Location: Lagos
Department: Human Resources (HAM)
Reports to: Head, Human Asset Management
West African Exploration and Production Company (WAEP) is a Nigerian company registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) under RC No. 1173358. The company has a strategic partnership with Dangote Exploration Assets Limited (80%), Dansa Energy Resources Limited (5%) and First Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Limited (15%).
In 2015, WAEP acquired a 45% working interest in OML 71 and OML 72 from the SPDC joint venture, comprising Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited, Total E&P Nigeria Limited and Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited. WAEP operates both oil mining leases on behalf of the WAEP-NNPC joint venture. The assets are located south of Bonny Island and contain several discovered oil fields.
WAEP is recruiting to fill the position of Senior Talent Acquisition / Requisition Specialist in its Human Resources Department in Lagos.
Role Purpose
The successful candidate will lead and support end-to-end talent acquisition and manpower requisition activities, ensuring WAEP attracts, assesses and engages qualified candidates for technical, operational and corporate roles in line with approved workforce plans, recruitment standards and business requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate approved manpower requisitions from initiation through sourcing, assessment, selection, offer and onboarding.
- Work with hiring managers to clarify job requirements, descriptions, competencies, experience criteria and recruitment timelines.
- Develop sourcing strategies for specialist, technical, leadership and hard-to-fill upstream oil and gas positions.
- Manage vacancy advertisements, candidate databases, recruitment channels and professional sourcing platforms.
- Screen applications and CVs against approved qualifications, experience and competency requirements, preparing well-supported shortlists.
- Coordinate competency-based interviews, technical assessments, panel documentation, candidate communications and recruitment logistics.
- Conduct candidate due diligence, reference checks and verification of employment history, qualifications and other required documentation.
- Support compensation benchmarking, candidate information gathering, offer simulations and offer management in line with approved remuneration frameworks.
- Maintain accurate recruitment trackers, requisition status reports, interview records, approvals and complete audit-ready recruitment files.
- Monitor recruitment metrics, identify bottlenecks and prepare management reports on vacancies, time-to-fill, sourcing effectiveness and pending decisions.
- Support talent pipeline development, succession-related sourcing and proactive identification of scarce upstream oil and gas skills.
- Ensure recruitment activities comply with company policies, approved manpower plans, equal-opportunity principles and applicable employment requirements.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Performance will be assessed based on:
- Time required to fill approved vacancies.
- Quality and suitability of shortlisted candidates.
- Compliance with recruitment processes and documentation requirements.
- Hiring manager satisfaction.
- Offer acceptance and candidate conversion rates.
- Accuracy and timeliness of recruitment reports.
- Effectiveness of sourcing channels and talent pipelines.
- Audit readiness of recruitment records.
Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, Social Sciences or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 10–15 years of progressive recruitment or talent acquisition experience, with strong exposure to the oil and gas industry, preferably upstream exploration and production (E&P).
- Demonstrable experience recruiting technical specialists, managers and senior leadership personnel.
- Relevant professional membership or certification, such as CIPM, SHRM, CIPD or an equivalent qualification, is strongly preferred.
Core Competencies
- Strategic talent acquisition.
- Manpower requisition management.
- Competency-based screening and interviewing.
- Oil and gas technical recruitment.
- Executive and specialist search.
- Candidate assessment and due diligence.
- Recruitment analytics and reporting.
- Offer management and stakeholder engagement.
- Applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruitment database management.
- Confidentiality, sound judgement and documentation discipline.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to [email protected], using Senior Talent Acquisition / Requisition Specialist Application as the subject of the email.
Application Closing Date: 20 October 2026.
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.