Talent Acquisition Trainee

About CloudPlexo

CloudPlexo is a cloud-native technology and IT consulting company, and an AWS Advanced Partner (as well as a Microsoft and Google Cloud partner). We help startups, SMBs, enterprises, and public sector organisations across Africa, Europe, and the Middle East modernise through cloud migration and optimisation, cloud security, data analytics and AI, and DevOps as a service.

Our people are the product. Every engagement we deliver depends on getting exceptional sales teams, cloud engineers, architects, and consultants through the door — which is exactly where this role comes in.

We're looking for a Talent Acquisition Intern to work alongside our People team on end-to-end hiring for technical and commercial roles. This is a hands-on internship, not a shadowing exercise: you'll source real candidates for real openings, run screening calls, and see roles through from intake to offer.

You don't need a background in tech. You do need to be curious about it — a large part of this role is learning enough about Sales and cloud to tell a strong candidate from an average one, and to speak credibly to engineers about why CloudPlexo is worth their time.

• Source candidates across LinkedIn Recruiter, GitHub, job boards, university networks, and technical communities, building talent pipelines for open and anticipated roles.
• Screen applications against role requirements and prepare shortlists with clear, written reasoning for hiring managers.
• Run first-stage screening calls to assess motivation, availability, salary expectations, and baseline fit.
• Coordinate interviews — scheduling across time zones, briefing candidates, and making sure interviewers have what they need before they join the call.
• Draft and post job descriptions to careers pages, job boards, and social channels, and help improve how existing adverts are written.
• Own candidate communication, keeping every applicant informed and giving timely, respectful updates — including to those we don't move forward with.
• Maintain the ATS and hiring trackers, keeping candidate records, stages, and notes accurate and current.
• Support employer branding, contributing to recruitment content, careers page copy, and campus or community outreach.
• Report on hiring metrics such as time-to-hire, source effectiveness, and pipeline conversion, and flag what the numbers suggest we change.
• Assist with onboarding for new joiners, coordinating pre-boarding documentation and first-week logistics.

• How hiring actually works in a consulting business, where bench capacity and client demand drive headcount.
• Boolean search, sourcing strategy, and how to write outreach that engineers reply to.
• Enough cloud fundamentals to hold your own in a hiring conversation.
• Structured interviewing, candidate assessment, and how to give hiring managers advice they'll act on.
• Recruitment analytics and how to make a case with data.

• Recent graduate, final-year student, in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, Industrial Relations, Communications, or a related field — or equivalent practical interest in recruitment.
• Excellent written and verbal English; you can write a clear, warm outreach message without sounding like a template.
• Strong organisational skills and comfort juggling multiple candidates, roles, and calendars at once.
• Genuine interest in technology and a willingness to learn cloud and IT terminology quickly.
• Comfortable with Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, and confident navigating LinkedIn.
• Discretion and sound judgement — you'll handle confidential candidate information.
• Reliable internet connection and a quiet space for candidate calls if working remotely.

• Prior internship, volunteer, or campus experience in recruitment, HR, or student career services.
• Familiarity with an ATS (Workable, Greenhouse, Lever, Zoho Recruit, or similar).
• Exposure to sourcing tools or Boolean search.
• Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts, or an AWS Cloud Practitioner certification (or interest in pursuing one).
• Experience creating content for social media or community groups.

• A paid internship with real ownership of live requisitions.
• Direct mentorship from the Talent Acquisition Lead and exposure to senior leadership.
• Sponsored access to cloud fundamentals training and certification resources.
• Flexible hybrid or remote working.
• A certificate of completion and a reference, plus strong consideration for a full-time role based on performance.