Assistant Manager Talent Acquisition at iKhokha

Job Description

So what will you do?

• This role is responsible for owning the full recruitment life cycle by providing a strategic, efficient, cost-effective recruitment service to the iK Tribe whilst supporting a team of TA Officers to deliver against the annual hiring roadmap and maintain a best in class candidate experience.

Deal Breakers:

• At least 5 years recruitment experience, with at least 2 years in a team lead or supervisory role.
• Experience with recruiting at Senior Management and Executive level.

Specific Knowledge, Skills & Competence:

• ​​​Super user experience with HR tech tools (ATS, CRM, Social channels, LI).
• Knowledge of ATS, Smart Recruiters is HIGHLY advantageous.
• Training and experience with behavioural-based interviewing.
• Previous experience recruiting within tech is highly advantageous.
• Ability to multitask, work in a fast-paced environment, make quick decisions.
• Work with highly confidential information.

What would you be responsible for:

• Support Talent Acquisition Officers in applying best in class sourcing strategies to proactively attract talented professionals to join our iKTribe.
• Set and measure clear objectives of direct reports to support delivery of Business goals.
• Lead and coach direct reports to attract and hire the best suited candidate to role.
• Support TA Officers in offer negotiations to successful candidates.
• Make sure all recruitment procedures are completed in line with company policy (background checks, record keeping etc.).
• Review all offer proposals in conjunction with Chief Talent Officer. 
• Build team capability through sharing knowledge, proactively planning training and development throughout the year to address skills gaps and improvements.
• Actively support brand awareness objective to build LinkedIn followers through effective communication, personal brand building and engagement.
• Improve candidate experience in the hiring process.
• Responsible to ensure all candidate messaging and brand tone is reviewed and updated annually in conjunction with Head of Talent across all candidate engagement platforms (LI, Smars, Docusign).
• Audit ATS on a bi annual basis and propose improvements and changes to be actioned to extract full value from tool.
• Maintain accurate and timely feedback to all applicants on our ATS.
• Provide training and guidance to hiring managers on interview techniques, company policies, TA processes, and effective usage of SmartRecruiters.
• Stay up to date with industry trends. By sharing courses, articles, webinars, podcasts and useful information with team on a monthly basis.
• Research, report and advise on effective talent sourcing trends, market insights and competitor analysis and make recommendations based on recruiting data.
• Responsible for weekly and monthly reporting with a focus on automation of these tasks.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualification is a Matric
• Relevant Business / Human Resources Diploma or Degree (advantageous)