Talent Acquisition Specialist (Maternity Cover)

KingMakers is a digital entertainment group proudly built in Africa, for Africa.

Since our beginnings in 2018, we’ve grown into a team of more than 700 professionals across Lagos, Cape Town, Madrid, Malta and London. Through our brands BetKing (Nigeria) and SuperSportBet (South Africa and Zambia), we connect millions of fans every day.

Backed by MultiChoice Group, Africa’s largest pay-TV operator, we combine the credibility and reach of a major media company with the ambition and agility of a scale-up.

Our vision is bold: to be the African home of sports and iGaming entertainment, where play is innovative, inclusive and always responsible.

We're looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our People team on a fixed-term basis to cover a maternity leave from mid-May through December 2026, a great opportunity to immerse yourself in a fast-paced, multi-region recruitment environment.

This role is the engine room of our hiring: supporting recruitment for SuperSportBet and KingMakers Group (South Africa), with focus on high-volume and recurring roles (Customer Service, Operations, Payments, Marketing, entry to mid-level positions).

You'll collaborate closely with our Talent Partner in SA and our Talent Partners across Malta and Nigeria. Your mission: deliver great hires, with great candidate and hiring manager experience, every time.

We're not looking for a long CV, we're looking for the right attitude and a solid baseline. Someone organised, reliable and unflappable, who thrives on follow-through, finds genuine satisfaction in a clean ATS and a well-managed pipeline, and enjoys keeping the trains running. This is a role for someone with strong execution, attention to detail and people skills, not for someone chasing complex strategic projects.

About the Role

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for high-volume and recurring SuperSportBet and KingMakers Group roles in South Africa: sourcing, screening, scheduling, candidate management, offers and onboarding handover.
• Provide direct support to our Talent Partner in South Africa: working jointly on SSB hiring priorities, sharing pipelines and ensuring continuity of delivery across the team.
• Collaborate with Talent Partners across Malta, Spain and Nigeria to support cross-region recruitment as needed.
• Build and maintain strong sourcing pipelines through LinkedIn, local networks, job boards and other channels.
• Assess talent through structured interviews, ensuring fairness, consistency and a high quality bar.
• Own candidate background checks and pre-employment screening: initiate, follow up and close out in line with SLAs and compliance requirements.
• Partner with hiring managers: share market insights, time-to-fill realities and candidate engagement best practices, and learn from their experience to refine your approach to each role.
• Keep Workable (ATS) clean and current: accurate stages, notes, scorecards and statuses, every day.
• Champion candidate experience throughout the hiring lifecycle, from first touchpoint to onboarding.
• Promote SuperSportBet and KingMakers as employers of choice through every interaction with candidates and the wider talent community.
• Innovate and improve recruitment programs and ways of working alongside the rest of the TA team.