Talent Acquisition Lead

Penda Health is an award-winning, innovative healthcare company dedicated to delivering high-quality, compassionate, and trustworthy care to every patient we serve.
Our vision is for everyone in Africa to have healthcare they can trust — care that is accessible, reliable, and centered on people.

Today, our team of 500+ passionate professionals proudly operates 20 Medical Centres across Nairobi, Kiambu, and Kajiado Counties, offering a wide range of outpatient and diagnostic services that bring The Penda Way to life every day.

At Penda, we are building a culture where our people grow, our patients feel valued, and our communities thrive — because we’re Here When It Matters.

Penda’s ability to hire the right people at the right time depends on a recruitment process that is structured, consistent, and candidate-centred. The Talent Acquisition Lead supports the full recruitment lifecycle primarily for Integrated Patient Services (IPS) — clinical and medical centre positions — and secondarily for Support Office (SO) roles, ensuring each hire meets Penda’s quality standards and every candidate experiences Penda at its best.
This is a hands-on, execution-focused role that sits at the heart of Penda’s hiring engine and works closely with the Talent Acquisition Manager to uphold process standards, support hiring managers, maintain pipeline health, and ensure every step of the recruitment journey is completed with care and discipline.

This is a 6 months to 1-year contract.

• Higher diploma in Human Resource Management, Business, Psychology, or a related field.

• Experience

• 2–4 years of hands-on recruitment experience, with meaningful exposure to high-volume or clinical/healthcare hiring environments strongly preferred.
• Demonstrable experience managing recruitment end-to-end, from sourcing through to offer and pre-boarding handover.
• Experience conducting structured interviews and applying competency-based evaluation frameworks.
• Familiarity with ATS platforms and a track record of maintaining accurate recruitment records and data.

• Hiring is timely, high-quality, and aligned with Penda’s growth needs.
• Talent pipelines are strong, proactive, and expansion-ready.
• Hiring managers trust and rely on the TA team as strategic partners.
• Recruitment systems are efficient, structured, and data-informed.
• Candidate experience is consistently exceptional.

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple open roles simultaneously without losing rigour or attention to detail.
• Confident communicator — able to engage professionally with candidates, hiring managers, and other stakeholders across different levels.
• Sound judgement in screening and assessing candidates against both competency and culture-fit criteria.
• Committed to process standards — follows SOPs consistently and holds themselves accountable to agreed timelines and quality gates.
• Data-conscious — tracks what matters, updates records in real time, and uses metrics to flag risks and drive improvements.
• Embodies the Penda Way: passionate, trustworthy, responsible, and genuinely invested in getting the right people into the organisation

If you meet the above qualifications and are passionate about contributing to Penda Health’s mission of delivering trusted, high-quality healthcare, we’d love to hear from you.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so early submission is encouraged.
The final deadline for applications is 27th November 2026.

Please note that due to the high volume of applications received, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
 

Penda Health is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the communities we serve. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, religion, or any other characteristic protected by law. We believe that diverse perspectives make us a stronger organisation and a better healthcare provider.