Maureen Waidhima

Experience

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  Safaricom PLC

  May 2015 - Dec 2015

  Intern - HR Services

  Joined the HR Shared Services department within the Resources Business unit on a 7-month internship program tasked with supporting the department in delivering seamless and speedy resolution to staff queries, undertaking new-joiner onboarding, information management, processing separations, among other general HR services such as confirmation memos, bank letters, visa letters, etc.

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  Adept Systems

  Jan 2016 - Mar 2018

  Trainee - Human Capital (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania)

  Hired as a Junior HR Consultant (traineeship) to support our Human Capital service offerings for clients across various sectors namely financial services, consumer goods, manufacturing and international development in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Psychometric Assessments - administering psychometric assessments to candidates using the Belbin tool for behavioral and psychometric testing to establish the suitability of a candidate’s personality and how well it matched with the requirements of client organization. Other duties included responding to requests for proposals and expressions of interest (EOI), contracting for successful bids, and developing job descriptions for clients. Show less

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  Deloitte

  Apr 2018 - Jun 2022

  Leading and coordinating the seamless delivery of Human Capital advisory (HC) engagements. Consultants/ Associates in Deloitte are responsible for overall project management, managing the quality of deliverables by engagement delivery teams (Analyst & Interns), monitoring milestones and scheduling weekly check-ins to ensure smooth running of engagements. They are also the liaison between engagement teams and clients, address issues arising within the team that may impact delivery and making presentations. Primarily involved in Executive Search and Selection (research, passive candidate lead generation, sourcing on LinkedIn, managing the recruitment pipeline from application to final client interviews, managing candidate communication, preparing interview materials, conducting interviews, developing reports, making presentations to clients and billing). Show less

  • Consultant - Human Capital Advisory

    Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

  • Analyst - Human Capital Advisory (Executive Search & Selection)

    Apr 2018 - Jun 2021
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  Instiglio

  Jun 2022 - Jun 2024

  Scope: Kenya, Morocco, Mauritius, Colombia, Peru, Washington D.C.Responsible for sourcing, recruitment marketing, university outreach activities, 360 recruitment, and onboarding of new hires. I own recruitment requisitions at junior and senior levels all offices and special projects within the People Team and Global Talent Acquisition team.Special projects, strategic and operational efficiency initiatives implemented so far: - Developed the current Talent Acquisition Strategy in collaboration with the People Director;- Rolled out the first Global Internship Program in January 2023 across our Nairobi, Rabat and Bogota offices;- Implementation and optimization of Greenhouse ATS to ensure hiring teams (hiring managers, grading teams, interviewers, coordinators) conduct recruitment processes on the system. - Contributed to drafting the first Talent Acquisition SLA document targeting strategic Talent Acquisition processes to inform key metrics the Global Talent Acquisition team can be measured against;- Currently playing an advisory role in the review of Talent Acquisition workstreams (outreach to onboarding) to promote a better experience for candidates and hiring teams. Show less

  • Global Talent Acquisition Associate

    Jan 2023 - Jun 2024

  • Global Talent Acquisition Senior Analyst

    Jun 2022 - Feb 2023
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  Abt Global

  Jul 2024 - now

  Global Talent Acquisition Lead (Manager)