readiness and capability building for hiring managers.

3. Recruitment Operations Excellence

• Oversee end-to-end recruitment processes including sourcing screening assessments interviews selection negotiation and onboarding coordination.
• Implement structured hiring frameworks to improve quality-of-hire reduce bias and shorten time-to-fill.
• Ensure ATS usage across all recruitment stages for data accuracy and process transparency.
• Drive leadership hiring using advanced sourcing and executive search methodologies.

4. Employer Branding & Talent Pipeline Development

• Build Husks employer value proposition in Nigeria through branding campaigns partnerships and targeted communication.
• Strengthen relationships with universities technical institutes professional networks and industry bodies.
• Lead recruitment events job fairs and outreach programs to attract diverse and high-caliber talent.

5. Compliance Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure all hiring practices are compliant with Nigerian labor laws and Husks global HR standards.
• Track recruitment performance analyze hiring metrics and recommend enhancements.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to optimize hiring efficiency and candidate experience.

6. People Leadership & Capability Development

• Mentor and guide the Talent Acquisition team strengthening sourcing interviewing and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Foster a culture of excellence speed data-driven decision-making and ethical hiring

Qualifications :

Required Skills & Attributes

• Strong interpersonal skills
• High empathy emotional intelligence and employee-first mindset
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills
• Problem-solving ability with calm handling of employee issues
• High integrity and confidentiality in sensitive matters
• Culture champion with the ability to influence behaviour
• Experience Requirements
• 36 years of HR experience preferably in Employee Experience Engagement Talent Management or HR Operations. 
• Preferably worked in fast-paced multi-location environments
• Exposure to HR analytics surveys and dashboards is an advantage  

Additional Information :

Location and Travel

This role is based in Abuja Nigeria.

Salary

NGN400000 to NGN850000

Women candidates are encouraged to apply.

DISCLAIMER: 

This description indicates the general nature and level of the qualifications and duties required of employees in this job classification as well as the essential functions a person must be able to perform to do this job. It is not designed to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Husk Power Systems and its subsidiaries are equal-opportunity employers and make employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs. We hire without consideration of race colour religion citizenship political activity or affiliation marital status age national origin ancestry disability veteran status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression sex or gender or any other basis protected by law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time