Graduate Recruitment Officer at KPMG South Africa

Job Description

Purpose of the Job:

The purpose of this role is to assist in the coordination and management of the delivery of world class graduate service to ensure that KPMG recruits a diverse pool of graduate talent to meet the challenging needs of its business.

Reporting to the Head of Grad, the Recruitment Officer will have primary responsibilities for the day-to-day operations and administration of school programmes and co-ordination of the national bursary scheme.

Key Job Duties Or Responsibilities

The Officer will be Responsible of the following:

• Screening candidate’s applications for Audit and Advisory and inviting candidates for assessments and interviews.
• Inspect applications received through the HR ATS system, email or Cdrop offs to ensure minimum criteria is met
• Communication via phone or email with successful and unsuccessful candidates.
• Inviting successful candidates for assessments and interviews

Administration and coordination of the bursary programme

• Maintaining a spreadsheet to track the record of all bursary holders.
• Summarising the results of the candidates and proposing an initial amount for the Manager’s approval.
• Drafting, issuing and filling bursary contracts
• Preparing the bursary payments for approval and review by the Manager.
• Preparing and maintaining files for all candidates
• Monthly reconciliation of bursaries nationally
• Reporting on various bursary stats to inform strategic business decisions
• Follow-up on bad debts
• Conducting process audits on regional offices bursary process
• Arranging and planning social events forbursary students
• Attending and coordinating career fairs at universities
• Assisting the rest of the team members on recruitment related initiatives.

Schools

• Identifying top performing schools
• Communicating with the school teachers to invite learners for an in-house school day
• Visiting schools on career days
• Conducting presentation to school learners.
• Critical Technical Skills Or Competencies
• Good communication skills, both orally and in writing
• Able to prioritise effectively and accept responsibility
• Strong administration skills
• Good team player
• Must be able to work under pressure and deal with large volumes
• The ability to manage multiple tasks
• Strong numeracy skills
• Ability to perform reconciliations
• Critical Interpersonal Or Interactive Skills
• Professional work ethic and integrity
• Team player
• Able to work under pressure
• Able to deal effectively with individuals at all levels, but especially senior levels.
• Computer literate
• Prepared to travel for long periods.
• Proactive

Qualifications And Experience

• 2-3 years’ experience working in HR/Recruitment role or client-service role delivering a professional recruitment service to a demanding client base.
• Graduate recruitment background
• Bcom related degree
• Own transport essential.