Curriculum Vitae

ESTELLA OPONDO

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CAREER SUMMARY

Estella has 13 years of experience in Talent Acquisition and Recruitment by identifying and retaining motivated, high performing teams of technical experts, 6 of which has been with USAID projects in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Senegal, Ghana, DRC, Zambia, South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Mali, The Gambia and Burkina Faso. She also supports recruitment, in part, in USA, UK and Vietnam. In her current role with PATH, she is responsible for managing high volume recruitments across the region, with positions ranging from Chief of Party, Global Heads, Project Directors, Senior Technical Advisors, Senior Program Officers, Directors of Finance, Monitoring and Evaluation, HR, Procurement, Grants and Contracts, Communications, Advocacy, as well as ensuring compliance with USAID and local labor laws. She has elaborate experience working with multiple partners hiring in donor funded health related projects with USAID, Gates Foundation, CDC, DFID, GAVI TCA, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Clinton Health Access Initiative and GIZ.

Diverse experience working with different hiring managers across the globe has given me an opportunity to spot and make connections beyond a given project- look at situation from a bird’s eye view, understand challenges, see opportunities and offer practical solutions at a portfolio level.

A unique mix of skills; strategic recruitment leadership, communication, change management, diverse and inclusive hiring, talent management, headhunting and client relationship management skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Global Recruiter, Africa – PATH November 2022 to Present

Manages an average of 25 open positions in any given month.

Manages 7 staff, comprising of 4 Recruiters and 3 Talent Coordinators.

Recruit and vet highly specialized staff for field-based positions pertaining to: HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, OVC, AMR, NCD’s, NTD’s and Infectious Diseases, GHSA, Digital Health, IMNCH, Immunization and Vaccines, COVID-19, Surveillance, Health Economist, Monitoring and Evaluation, QI/QA, Researchers, Diagnostics, Legal, Procurement, Finance, HR, IT, Administrative, Supply Chain, Procurement, Grants and Contracts.

Manage recruitments in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Senegal, Ghana, DRC, Zambia, South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Mali, The Gambia and Burkina Faso.

I serve on the Africa HR Leadership Team (AFRHLT), providing regional perspective and data-driven metrics to influence regional HR decisions. I partner with third-party agencies and staffing firms and manage the procurement and measurement process.

I lead the Africa HR Support Team, a team of Talent Coordinators, where I lead the coordination of the administrative support to all HRBPs and Recruiters within the region as per the regional SOPs. I also lead the building and maintenance of all HR processes and tools in line with local legislation and PATH global policies and manage all talent programs for PATH in the region.

Talent Acquisition Manager- PATH Jan 2022 to October 2022

Managed a regionally distributed team of Recruiters and Talent Coordinators across Africa.

Global Recruiter- PATH Apr 2019 to December 2021

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Senegal, Ghana, DRC, Zambia, South Africa

Regional Recruiter, Eastern Africa- PATH Feb 2018 to April 2019

Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia

EXCELSIOR GROUP DMCC, UAE

Recruitment Executive- Middle East, North Africa and Asia May 2017 to Feb 2018

Managed recruitment efforts in UAE, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt and Oman.

NFT CONSULT (K) LTD, KENYA

Talent Acquisition Manager, East Africa Apr 2014 – Mar 2017

Develop and implement NFT Consult’s Human Capital Strategy

Design and implement talent processes and systems that mirror the organizations vision.

Optimize and apply recruiting tools, including our LinkedIn Recruiter and CATS platforms, to source and screen the best candidates and efficiently manage workflows across the team.

Managed the entire recruiting process from planning and sourcing to candidate screening and offer negotiation.

ORGANIZATION

POSITION

PERIOD

Dafina Consultants Ltd

Recruitment Consultant

Jan- Mar 2014

Bentleys International Consulting

Lead Recruiter, Kenya

May- Dec 2013

Bridge International Academies

Training and Recruiting Officer

Aug 2011- May 2013

Top Image Africa

Client Services Partner- Project Recruiter

Apr 2009- May 2010

CRM & IT SKILLS

HRIS Applications- Silkroad OpenHire, Workday, LinkedIn Recruiter, SkillSurvey, CATS, Bullhorn staffing software, UltiPro, Jobvite, Greenhouse, Taleo, Avature, HireRight, Smartsheet, SharePoint, UNIT 4 Business World.

MS Office- Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Adobe

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Education (Arts) with Information Technology, Maseno University, Kenya- 2011

Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management, College of Human Resource Management - 2016

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue, PATHwise, December 2021

HR Analytics using MS Excel for Human Resource Management, Udemy, March 2021

Leadership Communication Skills for Influence and Impact, Udemy, March 2021

Compensation Studies, eCornell University, Feb 2019

Talent Acquisition and Planning certificate, eCornell University, Nov 2018

Training on Boolean Search techniques and Boolean Logic; Internet Sourcing Techniques

Training on Executive Research and Recruitment Process Outsourcing, NFT Consult, 2014

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Franklin Covey Tanzania 2014

Corporate Balanced Scorecard training for strategic planning and management, NFT Consult 2014

Training of Trainers (ToT), CHRM 2015

Training on Human Resource Management Information System (HRMIS), CHRM 2016

Online professional development courses, Coursera-coursera.org, Diploma in HRM

Certificate in Information Technology – 2006

Certificate in French- Alliance Française de Nairobi- 2019

REFERENCES

Michael Muema Sila - Human Resource Business Partner, Eastern Africa – PATH – adyg5s@r.postjobfree.com

Esther Ndivo - Senior Regional Manager, HR – Deloitte - adyg5s@r.postjobfree.com

Abigail K. Mateke - Talent Acquisition & Talent Manager, Airtel Zambia– adyg5s@r.postjobfree.com

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