Recruitment Associate

Job Description

About the opportunity

The Lead Exposure Elimination Project, also known as LEEP, is recruiting a Recruitment Associate to support talent acquisition and hiring processes across multiple countries.

LEEP is an impact-driven nonprofit organisation working to prevent childhood lead poisoning. Its programmes focus on reducing lead exposure from sources including paint, spices and traditional eyeliners.

The successful candidate will support recruitment coordination, candidate sourcing, hiring-process administration, recruitment data and communication with candidates and hiring managers.

This is a full-time, remote, 12-month fixed-term contract with the potential to be extended or converted into a permanent position.

Candidates must be physically located within the UTC to UTC+3 time-zone range. South Africa is within the eligible time-zone range. Flexibility with working hours is required.

Key responsibilities

Recruitment coordination

• Support end-to-end recruitment processes.

• Assist with drafting job descriptions and publishing vacancies.

• Screen applications and support candidate shortlisting.

• Coordinate interviews, meetings and calls between candidates and hiring managers.

• Maintain timely and professional communication with candidates.

• Support reference checks, offer documentation and onboarding coordination.

• Maintain accurate recruitment records and applicant-tracking information.

Candidate sourcing

• Identify and approach potential candidates through professional networks, LinkedIn, referrals and targeted searches.

• Use Boolean and advanced-search techniques to identify relevant candidates.

• Build and maintain candidate pipelines and talent pools.

• Monitor the performance of different sourcing channels.

• Support inclusive and effective recruitment outreach.

Recruitment systems and data

• Maintain accurate information in the applicant-tracking system.

• Monitor recruitment pipelines, bottlenecks and time-to-hire information.

• Support recruitment reporting and process improvements.

• Help identify repetitive recruitment activities that could be automated.

• Use digital and artificial-intelligence tools responsibly to improve efficiency and candidate experience.

Requirements

• Approximately one to five years of relevant professional experience.

• Strong interest in recruitment, talent sourcing and candidate experience.

• Experience or interest in Boolean search, LinkedIn sourcing and professional outreach.

• Excellent organisational and project-coordination skills.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Full professional proficiency in English.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work independently in a distributed remote team.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and recruitment processes.

• Interest in using data, digital tools and automation to improve recruitment.

• Flexibility to collaborate with colleagues across different countries and time zones.

Additional language skills in French, Hindi, Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish or Portuguese may be beneficial but are not stated as mandatory.

Employment information

Employer: Lead Exposure Elimination Project (LEEP)

Location: Remote

Eligible time zones: UTC to UTC+3

South African eligibility: South Africa falls within the stated time-zone range

Employment type: Full-time, fixed-term contract

Contract duration: 12 months, with potential to extend or become permanent

Start date: As soon as possible

Language requirement: Full professional proficiency in English

Johannesburg salary range: R664,603 to R715,240 gross annually

Application deadline: 25 October 2026

Last verified by OpportunityZA: 20 October 2026

Important salary information

The Employer states that salary depends on the candidate’s location and experience. The Johannesburg range is a gross annual salary before applicable tax and statutory deductions.

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