Lead Talent Acquisition at South32

POSITION SYNOPSIS:

• Lead Talent Acquisition (T&A) is the first point of contact for Africa recruitment activities for South32 and will be reporting to the SR Manager HR. This position assists in providing front line, daily operational leadership to the Africa T&A based team as well as assisting in executing and driving recruitment initiatives and strategy to local customer groups.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Serious contenders will have a Degree in HR, Organizational Psychology or Business Administration with a minimum of 4 years’ experience in Human Resources of which 1 year is in a managerial capacity.
• Portuguese speaking will be advantageous.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders to translate business strategies into people strategy/action is essential;
• Experience of managing a small team and working with remote sites is essential;
• Experience within resource industry recruitment (highly desirable)
• Experience in internal consulting, business partnership and change management is essential;
• Experience liaising with diverse and complex stakeholder groups at all levels of an organization and working with 3rd party suppliers in support of strategic people initiatives is essential;
• Experience in implementing and rolling out of new recruitment systems and associated HR processes, SAP & Success Factors (highly desirable).

CORE ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provides the daily operational leadership to the South Africa based Talent Acquisition Team, this includes; assigning and monitoring workloads, acts as a first point of contact for day to day general enquires, monitoring and managing Specialist output and productivity.
• Provide location reporting on team and recruitment metrics on a weekly/monthly basis;
• Provides expertise and advice to the business relating to proactive talent acquisition strategies and takes a lead on region talent pipelines and placements;
• Will take the lead on the recruitment of senior appointments within region;
• Partner with key stakeholders to provide strategic advice relating to recruitment and talent acquisition opportunities and best practice;
• This position will be based at our office in Melrose Arch, Johannesburg and will require some travel to our various operations in in South Africa and Mozambique.

Applications close 22 July 2022 at 17H00.