Recruitment, apply for Canonical recruitment 2025 below.
Gatekeepers News reports that Canonical delivers open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. It develops Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means ‘humanity to others.
Graduate Talent Scientist
Specifications:
- Full Time | Remote
- Required Qualifications: BA/BSC/HND
- Location: Lagos| Remote.
Description:
- We are looking for exceptional people to join our team at the entry level. You will possess a psychology based degree with an exceptional academic track record from high school.
- You will also bring some relevant experience from the field of talent, from either university coursework relating to talent selection or from an internship or first job in a talent team.
- In this role you will learn how to implement hiring strategies that result in high performance outcomes of our people and contribute to leading our talent agenda.
- The suitable candidate will bring an analytical mindset with a high level of curiosity to integrate data to draw insights and outcomes using SQL or Python.
- You will have the ability to prioritise and deliver work in a fast paced environment with a good level of self motivation and drive to operate in our remote based environment.
- With a keen interest in the assessment of talent you will demonstrate a passion for understanding human decisions and behaviours.
- Great communication skills are also key to this role as you will be working closely with senior stakeholders to ensure they stay on track with their hiring targets.
- Finally, we would like you to bring a passion and interest for technology platforms and automations to help us drive efficiencies in our processes.
The role entails
- Learning how to assess candidates using behavioural interview techniques.
- Gaining a deep appreciation of the use of psychometrics in the workplace.
- Working on process and documentation efficiencies that fuel our hiring practices.
- Contributing to projects that drive successful hiring outcomes, many of which require advanced analytics skills to integrate data to draw insights.
- Building excellent stakeholder relationships to help design and implement solutions to complex problems that ultimately ensure we hire exceptional talent.
- Gaining a deep understanding of our systems and platforms to problem solve and support on hiring questions.
- Being at the forefront of ticket support and company channel questions, helping to solve issues as you gain a deep understanding of our processes.
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university, with an undergraduate degree in a psychology or people based subject.
- Advanced analytical ability to dissect and analyse data using SQL, Python and/or R.
- Exposure to the topic of talent through university degree coursework, a relevant internship or first job.
- A passion for working in the technology space with evidence as to why.
- Results driven with the ability to work at pace, with strong project management skills to roadmap, plan and deliver objectives working with the team.
- Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
- Drive, ambitious and curiosity to drive breakthroughs in the talent field.
- Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long.
Nice-to-have skills:
- Advanced theory of psychometrics
- A deep understanding of the topic of intrinsic motivation
What we offer you
- Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills.
- In addition to the benefits above, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.
- In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, please ask your Talent Partner.
- Fully remote working environment – we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
- Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’
- Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
Deadline: Not Specified
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