About this role
USA Client Relations & Recruitment Coordinator
Position Summary
- We are seeking a highly organized, professional, and personable USA Client Relations & Recruitment Coordinator to support our U.S.-based clients and recruitment operations in Kenya.
- This hybrid role combines sales support, client relationship management, recruitment, candidate presentation, and onboarding coordination.
- The successful candidate will participate in client discovery and sales conversations, understand staffing requirements, coordinate recruitment processes, interview candidates, prepare shortlisted candidates for client presentations, and support successful placements.
- The ideal candidate is confident communicating with U.S.-based business owners and executives, demonstrates excellent English communication skills, and can manage multiple client and recruitment processes simultaneously.
Key Responsibilities
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Sales Support, Client Discovery & Relationship Management
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Participate in introductory, sales, discovery, and strategic planning calls with prospective and existing U.S.-based clients.
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Understand clients' business operations, staffing needs, organizational structures, culture, technology, schedules, and performance expectations.
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Clearly explain the organization's services, recruitment process, remote staffing model, onboarding procedures, and ongoing client support.
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Translate client requirements into clear job descriptions, recruitment briefs, and candidate profiles.
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Support follow-up conversations and help move qualified prospective clients into the recruitment process.
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Build and maintain strong professional relationships with clients, identify opportunities for relationship growth, and address client questions and concerns.
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Support the resolution of client issues relating to recruitment and placed professionals.
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Keep management informed of significant client updates, business opportunities, and concerns.
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Recruitment & Candidate Management
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Coordinate recruitment searches in line with client requirements and agreed timelines.
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Develop or review job descriptions, recruitment briefs, and candidate assessment criteria.
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Review applications, screen candidates, and conduct virtual or in-person interviews.
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Participate in second-round and final internal interviews where required.
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Evaluate candidates objectively against qualifications, experience, communication skills, and role-specific requirements.
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Identify and recommend suitable candidates for client consideration.
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Communicate professionally with candidates throughout the recruitment process, ensuring they understand the role, compensation, working hours, remote-work requirements, and client expectations.
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Maintain accurate recruitment records, candidate updates, and recruitment progress reports.
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Candidate Presentation & Client Interview Coordination
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Prepare shortlisted candidates for presentation to clients, ensuring resumes and supporting materials are accurate and professionally presented.
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Prepare candidate summaries, introductory videos, portfolios, and other relevant presentation materials.
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Coordinate interview schedules, meeting links, instructions, and communication between candidates and clients.
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Prepare candidates for client interviews and participate in interviews when required.
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Gather client feedback, communicate interview outcomes, and coordinate next steps.
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Maintain accurate interview outcomes and recruitment decisions in designated tracking systems.
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Onboarding & Placement Support
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Coordinate the transition from candidate selection to placement and onboarding.
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Confirm working hours, responsibilities, reporting arrangements, and communication expectations.
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Ensure selected professionals understand their roles, client expectations, schedules, reporting structures, and applicable policies.
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Assist in confirming technology, equipment, connectivity, and system requirements.
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Participate in onboarding meetings and coordinate communication between clients, placed professionals, Recruitment, HR, and Client Support teams.
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Follow up after placement to support a smooth transition and successful start.
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Presentations, Outreach & Business Development Support
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Represent the organization professionally during client presentations, recruitment activities, networking events, and external engagements.
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Deliver presentations explaining the organization's services, recruitment process, and remote staffing model.
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Support relationship-building with prospective clients, universities, professional organizations, candidates, and referral partners.
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Present confidently to individuals, small groups, and larger audiences.
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Identify opportunities to generate awareness and support business development initiatives.
Requirements
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Required Qualifications & Experience
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Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Communications, Marketing, Management, or a related field.
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Minimum of 2–3 years of relevant professional experience in recruitment, sales support, business development, client relations, account management, customer success, staffing, human resources, or professional services.
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Demonstrated experience in a client-facing role, preferably involving direct communication with business owners, executives, managers, or professional clients.
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Previous experience working with U.S.-based companies or international clients is strongly preferred.
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Practical experience in recruitment, candidate screening, interviewing, and client coordination.
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Ability to participate confidently in sales, discovery, and client-planning conversations.
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Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple processes simultaneously.
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Demonstrated professionalism, sound judgment, initiative, and ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
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Ability to maintain confidentiality when handling client, candidate, and organizational information.
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Communication Requirements
The successful candidate must demonstrate:
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Excellent written and spoken English, with clear, professional, and easily understandable verbal communication.
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Confidence communicating with U.S.-based business owners, executives, and professional clients.
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Strong business-email writing, telephone, and virtual meeting skills.
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Ability to ask effective discovery questions, actively listen, and understand client requirements.
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Ability to explain services, processes, and information clearly, concisely, and confidently.
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A professional U.S.- or U.K.-style English accent is preferred.
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Working Hours & Availability
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The successful candidate must be available to work during U.S. business hours as required.
The role involves regular participation in:
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Sales and client discovery calls.
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Client meetings and check-ins.
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Candidate and client interviews.
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Onboarding meetings.
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Team meetings and presentations.
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Some meetings may take place outside standard Kenyan business hours; therefore, schedule flexibility is essential.
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Technology & Software
The successful candidate should be comfortable using or quickly learning:
- Google Workspace and Microsoft 365.
- Zoom, Google Meet, Slack, and WhatsApp.
- Project management tools such as Trello, Asana, Monday.com, or ClickUp.
- Calendly or similar scheduling tools.
- LinkedIn, job boards, and candidate databases.
- Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.
- Electronic signature platforms such as DocuSign.
- ChatGPT or similar AI productivity tools.
Benefits
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Compensation & Benefits
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Final compensation will depend on relevant experience, qualifications, communication ability, client-facing exposure, demonstrated capability, and overall suitability.
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Hybrid work flexibility.
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Professional development and training.
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Opportunity to work directly with U.S.-based business owners and executives.
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Career growth within an international organization.
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