Vates delivers tailored workforce solutions to meet the diverse and demanding needs of our government and corporate customers. Our robust recruitment, staffing, and retention strategies ensure access to a global network of subject matter experts, specialised local talent, and vetted professionals who drive operational success in challenging environments. With deep cultural understanding and rigorous vetting processes, we build diverse, high-performing teams that seamlessly integrate with customer operations.
As a company, we pride ourselves in our ability to hire, staff, and retain ethnically diverse personnel ensuring tribal and clan diversity and the ability to conduct operations throughout the region. Our approach bridges the gap between international governments, investors, or organisations and local communities, ensuring fair representation including ethnicity, clan, and gender dynamics.
Our Workforce Solutions Capabilities Include
Building High-Performing Teams for Mission Success
- Global Subject Matter Experts: We recruit and deploy international experts with specialised skills, providing strategic and technical support to meet complex mission requirements. Many of our international personnel have formerly served with military and government agencies, available for deployment on short or long-term engagements.
- Embedded Personnel: We provide embedded analysts, security advisors, and project managers to augment customer operations. Our embedded personnel integrate seamlessly with client teams, bringing specialised expertise and local knowledge to support mission objectives.
- Specialised Local Talent: Our teams include linguists, technical experts, and English-speaking local personnel with experience collaborating alongside international mentors and advisors, ensuring operational fluency and cultural alignment. Many of our local personnel have formerly served in internationally mentored units and government agencies.
- Clan-Diverse and Multi-Ethnic Staffing: We build multi-clan, ethnically diverse teams capable of operating across tribal and clan boundaries throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. This approach enables access to all regions and communities while mitigating risks associated with mono-ethnic staffing in complex clan environments.
- Culturally Informed Recruitment: Leveraging in-depth knowledge of local cultures, we source talent from developing countries through trusted clan, family, and tribal networks, ensuring authenticity and reliability. Our local engagement and staffing activities enable recruitment and placement of local subject matter experts, technical specialists, and community liaison officers.
- Rigorous Vetting and Background Screening: Our comprehensive screening systems, supported by connections to local security agencies, deliver thoroughly vetted personnel, minimising risks and enhancing trust.
- Full-Time Employment Model: Unlike competitors who hire unvetted personnel for daily tasks, our local security and support personnel are employed on a full-time basis, vetted, trained, insured, and registered with relevant government authorities. This model ensures reliability, accountability, and reduced risk to client operations.
- Diverse and Resilient Teams: We prioritise diversity and adaptability, building workforces that thrive in dynamic and high-stakes environments while meeting customer-specific needs.
Vates’ workforce solutions ensure customers have access to the right talent at the right time, enabling mission success in the most challenging operational environments worldwide.
