💡Finding great people is only part of building a great team. The real challenge is designing a hiring process that consistently attracts, evaluates, and secures the right talent.
Over the past five years, I've partnered with organizations across North America, Africa, and remote global teams to deliver full-cycle recruitment, technical sourcing, HR consulting, and workforce research. My experience spans public and private sector hiring across technology, healthcare, real estate, consulting, and creative industries.
I specialize in:
✔ Full-cycle Recruitment (Technical & Business Roles)
✔ Executive Search & Talent Mapping
✔ LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean & X-Ray Search
✔ HR Consulting & Recruitment Process Improvement
✔ Candidate Screening & Interview Coordination
✔ ATS/HRIS Administration (Ashby, Workable, Greenhouse, BambooHR)
✔ AI-assisted Recruitment & Workflow Automation
Beyond recruitment, I've contributed to executive compensation benchmarking, job evaluation, and workforce planning projects, giving me a broader perspective on how hiring supports long-term business growth.
Whether you need help filling a difficult technical role, building a scalable recruitment process, or strengthening your talent strategy, I bring a practical, data-informed, and people-first approach focused on delivering quality hires and an exceptional candidate experience.
Let's build your next great team. 📩
Human Resource Management
Recruiting
Communications
Administrative Support
Google Sheets
Microsoft SharePoint
Candidate Interviewing
Resume Screening
LinkedIn Recruiting
Applicant Tracking Systems
Candidate Sourcing
Boolean Search
Candidate Management
Job Description Writing
IT Recruiting
Hiring Strategy
Workable
BambooHR
Jennifer D.
Abuja, Nigeria
$40/hr
5.0
2 jobs
I'm an HR Consultant and People Strategy Specialist with 8+ years of experience helping startups and growing businesses build scalable people operations, recruit exceptional talent, and make better workforce decisions across Africa, the UK, the US, and Eastern Europe.
I founded and scaled The HR Hub Nigeria, a people solutions company that helps organizations build stronger workforces through HR management, talent acquisition, workforce development, and HR intelligence. Having built the business to operate independently, I now focus on partnering directly with companies worldwide on strategic HR and recruitment projects.
What I help with:
1. Talent Acquisition & Recruitment: Full-cycle recruitment, job descriptions, interview coordination, ATS management (SmartRecruiters, PeopleHum), and custom Airtable hiring databases. I've also built WordPress job boards using HTML.
2. People Analytics & Performance: Data dashboards, KPI frameworks, and HR metrics that give leadership real visibility into workforce performance and engagement
3. Learning & Development: Onboarding frameworks, training programs, and development pathways built around how people actually grow
4. HR Operations & Compliance: Policy development, remote team documentation, and international compliance across the UK, US, Nigeria, and beyond
What I've delivered:
1. Reduced hiring timelines by up to 50% , from an average of 4 weeks to 2 weeks through structured recruitment process redesign and smarter candidate pipeline management
2. Reduced employee turnover by 80% within 6 months of implementing targeted engagement and retention measures for a 10-person team
3. Built a fully automated Leave Management System on Airtable and Excel — replacing manual tracking, eliminating errors, and giving managers real-time visibility into team availability
4. Designed and deployed KPI Tracking Dashboards on Airtable that gave leadership clear, ongoing visibility into workforce performance and HR impact metrics
5. Developed a Contract Management Tool in Google Sheets and Airtable with automated email alerts and reminders ensuring no contract end date was missed and reducing compliance risk
6. Built scalable people systems for high-growth startups across multiple geographies, including custom Airtable hiring databases and WordPress job boards
Who I work with
• Startups building their first HR function
• SMEs scaling their teams and people processes
• Remote and distributed teams hiring internationally
• Founders who need a strategic HR partner rather than just administrative support
HR Technology: Airtable, SmartRecruiters, PeopleHum, Google Workspace, Microsoft Excel | Power BI, Google Sheets, WordPress, Notion, Slack, ClickUp.
Industries I have worked with include: Industries include: Technology, SaaS, Professional Services, Travel, Hospitality, E-commerce and Startups.
I work best with founders and operators who need someone to own their people processes, not just advise on them. If that's you, let's talk.
Compensation & Benefits
Employee Relations
Human Resources Consulting
Human Resource Management
Data Entry
Employee Training
Human Resource Information System Implementation
Compensation
Human Resources Analytics
Staff Recruitment & Management
Boolean Search
LinkedIn Recruiting
IT Sourcing
Remote IT Management
HR & Business Services
Stephanie O.
Lagos, Nigeria
$38/hr
5.0
6 jobs
✔ As a seasoned HR Consultant with over 9 years of experience in Human Resources Management, I specialize in driving strategic HR initiatives that align with business goals and foster a thriving workplace culture. My expertise spans Talent Acquisition, HR Analytics, Employee Relations, and Strategic Planning, with a proven track record of delivering impactful results for global clients across diverse industries, including Tech, Entertainment, Oil & Gas, Telehealth, and FMCG.
⭐ What I Offer:⭐
✔ Talent Acquisition & 360-Recruitment: I manage the full recruitment cycle, from sourcing top talent to onboarding and retention, ensuring a seamless integration of new hires into your organization.
✔ HR Analytics & Strategy: I leverage data-driven insights to optimize HR processes, improve decision-making, and boost operational efficiency.
✔ Employee Relations & Performance Management: I create positive work environments by implementing effective employee relations strategies and performance management systems.
✔ Process Control & Compliance: I design and implement HR processes that ensure compliance with labor regulations while addressing your company's unique challenges.
🏆 Recent Achievements:🏆
⭐ 65% Increase in Contractor Satisfaction: Managed contractor engagement and retention for a remote Telehealth company.
⭐ 75% Reduction in Time-to-Hire: Designed and implemented recruitment strategies for a Canadian startup.
⭐ 40% Workflow Efficiency Improvement: Set up SeamlessHR, CultureAmp, BambooHR, Monday.com, and GoogleSheets Automation for HRIS, optimizing HR operations.
⭐ $3.1 Million Seed Funding Secured: Built the go-to-market team for uLesson Education, playing a key role in their funding success.
🏢 Industries Served:
Telehealth | Tech | FMCG | Beauty & Cosmetics | Entertainment | Oil & Gas
⭐Why Hire Me?⭐
I am committed to delivering insightful and analytical HR solutions that drive growth and success for your company. I offer clear communication, fast response times, and a 48-hour turnaround on most projects. My diverse industry experience equips me to handle complex HR challenges with confidence and precision.
⏲ Availability:⏲
Open to part-time, full-time, or project-based engagements.
Available for remote roles with international companies.
🔗 Let's Connect:🔗
If you're looking for a reliable HR partner to enhance your talent management and HR operations, I’m here to help. Contact me today to discuss how I can contribute to your company’s success.
Human Resource Management
Recruiting
Data Visualization
Business Intelligence
Human Resource Information System
Procedure Development
Resume Screening
HR & Business Services
Human Resources Strategy
Business Analysis
Akinjide O.
Ibadan, Nigeria
$25/hr
5.0
3 jobs
I'm a GPHR-certified HR consultant with 14+ years directing the full HR remit — talent, total rewards, performance, organisational design and culture — for organisations across oil & gas, financial services, and other sectors. I work fractionally and through consulting engagements, so I'm used to stepping into a business, diagnosing what isn't working, and building the fix — not just writing a report and leaving.
WHAT I'VE BUILT
Most recently, I joined an upstream oil & gas company as its first-ever HR hire and built the HR function from the ground up: a policy framework of 17 policies across four pillars (talent lifecycle, working life & reward, conduct & culture, safety & data protection), a new employee handbook, onboarding processes, and a staff grading structure with pay bands benchmarked against market data. The full framework was rolled out company-wide within four months. I now handle employee relations end-to-end — grievances, conduct issues, disciplinary procedures — in line with local labour law, and I sit close to leadership on HR strategy and governance.
Before that, I led a 14-person consulting team through client engagements concentrated in oil & gas and energy. Highlights include:
Led an executive compensation review for a Nigerian upstream oil & gas joint venture, benchmarking CEO and C-suite pay against 12 international peers — recommendations restructured senior pay and introduced the business's first board-approved Long-Term Incentive Plan.
Led an organisation-wide job evaluation and structural redesign covering 122 roles, creating 60 new positions across 10 departments, validated through stakeholder workshops spanning head office and field operations.
Designed a succession and retiree-retention strategy for a national oil company facing roughly 800 projected retirements within five years, defining leadership pipeline readiness plans.
Designed and delivered a leadership development programme for 12 high-potential managers, including a competency framework, success profiles and assessment centres — 7 of the 12 were promoted within 18 months.
Led the design of an independent oil & gas operator's Employee Value Proposition (and its v2.0 refresh two years later), contributing to a drop in annual attrition to below 4%.
Led executive and specialist recruitment for oil & gas and financial services clients, filling 40+ roles — including building an entire 25-person Operations & Maintenance team within 6 months (92% retention 18 months on) and closing a GM-level search in under a month.
Earlier in my career I led HR strategy for a 10,000-hectare agribusiness venture, recruiting and onboarding 300+ staff and managing the HR project budget, and advised clients on organisational restructuring, employee engagement strategy, and workforce planning through eight years as a people advisory consultant.
WHERE I CAN HELP YOU
HR policy design, SOPs, employee handbooks and compliance frameworks
Onboarding and offboarding process design
Employee relations, grievances and disciplinary processes
Performance management system design and delivery
Organisational design, job evaluation and workforce planning
Compensation & benefits, pay banding and executive reward (including LTIP design)
Recruitment and structured interview design
Leadership development, succession planning and competency frameworks
HR business partnering, governance, board and executive advisory
HR systems (grading structures, policy administration) and HR budgeting & analytics
HOW I WORK
I work independently and deliver on deadline — comfortable being the one who builds the structure and makes sure it sticks, not just the one who writes the recommendations. I bring a consultant's eye for the bigger picture and a hands-on practitioner's attention to the detail that makes policies and processes work in practice, not just on paper. If your business needs someone who can walk in, diagnose what isn't working, and build the fix — fractionally, on a project, or as an ongoing HR partner — I'd like to hear about it.
Employee Relations
Employment Law
Human Resources Consulting
Human Resource Management
Organizational Design & Effectiveness
Human Resources
Human Resources Analytics
Human Resource Information System Implementation
Human Resources Compliance
Human Resource Information System
Human Resources Modeling
Human Resources Strategy
Business Writing
People Management
Organizational Structure
Organizational Development
Anita O.
Lagos, Nigeria
$35/hr
4.1
17 jobs
SHRM-SCP HR Consultant with 8+ years of experience helping startups, law firms, restaurants, and remote teams build compliant HR systems, recruit top talent, and improve employee operations.
Think of me as your go-to for streamlining HR processes, handling daily admin tasks, and delivering exceptional employee experiences—all with a smile.
Here’s what I bring to the table:
🚀 Human Resources Expertise: From recruitment & onboarding to employee relations, compensation and benefits, I’ve got HR covered. I’m passionate about creating positive workplace cultures and helping teams grow.
🚀 Reliable Virtual Assistance: I thrive on keeping things organized. Whether it’s managing emails, scheduling, or tackling data entry, I make sure operations stay smooth and stress-free.
🚀 Customer Service Excellence: Friendly and efficient, I’m all about making customers feel valued. Through phone, chat, or email, I handle inquiries promptly and solve problems thoughtfully.
I’m also tech-savvy and skilled in using tools that boost productivity and streamline tasks. My goal? To help your business thrive by handling the details so you can focus on the big picture.
🧭𝑨𝒗𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓:
🚀 Long-term contracts
🚀 Short-term contracts
🚀 Hourly contracts
🚀 Fixed contracts
Ready to elevate your business with a partner you can count on? Let’s connect!
Human Resource Management
Email Support
Customer Service
Customer Support
Data Entry
Administrative Support
Customer Onboarding
Employee Onboarding
Executive Support
Virtual Assistance
Project Management
Business Operations
Calendar Management
Email Management
US Taxation
Fehintola O.
Lagos, Nigeria
$20/hr
4.7
10 jobs
If you’re a founder or growing business trying to “hold everything together” behind the scenes, you’re probably at the point where things need structure, not just support.
That’s where I come in.
I work with startups, SMEs, and founders to build the operational and people systems that keep a business running smoothly as it grows. Not just handling tasks, but creating clarity, structure, and processes that actually make your day-to-day easier.
My background combines executive-level support with hands-on HR and operations experience, so I understand both sides. The strategic and the execution.
Here’s how I typically support my clients:
Operations & Business Management
• Building and optimizing workflows and internal systems
• Managing day-to-day operations so founders can focus on growth
• Creating structure across teams, tools, and processes
• Acting as a right-hand (Chief of Staff / OBM) to streamline decision-making and execution
HR & People Operations
• Recruitment support, screening, and hiring coordination
• Onboarding systems and employee lifecycle management
• Internal documentation, policies, and HR structure
• Supporting team communication, performance tracking, and accountability
I’ve worked closely with founders and leadership teams, managing everything from hiring pipelines to internal operations, and I bring a calm, structured approach to environments that feel overwhelming or disorganized.
I’m not just here to “assist.”
I’m here to help you run your business better.
If you’re looking for someone who can think, organize, and execute at a high level, let’s talk.
Business Operations
People Management
Project Workflows
Project Management Support
Business Planning & Strategy
Business Process Management
HR & Business Services
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