Recruitment Specialist

About Acasus

Acasus helps governments help people.

We are a consultancy delivering transformational reforms in health and education. Having built a reputation in dynamic, and often challenging, countries and contexts, we believe in making brave change.

Acasus undertakes high-profile projects in an expanding group of countries, including Pakistan, Chad, the DRC, Mozambique, Somalia, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.

From increasing vaccine delivery, to providing greater education access for children, our consultants are helping millions of people access better services around the world.

Join us if you want the opportunity to do the same.

How will you make an impact?

This is not a typical recruiter role. You will be looking for exceptional candidates in a niche market, helping to hire the next generation of consultants who will drive reforms in health and education systems and create meaningful change in low- and middle-income countries worldwide. Our recruitment team is dedicated to high-quality hiring, and you will play a key role in attracting talent to a company where real impact is made.

As a Recruitment Specialist,  you will not only manage end-to-end recruitment but also coordinate with hiring managers and help refine and improve recruitment processes.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment, including position kickoffs, job advertisements, active sourcing, competency-based interviewing, coordination of interviews.

• Deliver high-quality hires within reasonable timeframes, maintaining a strong focus on candidate experience and stakeholder satisfaction.

• Drive recruitment across diverse global markets, including Afghanistan, Chad, the DRC, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, the UAE, and Switzerland.

• Partner with hiring managers to understand role requirements and help identify effective ways to attract strong candidates.

• Contribute to improving recruitment processes by identifying challenges and proposing practical ideas.

• Drive or contribute to smaller side projects while managing business-as-usual recruitment.

• Provide accurate and timely reporting, maintaining up-to-date records and sharing daily/weekly updates with team leads and hiring managers.

We are looking for

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Psychology, HR, or a related field.

• Due to legal and compliance requirements, this position is open only to EU citizens.

• Proven experience in recruitment processes including active sourcing strategies, candidate interviewing and evaluation.

• Excellent English (written and spoken); French or Portuguese a plus.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

• Proactive, detail-oriented, and resilient; able to work independently and manage competing priorities.

• Growth mindset with openness to feedback and eagerness to learn new tools and methods.

• Commitment to high-quality hiring and outstanding candidate experience.

What’s in it for you? 

• A competitive compensation package, including base salary, private health insurance, cafeteria benefits, annual performance-based bonus, yearly salary increments, and All You Can Move support.

• High levels of responsibility and autonomy.

• We offer a flexible working model—most days you can work from home, with 1–2 days a week in the office to connect with the team.

• Opportunities to learn and grow within an enthusiastic and supportive team

• A focus on quality hiring rather than quantity.

• The chance to see your work make a tangible impact on health and education services every day.

• Opportunities to connect with colleagues worldwide at annual global conferences.

Our team is diverse in nationality, gender, race, religion, ethnicity, class, age, education and sexuality. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

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