Field Recruiter- Cape Town (Lumkani)

Hello… an exciting new opportunity has just become available at Lumkani, an affiliate of Hollard. We are looking to recruit an experienced Field Recruiter -Sales Agents- Cape Town

Who We Are

Lumkani uses IoT technology to mitigate household risks and provide financial services to previously underserved markets in South Africa. We provide short and long term insurance to increase resilience in low income households and enable our clients to thrive. We are a young company - no idea to improve what we do is off limits. We strive to test, break, retest, and embed ideas that work. Our high functioning teams are based in Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Why work with us?

Lumkani is a fast-growing scale-up organisation that allows immense growth and professional development. If you are ready for a fast-paced, evolving environment where your work can add extensive value to growing the organisation and in the process have a significant impact on under-served South African communities, Lumkani is the place for you.

Role Description

The incumbent in this role will spend a lot of time in-field. This is not an in-office position, but there will be a split of time between the office and the field. Being in-field will involve practically sourcing talent, handling recruitment interviews, engaging community leadership, ensuring new talent activities are well attended, and supporting the in-field sales team with all recruitment activities: attracting and sourcing new agents as per the Lumkani “ culture fit model”

Key Responsibilities

• Recruit field agents in communities (sourcing, interviewing, testing, and supporting) as per the company’s ’blueprint’ of Lumkani employee “DNA” specifications
• Plan and develop a field agent recruitment schedule and implement and communicate with all internal and external partners.
• Source viable platforms for field agent recruitment
• Implement and manage the recruitment process from the interview, shortlist and conduct second interviews, execute recruitment campaigns and shortlist potential candidates for training.
• Ensure the recruitment process is per Lumkani’s “Winning sales formula”. This includes running in-field sales campaigns with participants to test performance before appointment.
• Liaise with CT Area Manager, Operations Manager and Learning & Development to organise training resources, venue and logistics.
• Plan and execute the quarterly training and recruitment planner and report any deviations
• Plan and manage recruitment campaigns as per the HR recruitment planner
• Inform and communicate with appointed and selected agents timely on training dates ,talent Pipeline management and Territories
• Plan and execute new talent pipeline sources
• Manage all new talent pipeline platforms (mail, digital hardcopies etc)
• Develop and maintain all potential new talent sourcing stakeholders (media /community leaders etc)Training - Induction of New Agents
• Co-ordinate and organise all training venues
• Prepare all training venues to be training ready through ensuring seamless logistics
• Coordinate and resources with the Learning and development specialist and report anydeviations to the HR Manager and Sales Management team,new agents collateral Management
• Stock management of all new agents collateral (Uniform, Workbooks, Backpacks,cellphones in conjunction with the HR/Ops & Marketing team), ensuring sufficient stock on hand for all training activities, and reporting on deviations.Recruitment & Training Reporting
• Prepare and present monthly and quarterly field recruitment reports highlighting all successes in quality recruitments and process development areas to the HR Manager and Head of Sales