# People & Culture Support (Consultant) **Company:** [Evidence Action](https://jobs.workable.com/companies/5rNoeeeJ2XJBAPimrcsLzJ.md) **Location:** Abuja (F.c.t.), Nigeria **Workplace:** on site **Employment type:** Other **Department:** Africa [Apply for this job](https://jobs.workable.com/view/18da4a64-e995-49d1-9ab4-9bce83d694af) ## Description ### **About Evidence Action** Evidence Action is a global nonprofit organization with an approach distinctive in international development—we exclusively scale interventions that are backed by strong evidence and can be delivered with exceptional cost-effectiveness. Since our founding in 2013, we have reached over 515 million people globally with our interventions. We deliver high impact for every dollar spent, as recognized by,, and. We do development differently. We take a data-driven approach to identifying, scaling, and continuously improving programs that deliver immense impact, ensuring these solutions measurably improve the lives of millions. Our has helped governments in Africa and Asia deliver over 1.8 billion childhood deworming treatments, improving health, education, and incomes. provides sustained safe water access to over 10 million people in Africa, preventing childhood illness and deaths.  We drive innovation: Our builds the next generation of exceptional programs, taking an approach most similar to a venture capital model. We are ruthless in that do not meet our criteria; those that advance deliver outsized impact for millions of people.  We are global. Across nine countries in Africa and Asia, our 700+ people are united by a tremendous passion for our mission and impact. We are strong because of our diversity of experience, geography, and background—with over 90% of our people in the countries where our impact is focused.  We have big ambitions. Over the next decade, we’re setting our sights higher: We aim to reach over 600 million people globally to fulfill our vision of a world where hundreds of millions of people in the poorest places have better opportunities and their lives are measurably improved. We believe in bold and urgent action—because poverty doesn’t wait, and neither should we.  We need great people. Our success to date is due to the collective work of our amazing staff. To achieve our ambitious goals, we are looking for people who share our passion for evidence, cost-effectiveness, and scale. We seek individuals who take an entrepreneurial approach, enjoy tackling hard problems, and have a bias to action and results. If our vision and approach excite you as much as they do us, we invite you to join us. **About the role** The consultant will run day-to-day recruitment and onboarding coordination for Evidence Action Nigeria and Liberia over a six-month engagement. The consultant will manage candidate communications, interview logistics, assessments and onboarding logistics, so that roles are filled on time and new joiners have a well-organised start. **Duties and responsibilities** Recruitment and Onboarding coordination - Schedule interviews and panels, and manage all candidate communications in Workable using approved templates. - Keep the Workable pipeline current: move candidates between stages, maintain records, close postings and send regret emails. - Administer assessments: send tasks, collect submissions and pass them to hiring managers for grading. - Send reference requests and start background checks, passing candidate documents to the People & Culture Officer. - Contract and offer letter drafting. - Coordinate job adverts for Liberia roles, including the newspaper postings required in Liberia. - Maintain the casual staff and talent pool tracker. - Produce the monthly time-to-hire report from Workable. - File all recruitment documents on Google Drive ensuring audit readiness. Candidate and new-joiner feedback - Run a short candidate experience survey after interview stages and hiring decisions, and a 30-day onboarding survey for new joiners. - Produce a quarterly summary of survey results with suggested improvements for the People & Culture Manager. Staff engagement - Maintain the staff engagement calendar for Nigeria and Liberia, and coordinate logistics for engagement activities in both countries, including birthday posts, all-staff meetings, Welfare Committee activities and team events. - Organise wellbeing and culture sessions in Nigeria and Liberia. - Keep the Nigeria and Liberia engagement survey action trackers up to date and follow up with action owners on progress. P&C filing and records support - Organise and maintain the People & Culture Google Drive for non-personal files: policies, templates, training materials, recruitment records and engagement files. - Ensure Nigeria P&C priority tracker is up to date. - Compile non-personal evidence, such as recruitment file checklists and training records, ahead of the annual internal P&C audit. **Key performance Indicators** -  Candidates receive an update within two working days of each stage decision, and interviews are scheduled within three working days of shortlist approval. - Every new joiner receives an onboarding schedule and calendar invites at least five working days before their start date. - Candidate and onboarding survey results are summarised quarterly, with at least two practical improvements proposed each quarter. - Engagement activities in Nigeria and Liberia run on the dates in the engagement calendar, and the engagement survey action trackers for both countries are updated monthly. - The P&C Google Drive follows the agreed folder structure, with no filing backlog older than one month. - Monthly reminders and reports are sent on schedule. - No candidate or staff personal documents are stored outside approved restricted folders. ## Requirements - Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Social Sciences or a related field, with NYSC completed. - At least two years of experience in HR administration - Strong attention to detail - Experience with an applicant tracking system such as Workable is an advantage. - Strong organisation and follow-through, with the ability to manage many candidates and deadlines at once. - Clear, professional written communication. - Proficient in Google Workspace (Gmail, Calendar, Sheets and Drive). - Discretion in handling candidate and staff information. - Associate membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) or equivalent is an advantage.