Executive Search Specialist at Anglo American

Job Description:

The purpose of the Executive Search Specialist is to manage the end to end hiring process for Executive roles (primarily Band 4) across the enterprise globally, delivering a high quality and high touch internal client and e candidate experience. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Provide expert advice to HR and hiring managers regarding all aspects of executive recruitment (attraction & sourcing strategy, outcome management, offer, and pre-hire) create comprehensive candidate pack aligned with the role profile and briefing conversation that support the definition, desired outcomes, critical qualifications, career-pathing, marketing, attraction, and selection of senior-level positions.

• Source candidates through referrals, networking, social media, and search research. Screen and conduct thorough behavior-based interviews with internal and external candidates, providing information on professional background, career progression, alignment to role and organization, compensation, employment restrictions, regulatory licensing, and other required credentials.

• Meet the organization’s hiring needs against pre-determined Service Level Agreements including days to fill, search firm utilization versus options, ethnic and gender diversity, offer acceptance ratio, and engagement completion rates.

• Identify opportunities to increase recruiting effectiveness through identifying process improvement opportunities and monitoring innovation in the external executive recruiting industry.

• In collaboration with colleagues, develop the strategic direction of the executive recruiting function.

• Work effectively with providers of assessment, reference-checking, and relocation services.

• Create search strategy documents and customized executive hiring reports to identify success factors and report back on any barriers to success in completing a search or pipelining project.

Qualifications:

• Required: An undergraduate qualification (Bachelors / Honours degree or equivalent)

• Desirable: Post-graduate qualification

Technical Knowledge:

• Successful track record of in Executive Search within corporate in-house Executive Recruitment team and/or search firm.

• Track record in senior search within Oil & Gas, Mining, manufacturing and or similar industrial sectors.

• Experience of dealing with Senior Level candidates and hiring managers.

• Expertise in dealing with and understanding the inner workings of retained search firms.

• Understanding of relevant Legislation which applies to hiring data protection, privacy, discrimination).

Additional information:

Who we are

We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies.  As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources – diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore and nickel – our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.