Post a Job — Free
Posting a job on JobsInKenya.ke is free. Fill in one short form, we review it the same working day, and approved vacancies are published with your own application route and pushed to our WhatsApp and Telegram channels. You do not need an account, you will not be asked for a card, and applicants come to you directly — we never sit between you and the people applying.
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How it works
- Fill in the form. Job title, what the person will do, where the role is based, the deadline, and how you want people to apply. It takes a few minutes on a phone.
- Confirm your email. We send a link to check the address is real and yours. This is the only thing we ask of you.
- We review it, then publish. A person reads every submission. Once approved, your vacancy is live on the site, goes out to our channels, and you get a link you can share.
You will get a link to check your listing’s status at any time, including how many people have viewed it and how many clicked through to apply.
How much does it cost to post a job in Kenya?
Nothing on this site. Posting is free, and will stay free for at least the first six months — no card, no trial, no per-listing charge, and no fee to reach the applicants who respond.
From around month four we expect to offer a paid option to promote a vacancy — pinning it to the top of a category or county page. Paying will never be a route to publication. A promoted listing passes exactly the same checks as every other listing, and money cannot move a vacancy past a check it failed. That rule is enforced in our database, not by policy.
How long does approval take?
We aim to review every submission the same working day, with a target of a median under 8 hours and nine in ten inside 24 hours. The banner near the top of this page shows the real current figure rather than the promise — if we are behind, it will say so.
Submissions arriving late at night or over a weekend are reviewed the following morning. If your vacancy is time-critical, say so in the form and we will prioritise it.
What adverts do you reject?
We reject anything that asks a job seeker for money, and we reject it without exception. Specifically:
- Any applicant-paid fee, under any name — registration, processing, medical, training, uniform, placement, “refundable deposit”.
- Any M-Pesa till, paybill, buy-goods or send-money instruction aimed at applicants.
- Requests for ID, KRA PIN, certificates or photographs before a formal interview.
- Overseas placements without a verifiable accreditation number from the National Employment Authority.
- Adverts using a company’s name from an unconnected email address or apply link — we treat this as impersonation and act on it.
- Adverts with no identifiable hiring organisation — a bare “agent” with no traceable company behind it.
- Commission-only, multi-level marketing and deposit-to-earn recruitment.
If we reject your advert, you will get an email saying which rule it hit and in most cases how to fix it. Most rejections are honest employers who worded something ambiguously, and a corrected resubmission is welcome. Repeated attempts to charge applicants get the account blocked.
Full detail on what we check and why is on our verified, no-fees policy.
Do I need an account?
No. You give an email address so we can confirm the vacancy is really from you and tell you when it is live. That is all. There is no password to remember and nothing to log into.
If you post regularly, an employer account will be worth having later — it will keep your listings, your logo and your view figures in one place — but it will never be a condition of posting.
What makes a listing perform well?
Three things, consistently:
- A specific title. “Sales Representative — Nakuru” gets found; “Exciting Opportunity” does not. People search for the job name.
- A stated salary or range. Most Kenyan adverts leave pay out, so the ones that state it stand out sharply and attract better-matched applicants who are less likely to drop out late.
- A real deadline. Listings with a clear closing date get more applications in the first 48 hours, which is when most shortlists actually fill.
Tell us when you have filled the role and we will close the listing. Applicants applying to a job that no longer exists is the most common complaint job seekers have about job boards, and we would rather not be part of it.
Frequently asked questions
Is posting a job really free?
Yes — free to post, free to be listed, and free to receive applications. There is no card, no trial period and no charge to contact the people who apply. Posting will stay free for at least the first six months. We expect to offer a paid option to promote a listing from around month four, but that only affects where a vacancy appears, never whether it is published.
Who sees my vacancy?
Job seekers browsing the site, plus everyone following our WhatsApp and Telegram channels, where approved vacancies are pushed the same day. Your listing also appears on the relevant category and county pages, and is submitted to Google in our sitemap. You get a shareable link you can post on your own channels.
Do applications come to you or to me?
Directly to you. We publish the application route you give us — your careers page, an email address, or your own form — and the applicant goes straight there. We never receive applications, never hold anyone’s CV on your behalf, and never charge either side for the introduction.
Can I edit or remove a listing after it is published?
Yes. The status link we email you lets you check your listing, and you can contact us to change or take down a vacancy at any time. Edits that change the application route, the pay, or anything about fees are re-reviewed before going live, because a clean advert swapped for a bad one after approval is a real risk we have to close.
I am a recruitment agency. Can I post?
Yes, provided the vacancy is real, the hiring organisation is identifiable, and no fee of any kind is charged to the job seeker at any stage. Agencies that charge candidates are rejected and blocked. Agencies that charge employers, which is the normal model, are welcome to post.
JobsInKenya.ke is a free job board that aggregates verified job vacancies in Kenya, updated daily.