About SkyQuest

SkyQuest Technology Consulting is a rapidly expanding global advisory firm specialising in market intelligence, innovation management, and commercialisation strategy. We partner with corporates, governments, and development organisations to turn insights into implementation.

Learn more: https://www.skyquestt.com

About the role

SkyQuest is seeking a Talent Acquisition Executive – Consulting and Development Sector with 2+ years of experience to run hiring end to end — from sourcing to joining — for consulting, research and development-sector roles.

The role involves sourcing candidates, running screening calls, coordinating interviews and assignments, and supporting offer closure for specialist and programme roles across India and Africa.

The candidate will work closely with the Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist and hiring managers, using job portals, paid LinkedIn products and AI tools to hire faster and screen better.

This is a hands-on role for a recruiter who has hired for consulting firms, NGOs, research organisations or development-sector employers and wants to grow in specialist hiring.

The team

SkyQuest’s Development Practice runs programmes with governments, global foundations, multilaterals and development finance institutions across India and Africa — in agriculture, agricultural finance, food systems and health.

That means we hire consultants, analysts, agricultural economists, research and programme staff, and specialists for India and Africa — often for niche roles that need careful sourcing and screening.

The opportunity The Talent Acquisition Executive will own hiring for consulting, analyst, research and programme roles, and support the Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist on senior, international and hard-to-fill positions.

The role will involve building candidate pipelines, posting and managing job ads, screening against clear role criteria,



coordinating assignments and supporting campus hiring drives.

The final designation will depend on the candidate’s experience.

Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Work arrangement: Full-time, work from office (on-site).

Key responsibilities

- Run end-to-end hiring for consulting, analyst, research and development-sector roles — from sourcing to offer and joining.
- Work with hiring managers to understand role requirements, must-have skills and selection criteria before sourcing.
- Source candidates through job portals (LinkedIn, Naukri, DevNetJobsIndia, Devex, Indeed and others), paid LinkedIn job posts, referrals and professional networks.
- Support headhunting and market mapping for senior, specialist and international positions with the Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist.
- Build and maintain talent pools for consulting, development-sector, research and programme profiles.
- Run structured screening calls covering experience, sector exposure, notice period and current and expected CTC.
- Coordinate interviews, case studies and written assignments, and collect feedback quickly from hiring panels.
- Draft and post job descriptions on paid and free channels, and track response quality by source.
- Use AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, AI CV-screening tools) to speed up sourcing, shortlisting and JD drafting.
- Support offer discussions, offer release and follow-ups through the notice period until joining.
- Support Tier 1 and Tier 2 campus hiring drives, including logistics, assessments and case competitions.




- Maintain the recruitment tracker and share weekly updates on pipeline, time-to-hire and offer-acceptance rate.
- Coordinate the onboarding handover with HR operations for recent joiners.

Qualifications and experience

Education

- Graduate degree in any discipline.
- MBA / PGDM in Human Resources or a related field will be an advantage.

Professional experience

- 2+ years of hands-on, end-to-end recruitment experience, from sourcing to joining.
- Experience hiring for consulting firms, NGOs, research organisations, foundations or development-sector employers.
- Strong working knowledge of job portals, LinkedIn search and Boolean sourcing.
- Familiarity with paid LinkedIn tools (promoted job posts, Recruiter Lite, InMail).
- Experience coordinating interviews, assignments and case studies across several open roles at once.
- Positive communication, follow-up and stakeholder-management skills, and comfort working with Excel / Google Sheets trackers.

Desirable experience

- Hands-on use of AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Claude, AI sourcing and CV-screening tools) for sourcing, screening and JD drafting will be a strong plus.
- Exposure to international hiring, especially for roles in Africa.
- Experience supporting campus hiring drives or case competitions.
- Familiarity with ATS tools and recruitment dashboards.

Important – Candidate requirement

Candidates should demonstrate hands-on recruitment experience for consulting, research or development-sector roles, not only coordination or sourcing support.

Preference will be given to professionals from consulting firms, development-sector recruitment agencies, NGOs, foundations or research organisations.

Candidates with only BPO, volume or purely IT hiring experience will not be suitable for this role.

How to apply

Apply directly through LinkedIn, or share your profile at [email protected] with the job title in the subject line.

📌 Talent Acquisition Executive – Consulting and Development Sector (Ahmedabad)
🏢 SkyQuest Technology Consulting
📍 Ahmedabad