Early Careers Talent Acquisition Specialist

About Moniepoint and Your Team

At Moniepoint, we are on a mission to create financial happiness for every African, everywhere. From pioneering digital payments to powering millions of businesses across the continent, we build innovative, dependable products that everyday people rely on.

As part of the People Team, Talent Acquisition doesn’t just fill open roles; we shape how great talent discovers, joins, and thrives ’ll join a collaborative, ambitious team of recruiters, sourcers, and operations specialists who care deeply about candidate experience, equity, and operational excellence.

The Early Careers TA Specialist leads the operational delivery of Moniepoint’s structured early-talent ecosystem, spanning university partnerships, campus hackathons, structured internships, and graduate conversions.

In this role, you’ll partner closely with the Senior TA Strategy & Enablement Manager to turn strategic vision into high-impact, repeatable programmes. You’ll own the day-to-day rhythm of our campus presence and early-career cohorts, ensuring every student, graduate, and intern experiences a transparent, supportive, and inspiring journey into Moniepoint.

• Build and execute a clear, engaging playbook for how Moniepoint connects with university students and emerging talent through hackathons, tech talks, campus career fairs, and community hubs.
• Run the annual early-careers recruiting calendar, aligning outreach windows, assessment cycles, and start dates into a predictable, well-communicated rhythm.
• Establish and nurture long-term partnerships with universities, student societies, and tech communities across Nigeria to build balanced, diverse talent pipelines year after year.

• Deliver a structured, end-to-end internship experience—including recruiting, pre-boarding, cohort programming, manager enablement, and conversion into full-time roles.
• Partner with hiring managers and team leads to define project scopes, secure dedicated mentors, and ensure interns work on meaningful, real-world problems.
• Manage transparent, objective conversion assessments at each stage of the cohort lifecycle using structured, skill-based criteria.

• Design and manage smooth application, screening, and interview workflows for high-volume cohorts within our Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
• Collaborate with assessment partners and vendors to deliver fair, accessible, and bias-free evaluation stages for all candidates.
• Coordinate with People Operations, IT, and workplace teams to ensure seamless onboarding and Day 1 readiness for every cohort.
• Provide mentorship and day-to-day guidance to junior recruiters or coordinators supporting early-talent pipelines as the function expands.

• Track key programme metrics, including application conversion rates, cohort diversity, candidate Net Promoter Score (NPS), and post-internship retention.
• Gather feedback from candidates, interns, and hiring managers to simplify processes and continuously improve programme quality.
• Share regular progress updates and data-driven recommendations with the wider TA leadership.

• 5-7 years of talent acquisition experience, with proven exposure to campus recruiting, university relations, early-career programmes, or cohort hiring.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating complex projects or multi-stakeholder programmes with strong attention to detail and follow-through.
• Practical experience using modern Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and candidate evaluation tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to connect authentically…