Anastasia Nkhalamba

Seasoned Recruiter with 6 year experience including international hiring for North America and EMEA. I also have broader  HR experience including in areas such as immigration. 

Corporate Recruiter 
EverCommerce – February 2022-Present

 Attracting and hiring top talent across the company’s EMEA and North America portfolio of brands and central 
functions. I lead full-cycle recruitment, sourcing passive candidates, and significantly contributing to business 
growth. I deliver great customer service to hiring managers and candidates, acting as a trusted advisor in all 
cases. Duties include: 

• Managing full-cycle recruitment processes for technical and non-technical roles across EMEA 
  and North America. 
• Partnering with hiring managers and local office leaders to understand their business needs and 
  creating unique strategies to identify, attract, and engage with the best talent.
• Partnering with local People Operations (HR) Business Partners on employee agreements, 
  onboarding, retention, and other People projects. 
  Working with other TA teammates in APAC and North America on sourcing, branding, diversity, 
  and other Recruiting projects. 
• Building and maintaining a network of potential candidates and connecting them to the right 
  opportunity within the EverCommerce ecosystem. 
• Providing end-to-end transparent communication with candidates, ensuring timely updates and 
  smooth transitions throughout each stage in the hiring process. 
• Ad-hoc projects such as project managing the roll-out of an EOR facility across the organisation. 

Senior Account Business Partner 
Reed Specialist Recruitment, Oxford Business Support, October 2020 – February 2022 

After consistently performing above target, even through the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, 
I was promoted to Senior Account Business Partner. I was tasked with having business development-focused 
conversations with the client, seeking to increase opportunities to provide our services and meet our strategic 
goals. 

Account Executive
Reed Specialist Recruitment, Oxford Business Support, March 2019- October 2020

Taking principal responsibility for the timely and effective supply of interim business support candidates to the 
Oxford City Council, Oxford Direct Services and Thames Valley Police accounts. I have consistently 
performed above expectation within this role, delivering over budget even in the face of challenge. Promotion 
to Senior Account Executive has been approved and is in process.

• Employing a range of methods to attract candidates including advertising, mailshots, database 
  searches and candidate open days.
• Screening and interviewing candidates for specific positions whilst building a talent pool to supply to a 
  variety of roles.
• Compliance administration, such as checking for correct paperwork for candidates and running any 
  additional checks required.
• Liaising with hiring managers to take details of new vacancies and meeting them on site as required. 
• Forecasting income and growth of my desk and ensuring all KPIs are met in order to meet targets.

Account Coordinator/Resourcer
Reed Specialist Recruitment, Reading Business Support, January 2018 – March 2019 

Coordinating the recruitment service for the Reading Borough Council with responsibility for: 

• Candidate attraction including writing engaging adverts for jobs.
• Screening and interviewing candidates and creating a talent pool to supply a variety of roles. 
• Compliance administration, such as checking for correct paperwork for candidates and running any 
  additional checks required.
• Liaising with hiring managers to take details of new vacancies and meeting them on site as required. 
• Dealing with queries from suppliers.
• Candidate management including processing pay and holiday claims and ensuring that these and any 
  other candidate queries are dealt with efficiently.
• Sourcing candidates for other contracts including the University of Reading, Thames Valley Police and 
  the National Health Service.

Temporary Administrative Assistant
Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford, May – November 2017 

Temporary position providing administrative assistance to an Oxford and South Africa based research group. 
 

• Assisting the department’s administration team in the completion of administrative tasks such as 
  database management, financial reconciliation and itinerary planning.
• Assisting in research grant applications, arranging meetings (attending, and taking notes), making 
  travel arrangements.
• Maintaining good working relationships with key suppliers and the University's central finance office and 
  being proactive in resolving issues. 
  Ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the studies.

Administrative Assistant
 Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, April 2016- April 2017 
 

• Working closely with the Head of Executive Office to support School Governance meetings and activities: 
  scheduling meetings, logging actions and decisions from key meetings, preparing agendas ahead of 
  meetings, coordinating and circulating papers, communicating with members, including those external to 
  the School.
• Working closely with the Dean’s Executive Assistant to support the Dean (and Chief Operating Officer if 
  required): co-management of the Dean’s Office mailbox and diary, communicating with and welcoming high 
  profile guests, tracking and logging the Dean’s invitations, keeping the School’s database up to date with 
  the Dean’s contacts, making travel arrangements (including complex international itinerary) for the Dean 
  including visa applications, processing visitor requests.
• Coordinating ad hoc projects such as events, workshops and presentations.
• Occasional reception work.

Advocacy Officer
Open Doors UK & Ireland, Witney, December 2013- April 2016

• Collaborating in the planning, administration and implementation of advocacy related projects including public 
  campaigns, events and external meetings. Responsibilities included: 
• Representing Open Doors at external meetings, particularly at the UK Parliament and Foreign and 
  Commonwealth Office.
• Attending internal meetings and collaborating with colleagues to produce material for advocacy events and 
  campaigns and ensuring advocacy is integrated throughout the organisation.
• Co-managing the advocacy inbox and responding in a timely manner to advocacy emails and letter queries 
  so that supporters and contacts were answered quickly and efficiently.
• Diary management, filing and retrieval, email correspondence, drafting letters, minute-taking, recording 
  advocacy engagement levels and helping to administer events.
• Research via the internet and Open Doors intranet for proposed campaigns and reports.
• Drafting and proofreading content for web, email alerts, advocacy briefings and reports.
• Effective use of Engaging Networks software for managing emails, website and database.
• Updating and maintaining database records.
   

Intern/Operations Manager
Open Hands Trust, Leicester, August 2011-July 2013 

Responsible for managing the processes and administration of a Leicester based charity. Main duties included: 

• Administration of Volunteers: oversight of the recruitment process, training materials, CRB checks and 
  rotas for all the different projects run by the Trust.
• Training and Development: running training courses for new volunteers, conducting health and safety 
  presentations and keeping accurate records of course completion.
• Management of office logistics: managing the database, formulating and implementing policy, keeping.
  record of utilities of the building, purchasing supplies and providing key administrative support to the Senior 
  Manager and Trustees of Open Hands.
• Communication: publishing newsletters and updates and making presentations to volunteers, sponsors and 
  partnering agencies.
•  Fundraising: collating statistics for use in grant applications, carrying out primary and secondary research 
  for and writing funding bids worth up to £500,000 and researching potential sources of funding. Writing 
  targeted letters to companies, appealing for donations and assistance.
• Networking: attending networking events to meet partnering agencies and promoting the work of Open 
  Hands to third parties.

• University of Leicester, 2021-2023 MA International Relations and World Order - Distinction 
• University of Leicester, 2008-2011 BA International Relations and History -First Class Honours 
• The Bulmershe School, Reading, 2006-2008 A Levels: History, Business Studies, Computing
• Reading Girls School, 2003-2006 11 GCSE’s including Maths, English and Science- Grades A-C