The Purpose of this Position:
The successful candidate will provide recruitment services to the company’s business units, sourcing quality employees within a reasonable period and facilitating the placement and on-boarding of new employees.
Job Duties:
Strategic planning of recruitment initiatives
- Collaborate with the hiring manager to analyze and identify business hiring needs.
- Co-develop and implement an effective sourcing strategy for scarce talent.
- Conduct research and provide insight on competitors and peer organizations.
- Develop and maintain a talent pool for current and future hiring needs.
- Analyze hiring metrics, compile reports, and provide insights into the recruitment lifecycle to guide and inform decision making.
Setup and preparation of recruitment initiatives
- Design job descriptions and interview questions that reflect each position’s requirements.
- Administration and configuration of recruiting software.
- Compile all recruiting related documentation in line with the company standard recruitment process.
- Create and post job advertisements on various platforms.
Recruitment lifecycle
- Collaborate with the hiring manager to identify staffing needs, selection criteria and to manage sourcing and recruiting activities.
- Source and headhunt potential candidates through online platforms (e.g. LinkedIn, PNet, Wamly).
- Screen candidates’ applications and select appropriate candidates to be shortlisted.
- Schedule screening calls, interviews and assessments.
- Conduct screening calls, assess technical ability and evaluate culture fit for shortlisted candidates.
- Shortlist qualified candidates to be interviewed by hiring managers.
- Provide psychometric feedback to hiring managers.
- Conduct at least 2 phone call reference checks on every shortlisted candidate CV.
- Support hiring managers in the evaluation and assessment of candidates to determine suitability for a given position.
- Foster long-term relationships with past applicants and potential candidates.
- Ensure that “best practice” recruitment guidelines are administered throughout the recruitment process.
Internal talent interventions
- Collaborate with Business Unit Heads to train and advise hiring managers on competency-based interviewing techniques and other assessment methods.
- Job Grading and Salary Benchmarking.
- Contribute to succession planning of individuals to meet future business needs.
- Track internal candidate movements to plan for recruitment needs.
- Assess candidates’ information including CV’s, portfolios, and references.
- Promote the company to enhance the company image and branding to potential candidates.
- Identify opportunities to source and retain candidates.
- Provide weekly stats with regards to recruitment progress.
- Organise and attend job fairs and recruitment events to build a strong candidate pipeline.
- Keep records of all materials used for recruitment such as interview notes and related paperwork.
Skills / Qualifications:
- A minimum of 5 years proven experience as a Talent Acquisition Specialist or similar role.
- A degree in Human Resources Management or relevant field.
- Hands-on experience with full-cycle recruiting using various interview techniques and evaluation methods.
- Hands-on experience with sourcing techniques on multiple channels (e.g. LinkedIn, PNet) and developing sourcing strategies.
- Knowledge and experience working on SAGE 300 People Systems.
- Recruitment best practice.
- Proven competency-based interview experience across a variety of roles and levels.
- Proficiency in MS Office and web-based recruiting and sourcing tools.
- Ability to communicate effectively – verbal and written.
- Ability to cope under pressure and troubleshoot where necessary.
- Trustworthy and honesty.
- Accuracy in execution.
- Attention to detail.
- Self-reliant.
- Self-motivated.
- Be a team player as well as work independently.
- Time management.
- Accountability and dependability.
- Own reliable transport is essential.