Hospitality Talent Acquisition Associate
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The Pool is hiring a proactive Talent Acquisition Associate to source, onboard and support hospitality professionals joining its Lagos-based platform. This is a full-time hybrid role with four days remote and one day in person each week, plus occasional in-person events and onboarding sessions. The position is target-driven with performance-based compensation for exceeding onboarding goals.
- Full-time hybrid role: 4 days remote, 1 day in person in Lagos
- Target-driven with performance-based compensation for exceeding onboarding targets
- Hands-on role in a growing hospitality hiring platform
- Involves sourcing, onboarding and supporting hospitality candidates across Lagos
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Job Title: Hospitality Talent Acquisition Associate
Hospitality Talent Acquisition Associate (Hybrid) at The Pool
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Sep 21, 2026, 12:20 PM
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The Pool is a growing hospitality hiring platform helping employers discover great hospitality talent starting in Lagos. We are growing our community of hospitality professionals and are looking for a proactive, organised and people focused person to join our team.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Location: Lagos (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-time
The Role
This is a hands on role in a young company. We are looking for someone who takes initiative, enjoys working with people and is comfortable figuring things out rather than always waiting for detailed instructions.
Your regular working arrangement will befour days remote and one day in person each week. Flexibility is important. There will be occasions when you will be required to attend additional in person onboarding sessions, industry events, candidate activations, meetings or content days in Lagos.
As our Talent Acquisition Associate, you will take ownership of finding, onboarding and supporting hospitality professionals joining The Pool.
This is also a target driven role. You will be expected to meet defined candidate onboarding targets, with the opportunity to earn additional performance based compensation for successfully completed candidate onboardings above the required target.
You will be responsible for actively growing our candidate network and moving candidates from initial interest through to completed profiles.
What You'll Do
Candidate Sourcing & Onboarding:
Review prospective candidates and help identify people who are a strong fit for The Pool.
Guide candidates through the onboarding process, from initial interest through to completion of their profile.
Pay attention to the roles and candidate categories The Pool needs and help focus sourcing efforts accordingly.
Identify ways to improve candidate response and completion rates.
Proactively find strong hospitality candidates across Lagos.
Support and help coordinate in person candidate onboarding sessions when required.
Take ownership of the candidate onboarding pipeline, keeping track of each candidate's progress and proactively following up to move profiles towards completion.
Identify new candidate sources, communities and partnerships that can help us consistently reach good hospitality talent.
Work towards defined candidate sourcing and completed onboarding targets, taking ownership of consistently meeting and exceeding these goals.
Help candidates prepare for and record their introduction videos.
Contact potential candidates and explain The Pool clearly and professionally.
Candidate Community:
Gather feedback and identify recurring questions, challenges and opportunities to improve the candidate experience.
Build positive relationships with candidates and help create a strong and positive
Experience
for people joining The Pool.
Stay in touch with candidates and help keep our growing Pool community engaged.
Respond to candidate questions and provide support when needed.
Content & Social Media:
Support the creation of short form social content featuring hospitality workers and the hospitality industry.
Help create and publish simple social media posts each week.
Be comfortable approaching hospitality professionals for quick interviews, conversations and short video content.
Help capture simple, engaging content at onboarding sessions, events and other Pool activities.
Contribute ideas for content that is useful, interesting or entertaining for hospitality workers and employers.
Events & General Support:
Support occasional employer, partnership, research or operational activities as the business grows.
Represent The Pool professionally at candidate sessions, hospitality events, partnerships and other relevant activities when required.
We are looking for someone who is willing to take ownership, contribute ideas, help where needed and be very proactive.
What Success Looks Like
You consistently find and successfully onboard high quality hospitality professionals onto The Pool while giving candidates a positive and professional experience.
This is a target driven role. You are expected to meet defined candidate onboarding goals and take ownership of finding the people, channels and approaches needed to achieve them. Successfully completed candidate onboardings above the required target are eligible for additional performance based compensation.
You know where candidates are in the onboarding process, follow up without being asked, spot problems early and come with ideas for solving them.
As you grow into the role, you should be able to take increasing ownership of the candidate side of The Pool, from sourcing talent and completing profiles to supporting our candidate community and helping us continue to build a strong hospitality talent network in Lagos.
Who We're Looking For
You may have
in recruitment, hospitality, community management, customer service, operations or another people focused role.
Interested candidates should possess an HND qualification with 3 - 6 years experience.
More importantly, you are:
Comfortable with social media: You understand platforms such as Instagram and are willing to help create simple, engaging content.
Comfortable with technology: You are confident using everyday digital tools and are open to learning new systems.
A strong communicator: You communicate clearly and professionally on WhatsApp, email, phone and in person.
Resourceful; You are willing to find different ways to reach people and solve problems when the obvious approach isn't working.
Persistent: You are comfortable following up and getting work over the line. You are also not afraid of hearing no.
Highly organised: You can manage multiple candidates at different stages without losing track of the details.
with Canva, social media content creation or WhatsApp Business would be an advantage, but is not essential.
Excellent with people: You can communicate comfortably with people at different educational levels and make candidates feel at ease.
Proactive: You naturally look for what needs to happen next.
Someone who takes ownership: You can think through the next step, make sensible decisions and keep things moving without needing constant direction.
Why Join The Pool?
You will work closely with the founder, have real responsibility from the beginning and have the opportunity to help shape how The Pool builds its candidate community and connects hospitality professionals with opportunities.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and a short cover letter explaining how your previous
would help you succeed in this role to:
support@jointhepool.com
using "Talent Acquisition Associate" as the subject of the mail.
Note
: CV’s shared without a cover letter will not be considered.
Application
Deadline:
30th September, 2026.
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