People Specialist II: Talent Acquisition at Smollan

As a People Specialist: Talent Acquisition, you will be responsible for:

Management of Processes and Procedures Relating to Talent Acquisition;

• Understand strategic business priorities to ensure sourcing efforts are focused on business needs
• Identify how changes in business strategy impact talent planning needs and know the best sourcing channels and messages to reach different talent segments
• Implement and maintain recruitment processes to achieve recruitment targets

Reporting;

• Continuously keep abreast of and report on trends and developments relating to talent acquisition
• Communicate relevant insights to stakeholders
• Identify risks and problems and make recommendations to improve processes and procedures
• Monitor and provide feedback on processes and procedures to all stakeholders
• Compile monthly EXCO and operational reporting on statistics, trends and best practises

Stakeholder Management;

• Actively build, maintain, and grow strong relationships with relevant stakeholders, internally and externally
• Manage client expectations and manage effective flow of information
• Manage end to end Supplier and service provider relationships

What are we looking for?

People best suited to this role should have:

• 4-5 years’ experience in recruitment, preferably as an in-house specialist dealing with senior stakeholders. Generalist HR Experience would be desirable.
• Proven experience as a talent acquisition specialist or similar role, with a focus on international and regional recruitment within Greater Africa
• Recruitment, staffing and onboarding principles, practices & procedures.
• Applicant tracking systems.
• Relationship building
• Negotiation skills