Consulting Talent Aquisition Contractor - Cape Town at EY

About the Job

The opportunity

• As a Talent Acquisition Recruiter, on a 3-month contract, you’ll own recruiting responsibilities aligned to the Consulting Service Line in EY Cape Town. As part of a high performing team, you’ll serve as a trusted business advisor to our leaders, Talent Team, and hiring managers by overseeing all external candidate engagement and driving talent to EY.
• You’ll ensure an exceptional candidate experience for every candidate, so our reputation for quality and innovation will be in your hands. In return, you’ll have the support of a network of highly knowledgeable colleagues, and the opportunity to make a significant impact to your team and EY.

Your key responsibilities

• Developing recruiting strategies to attract experienced hires and serve as a key contact to client groups and external candidates. Developing sound business relationships with key stakeholders to achieve hiring goals
• Driving the sourcing strategy to identify, attract and build a talent pipeline as well as making assessments and recommendations on talent in the market
• Ensuring all appropriate sourcing strategies are utilized, including inclusiveness initiatives and other creative sourcing techniques
• Providing operational and process excellence to ensure a quality candidate experience
• Recommending and managing local and national recruiting initiatives and special events to support the service line
• Integrating EY's brand strategy into all recruitment activity at all levels across all platforms
• Acting as a change agent for new technology, tools and processes that are rolled out to the broader recruiting community
• Staying abreast of talent and labor market insights

Skills and attributes for success

• Demonstrated knowledge and prior experience in attracting and engaging experienced hires while leveraging a variety of recruitment resources
• Strategic-thinking skills and ability to collaborate with team members on best practices
• Consultative approach with clients, serving as a talent advisor on the external pipeline of prospective candidates

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• A minimum of five to eight plus years of experienced hire recruitment experience within professional services or consulting environment
• Knowledge and experience in creative sourcing techniques of experienced hires
• Working knowledge of current recruitment/hiring laws and practices
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) and knowledge and experience working with applicant tracking software

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience in a professional services environment
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with numerous projects happening simultaneously
• Strong reporting and data analytical skills