The Ignition Group is one of Africa's largest providers of technology, media, telecommunication and financial services, and is built around a powerful purpose - to make life better through innovative technology.
We approach markets that are traditionally complex and contested, and then simplify them, making life easier for consumers, and business more effic...
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Set the Talent Acquisition strategy by working closely with the Chief People Officer, Team and business decision makers.
Advises on development of recruitment plans and programmes as a strategic partner with particular input on the impact of attraction and retention in across all our divisions.
Review and authorise Talent policies, procedures, plans and programmes developed by direct reports.
Provide direction and directives to a middle level team of individuals in performance of their duties, by establishing work priorities and achieving management initiatives.
Interface at Executive level across our divisions and interested parties, including partners, business leaders, key influencers, and decision makers.
Develop and own the operational budget.
Provide leadership and consulting support to Executives and Senior Management.
Oversee the execution of Talent Acquisition processes, and continually assess the competitiveness of all programmes and practices against relevant comparable companies, industries and markets.
Work with respective HR business partners and the recruitment specialists to enable the implementation of plans and programmes to identify talent within and outside the organisation and contribute to talent management, learning and development and business development programmes.
Drive the thought leadership agenda for the organisation on matters related to recruitment and staffing.
Identify and evaluate fundamental issues relating to Talent Acquisition and take responsibility for the delivery of projects relating to the improvement of recruitment and staffing practices in the business across all our divisions.
Drive the Talent Acquisition culture by sharing best practices, developing and sustaining cross functional relationships and filtering information downwards.
Enable business processes by ensuring the candidate experience is aligned to the desired company values and culture.
Automating process and policy and best practice recruitment systems and that the function has the required competence and tools to support activities related to attraction, sourcing, advertising (esp. social media platforms), assessing, selecting, appointing and professional onboarding.
Requirements
We would love to hear from you if;
You have an advanced degree in a related field.
Minimum 5 years of global recruitment experience.
You have proven progressive leadership experience in Talent Acquisitions positions.
You have substantial strategic planning experience but operationally able to execute.
If you have Contact Centre or ICT experience it would be advantageous.
Able to partner with key stakeholders to ensure results are achieved and manageable
Leadership knowledge with a strong ability to influence
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