Treba is a UK-registered Employer of Record sourcing specialists from Kenya's Commonwealth-trained professional workforce. Our hiring process is designed for regulated industries — financial services, legal, healthcare, technology.
Figures reflect cumulative candidate pipeline across all role families since Treba's founding. Pilot-ready candidates are those who have completed CV review, skills assessment, and structured interview. Last updated 29 April 2026.
The methodology
Every Treba hire passes through four structured stages before joining a client team. The process takes approximately 14 days from brief to placement. Stages are run by a dedicated Treba recruiter and our Nairobi operations lead, with external reference verification on every finalist.
What happens
Applications screened against role requirements, claimed skills, certifications, education, and English proficiency. LinkedIn profile verified. Initial credential check.
Who runs it
Treba recruiter
Filters for
Baseline qualification, credibility of credentials, role fit
Typical time
Days 1–5
What happens
Role-specific technical test. Finance: accounting scenarios. Legal/paralegal: document review. AI data ops: annotation tasks. Tech: role-specific practical test.
Who runs it
Treba recruiter + Nairobi ops lead
Filters for
Claimed skill vs. demonstrated skill
Typical time
Days 6–8
What happens
Behavioural interview against a standard scoring rubric. Scenario-based questions mapped to UK client context. Video-recorded with candidate consent for audit.
Who runs it
Nairobi ops lead
Filters for
Judgment, communication, cultural readiness for UK work
Typical time
Days 9–10
What happens
Two professional references contacted with a role-specific question set. Employment dates verified. Client panel interview scheduled if required.
Who runs it
Treba recruiter
Filters for
Verification of experience, character, reliability
Typical time
Days 11–13
Buyers infer rigour from the structure of the process, not from headline rejection rates. The table is the proof.
Brief to go-live
Every Treba engagement follows the same operational sequence. Days 1–14 cover hiring; days 15–21 cover onboarding through The Nest. By day 21, your specialist is working on client deliverables.
Start a Pilot01
Brief intake call. Role specification finalised. Selection criteria locked. Commercial terms confirmed.
Owner · Founder / Account lead
02
Candidate identification from existing pipeline. Targeted outreach where role is specialised. Initial CV shortlist delivered to client for review.
Owner · Treba recruiter
03
Skills assessment administered and scored. Top 3–5 candidates advance.
Owner · Nairobi ops lead
04
Structured interviews conducted. Client panel interview offered if required.
Owner · Nairobi ops lead + Client
05
Reference checks on finalist. Contract and offer prepared.
Owner · Treba recruiter
06
Offer extended. Employment contract signed via Treba EOR.
Owner · Founder / Ops
07
Specialist starts. Week 1 of The Nest begins.
Owner · Nairobi ops lead
08
The Nest — two-week onboarding programme covering UK business context, client tools, compliance protocols, pod integration. Client interaction begins mid-programme.
Owner · Nairobi ops lead
Onboarding
The Nest is Treba's two-week onboarding programme. Every Treba specialist completes it before joining a client team. It is delivered in our Nairobi operations centre and covers four learning modules.
UK workplace norms, communication protocols, client-side organisational structures, escalation paths, UK holidays and working patterns.
Slack / Teams workspace integration, ticketing systems, project management tools, client-specific software provisioned and tested.
UK GDPR handling, Kenya DPA 2019, data classification, incident response, client-specific compliance requirements.
Client meetings observed, buddy pairing with existing Treba staff, shadowed work on low-risk deliverables.
Accountable people
The Treba hiring methodology is run by three named people. Where a card shows “consent pending”, the team member's name and photograph publish only once written consent is on file under Kenya DPA 2019 and UK GDPR.
Founder (UK)
Mohamed founded Treba to give UK businesses a defensible, compliance-first route to Kenya's professional workforce. He spent the prior decade in UK financial services and operations, where he saw repeatedly that the gap between offshore promise and operational reality was a vetting problem, not a talent problem.
LinkedIn profileNairobi Operations Lead
Photo, name, and bio publish once written consent is on file.
Recruiter
Photo, name, and bio publish once written consent is on file.
Infrastructure
Treba operates from a dedicated operations centre in Westlands, Nairobi. Physical infrastructure is built to support client data sensitivity across regulated industries.
Compliance stack
Every framework Treba aligns to today, with the supporting evidence. ISO 27001 and HIPAA are described as “aligned controls”, never “certified” — certification claims appear only when the certificate exists and a reference number can be cited.
Status
In force
Evidence
Data Processing Addendum + IDTA in every client contract
Status
In force
Evidence
Covered by UK GDPR alignment
Status
In force
Evidence
Signed with every UK client handling personal data
Status
In force — ODPC registered
Evidence
Registered with the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner — reference available on request
Status
Aligned (not certified)
Evidence
Internal controls mapped to ISO 27001:2022 Annex A
Status
Aligned (where client engagement requires)
Evidence
Technical and administrative safeguards applied per client contract
Status
In progress — target Q3 2026
Evidence
Application underway; certificate number to be published when issued
Status
Standards alignment (Financial & Legal pillar)
Evidence
Team members ACCA-qualified or ACCA-studying
FAQ
Your first engagement
Every Treba engagement starts as a 30-day pilot. The pilot is our way of proving the fit before either side commits long-term.
Pilot-ready today
12 specialists across pillars
Role availability refreshes monthly. If a specific role is not listed, we do not claim availability inside the 14-day window.
A 30-day pilot is the fastest way to evaluate whether Treba fits your business. Brief us on the role. We will come back within 48 hours with shortlisted candidates and a costed proposal.
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