Recruitment Agencies in Addis Ababa
Alliance Recruitment Agency recruits staff for employers based in Addis Ababa, on permanent, contract and project terms. We fill roles for international organisations and NGOs, manufacturers in the industrial parks, aviation and logistics operators, banks and insurers, and construction projects. We source Ethiopian candidates first, recruit internationally where a role cannot be filled locally, and prepare the documents an expatriate work permit application needs.
Looking for work abroad? Alliance is not a foreign employment agency. We do not place Ethiopian workers into overseas domestic, construction or hospitality roles, and we are not licensed for overseas employment recruitment in Ethiopia.
If you are looking for work, see our job seekers section. We never charge candidates a fee, read our no-fee policy.
16+ Years Of Experience
550,000+ Placements Delivered
36+ Countries Served
350+ Expert Teams
50+ Top Level Positions
Who We Recruit For in Addis Ababa
International organisations and NGOs
The African Union, UN agencies, embassies, diplomatic missions and development organisations; programme, finance, logistics and administrative roles, often with specific language and reporting requirements.
Manufacturing and industrial parks
Bole Lemi, Eastern Industrial Zone and the wider park programme, production, quality, maintenance, supply chain and plant management, including for textile, garment and agro-processing investors.
Aviation and logistics
Ethiopian Airlines and its supply chain make Addis one of Africa’s largest aviation hubs, with sustained demand for technical, ground operations and freight roles.
Financial services
Banking, insurance and the expanding fintech sector.
Construction and infrastructure
Project managers, site and civil engineers, QA/QC and skilled trades.
Agriculture and agro-processing
Coffee, horticulture and food processing; see agriculture recruitment.
What are your manpower consultancy and staffing needs?
- Top Leadership Recruitment: Senior professionals are difficult to find, and only experienced agencies like ours have it in us to get you the right recruits.
- Director Recruitment: We have helped numerous clients with their director recruitment needs while ensuring highly successful placements.
- Project Management Recruitment: We make sure that you find responsible, qualified, and knowledgeable candidates who are eligible to work on your projects.
- Managerial Staffing: We place managers for employers in Addis Ababa and across 36+ countries, drawing on 16+ years of recruitment and 9,000+ organisations served.
- Industry-Specific Specialized Talent Sourcing: Our sourcing and selection processes are geared towards the industry concerned to ensure only the most eligible are considered for your company.
- HR and Office Management Staffing: We are skilled in our recruitment process for HR and other office management posts.
- Finance And Accounting Recruitment: Finding it difficult to get the right employees for financial and accounting work. We can get you the best recruits.
- Sales And Marketing Recruitment: We have a great database of professionals working in sales and marketing, so rest assured that the candidates we bring to you are top-class.
- Other Recruitment Services: Our vast resources allow us to cover everything related to your recruitment needs.
Our Services in Addis Ababa
Employers in Addis Ababa use us in three ways. For single permanent roles, we run the search and you pay a fee when the candidate joins. For senior and confidential appointments, such as country directors and finance heads for international organisations, we run a retained executive search. For ongoing or high-volume hiring, for example staffing a new plant in an industrial park, we can take on part or all of your recruitment process as an outsourced team.
Manpower Consulting in Addis Ababa
As a consultancy, we are committed to providing valuable assistance to you for all your recruiting needs. Our experience in the recruiting space is all at your disposal. Our wide variety of experts in various industries is going to give their best to assist you so that your vacancies get filled with the most appropriate recruiting model possible.
End-to-End Recruitment Services in Addis Ababa
Our end-to-end services will allow you to place the entire process in our hands as we deliver the best candidates to you and take up all parts of the process, from sourcing to management and pretty much everything else. You can save your own resources and get everything done from us in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
RPO Services in Addis Ababa
Our RPO services draw on local and international talent pools, so a dedicated team can run part or all of your hiring process.
See RPO services
Remote, Outsourced, Project-Based Hiring Services in Addis Ababa
Our services are prepared for all kinds of recruitment methods, even remote hiring. Our RPO team is extremely skilled and delivers the best candidates to you, and saves tons of time.
Also, if you ever need candidates tailor-made for some ambitious project of yours, look no further. We can deliver to you candidates hand-picked and eligible to take on the role.
Executive Search Services in Addis Ababa
For senior appointments such as country directors, CFOs and heads of programme, we run confidential executive searches. We map the relevant candidate market in Ethiopia and abroad, approach people who are not actively looking, and present a shortlist assessed against your brief. See our executive search practice.
We Support All Hiring Models
- In-House, Direct-Hire Staffing: We assure great hiring quality and efficiency for permanent staffing.
- Contractual and Temp Hiring: Find the right staff for temporary or contractual roles with ease.
- Remote And Cross-Border Hiring: We serve in more than 36+ countries and so are fully equipped to deal with all kinds of cross-border and remote hiring needs.
- Outsourced Manpower Hiring: If you are tired of overspending on recruitment without getting the right results, choose the recruitment process outsourcing.
- Offshore Staffing: We can serve you no matter where your offices or operations are!
We Offer Complete Support
- Global/Addis Ababa Recruitment Regulatory Compliance: We comply with all rules, regulatory standards, and ethical standards across the globe and in Ethiopia.
- Competent, Virtual Recruitment Support: Our team can support you whenever you want, wherever you want, without any hassle.
- Work permit and relocation support: Where a role requires an expatriate hire, we prepare the candidate documentation, credential verification and attestation your application needs. The work permit and residence permit process is held by you as the employing organisation, in line with Ethiopian requirements.
- Advisory Services For Solving Talent Acquisition Problems: Our team can advise you regarding any issues you might be facing in your recruitment procedures.
Why Employers Trust Alliance
- 16+ years in recruitment
- 9,000+ organisations served across 36+ countries
- 95% repeat business
- 4.8 average client rating
- ISO 9001-certified search methodology
- 90-day replacement guarantee on permanent placements
We recruit across Africa — see Ethiopia, Botswana and South Africa, and internationally through our international recruitment practice.
What Our Clients Say
“Alliance understood our hiring requirements and provided qualified candidates who matched our roles and industry needs. Their team was professional and responsive throughout.”
“Alliance helped us find skilled professionals quickly and made the recruitment process much easier for our HR team. The candidates were well matched to our requirements.”
“We needed to fill multiple positions and Alliance provided strong candidates while managing the sourcing and screening process efficiently.”
Awards
Meet Our Leadership Team
Molly Anderson
Franchise Lead | Recruitment Franchise
Alex George
General Manager | RPO & Enterprise Recruitment
Nikki Miller
Head of Recruitment | Recruitment & Staffing
Frequently Asked Questions
International organisations and NGOs, manufacturing and industrial parks, aviation and logistics, financial services, construction and infrastructure, and agriculture and agro-processing.
Both. We source Ethiopian candidates first, because local hires are usually faster to start and avoid work-permit steps. Where a role needs skills the local market cannot supply, we recruit internationally through our network across four continents and prepare the candidate documentation, credential verification and attestation your work and residence permit application requires. The permit itself is held by you as the employer.
No. Alliance recruits on behalf of employers hiring in Ethiopia. We do not place Ethiopian workers into overseas employment and are not licensed as an overseas employment agency in Ethiopia.
We prepare the candidate documentation, credential verification and attestation your application requires. The work and residence permit process is held by you as the employing organisation.
No. Alliance never accepts payment from candidates. Our fees are paid by employers. Any request for money made in our name is fraudulent — see our no-fee policy.
Yes. Addis Ababa hosts the African Union, UN agencies and a large diplomatic and development community. We recruit programme, finance, logistics and administrative staff for these employers.
For most roles, we deliver a shortlist of screened candidates within 24–48 hours of an agreed brief. Senior, scarce technical and expatriate roles take longer, because they involve wider searches and, for international hires, work-permit and relocation steps. We give you a realistic timeline for your specific role at the brief.
Permanent placements carry a 90-day replacement guarantee. If a placed candidate leaves within 90 days, we replace them at no additional fee.
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