Posted on August 12, 2026 | Job ID: 3374
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT@ AIRTEL MALAWI
POSITION: LEAD- TALENT ACQUISITION
Location: Lilongwe
Responsibilities
Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning
Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from manpower requisition approval to successful onboarding, ensuring a seamless candidate and hiring manager experience.
Partner with line managers and business leaders to understand workforce requirements and develop proactive recruitment strategies to meet current and future talent needs.
Source, screen, assess, and shortlist high-quality candidates through various recruitment channels to ensure the availability of qualified talent.
Coordinate interviews, assessments, candidate selection, offer management, and onboarding activities at both OPCO and Group levels.
Build and maintain strong internal and external talent pipelines to support business growth, critical hiring needs, and succession planning.
Drive recruitment efficiency by monitoring and improving key Talent Acquisition metrics, including Time-to-Hire, Time-to-Fill, Offer Acceptance Rate, and Quality of Hire.
Ensure all vacancies are filled within approved Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and recruitment timelines.
Maintain accurate candidate, vacancy, and recruitment records, ensuring HR systems and recruitment databases are always up to date.
Prepare, update, and submit the weekly Talent Acquisition Tracker to Group within agreed timelines.
Prepare and submit monthly and quarterly recruitment reports, analytics, and workforce planning updates to Group and OPCO leadership.
Develop and maintain recruitment dashboards, ensuring hiring metrics, vacancy status, pipeline data, and TA performance indicators are accurate, current, and readily available for management reporting.
Provide data-driven insights and recommendations to improve recruitment effectiveness, workforce planning, and talent acquisition outcomes.
Employee Engagement & Culture
Lead employee engagement initiatives, surveys, and feedback mechanisms to measure and improve employee experience.
Coordinate employee engagement activities, recognition programs, wellness initiatives, and culture-building events that support a high-performance workplace.
Analyze employee engagement survey results and feedback data, identifying trends and recommending actionable improvement plans.
Work closely with leaders and managers to implement engagement action plans and improve employee satisfaction, retention, and productivity.
Support the design and implementation of initiatives that promote organizational culture, employee wellbeing, inclusion, and belonging.
Compliance & Governance
Ensure full compliance with labour laws, employment regulations, corporate governance requirements, and company policies throughout the employee lifecycle.
Maintain confidentiality and integrity of employee and recruitment information while adhering to data privacy requirements.
Support policy implementation and provide guidance to managers and employees on HR-related matters.
Ensure all recruitment, onboarding, and employee engagement processes are aligned with Group standards, audit requirements, and regulatory obligations.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, or related field. Professional HR certification is an added advantage.
2–5 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Recruitment or Human Resources with exposure to employee engagement activities.