Executive Recruiter Consultant

POSITION OVERVIEW

In light of rapid expansion, Inkomoko has recently added a new layer of senior leadership, developed a new talent framework, and now seeks to hire mission-driven leaders who are aligned with Inkomoko culture to join the Senior Leadership Team as we scale. 

To facilitate this growth, Inkomoko is seeking an experienced Executive Recruitment Consultant with a proven track record in sourcing, assessing, and placing C-suite and Vice President-level executives, ideally within East Africa, to help us build this new team. 

The ideal candidate will have deep familiarity with the regional market dynamics, talent landscape, and leadership needs of fast-growing organizations.  

The consultant position is open immediately, and will likely run until the end of 2025. The Consultant will be based in East Africa preferrably, we are open to remote consultants.

ABOUT INKOMOKO 

Inkomoko supports African entrepreneurs to grow their businesses to improve livelihoods, create jobs, and help communities thrive.

Founded in 2012, Inkomoko has worked with more than 100,000 entrepreneurs across East and Central Africa, including thousands of refugee entrepreneurs. Inkomoko provides a combination of training, consulting, access to finance, and market-level systems change.  We are the largest lender to refugee entrepreneurs in Africa, and named by the Financial Times (June 2025) as the 8th fastest growing company in Africa.

Inkomoko has 750+ staff in 40 offices across Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and South Sudan. Through Inkomoko’s 2030 strategic plan, we are adding 3 additional countries to serve more than 550,000 entrepreneurs and growing our $30M loan fund to impact 7M lives. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES/DELIVERABLES

To help Inkomoko fortify our senior leadership team with mission-driven colleagues who embody our culture, we’re seeking an Executive Recruiter who can lead end-to-end recruitment processes for 10 senior executive roles/Vice President positions, ensuring candidates align with Inkomoko talent framework, culture, and strategic goals.   Specific deliverables include:

RECRUITMENT

• Utilize active sourcing, talent mapping, and networks to identify high-caliber executive talent within East Africa that are a strong with Inkomoko culture and business objectives. (Will have access to LinkedIn Premium and Workable ATS with AI shortlist functionality)
• Ensure diversity and inclusion standards are integrated into recruitment practices. All positions will be filled by African nationals, in alignment with our JEDI beliefs. 

ASSESSMENT & INTERVIEWS

• Conduct comprehensive candidate assessments, including screening, organizing interviews, reference checks, and competency evaluations.  
• Manage communications with candidates to ensure the candidate experience is positive and reflects the Inkomoko brand in the best light  
• Prepare interview materials, sample questions, and prep the hiring committee for successful engagement with candidates

HIRING STRATEGY 

• Provide expert advice to Inkomoko on leadership acquisition strategies, advise Inkomoko C-suite on how the portfolio of roles is shaped, helping the company have a diverse, robust, and complimentary group of new leaders. 
• Negotiate contracts with chosen candidates, aligned with market trends and Inkomoko compensation framework

ADMINISTRATION 

• Provide regular updates throughout the recruitment process to the hiring managers (C-suite) and Regional People & Culture Director.  
• Maintain accurate records in the applicant tracking system (Workable) and produce reports on recruitment activity and outcomes

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS/IDEAL CONSULTANT

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in executive recruitment, with success placing C-suite and VP-level roles, ideally within East Africa  
• Deep understanding of the social enterprise business environment, industry sectors, and leadership talent landscape.  
• Strong network within an African executive community.  
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, and communication skills.  
• Familiarity with modern recruitment tools and platforms.

Benefits

WHAT YOU’LL GET:

This consultancy is inside a mission-driven social enterprise, with an incredible team across Africa. By joining Inkomoko, you’ll access:

• The chance to create meaningful results for a high-impact organization at a moment of critical growth
• Incredible company culture – casual yet hard-working environment with plenty of autonomy 
• Diverse colleagues and policies that show our commitment to inclusion
• Talented, passionate, and committed team of colleagues across Africa.

HOW TO APPLY

If you’re excited about this consultancy, can start immediately, and have skills to match, please submit your cover letter, CV, and compensation expectations through the application portal not later than the 31 July 2025 (Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, please apply now!)

Inkomoko seeks to reflect the communities we serve, refugees and women are strongly encouraged to apply. As a company we have policies that ensure fair treatment in the application process. 

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Contracting is conditional upon successful background checks and other verification as needed.

All offers of contracting will be subject to satisfactory references and background screening checks. Inkomoko also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme, In line with this Scheme, we will request information from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual misconduct, fraud, or abuse. By submitting an application, the applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

INKOMOKO VALUES

All staff at Inkomoko are connected to a shared set of organizational values:

• Purpose: be solutions-oriented, produce high-quality work, be a global leader.
• Achievement: push yourself to reach beyond what you previously thought possible. 
• Improvement: be humble, engage in continuous growth through open & accurate feedback
• Bravery: willing to take risks, create a safe space for others, be compassionate, inclusive.
• We Eat Goat:  we celebrate success and support each other in hard times. We do this work together in the spirit of turikumwe, tuko pamoja, abren nen, Kula na sawa, On est ensemble.