Talent Manager

About Bridge Moris

Bridge Moris is a social enterprise committed to strengthening connections between Mauritius and its global diaspora of over 200,000 Mauritians living abroad. Established less than a year ago, the organization actively engages in national advocacy, community-building events, and diaspora mobilization for Mauritius's future development. Key achievements include proposing electoral reforms, producing a widely-read newsletter, conducting founder sprints, hosting diaspora events, obtaining a recruitment license, and partnering with a leading Mauritian group to develop a diaspora talent platform.

Role Overview

The Talent Manager will be responsible primarily for the Repatriation Track of the diaspora talent platform, facilitating the full-time return of diaspora professionals to Mauritius by placing them in senior roles with partner organizations. Additionally, the role involves supporting the Flexible Engagement Track, which covers remote or advisory opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end repatriation placement processes, including briefing, strategy setting, sourcing, assessment, shortlisting, and presenting candidates.
• Conduct proactive sourcing and headhunting globally within the Mauritian diaspora, targeting candidates not actively seeking new roles.
• Implement structured assessment methods including interviews and scorecards, producing balanced candidate evaluations.
• Prepare detailed diaspora candidate profiles for partner review, ensuring professionalism and clarity.
• Maintain operational relationships with partner organizations, managing live roles and pipelines.
• Develop and maintain a strategic talent pipeline using sector and geographic mapping and ATS discipline.
• Assist Flexible Engagement Track by scoping projects, matching contributors, briefing involved parties, and ensuring engagement completion.
• Provide market intelligence feedback on role demand, candidate motivations, and necessary offer adjustments.
• Optionally participate in community events and content initiatives to support pipeline development.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate possesses extensive recruitment expertise, especially in executive search, agency recruitment, or in-house talent acquisition, with full ownership of the hiring process from start to finish. Essential qualities include rigor, strong commercial judgment, proficiency with recruitment metrics, and familiarity with applicant tracking systems.

Success in this role also requires comfort working within a young, evolving organization, the ability to balance strategic planning with detailed execution, excellent judgment and communication skills, and resilience under variable outcomes.

Candidates from non-traditional recruitment backgrounds who demonstrate strong organizational skills, problem-solving capabilities, and experience managing hiring or team tasks are also encouraged to apply.

Preferred Competencies and Language Skills

• Fluent English and French; knowledge of Kreol Morisien is an advantage.
• Ability to engage senior HR stakeholders confidently and work across multiple international time zones.
• Strong written communication skills for developing persuasive candidate profiles.
• An authentic interest in diaspora dynamics, understanding the nuances of diaspora contributions versus simplistic rescue narratives.

Benefits and Opportunities

• Full ownership of a commercial recruitment track, with significant autonomy in decision-making.
• Development of expertise in senior international search and partner management.
• Exposure to senior leadership in Mauritian companies and a global professional diaspora.
• An opportunity to create and shape a unique service contributing to national development.
• A collaborative, pragmatic, and growth-focused team environment.