Senior Recruitment Officer - Midrand at Dis-Chem Pharmacies

Dis-Chem Pharmacies requires a Senior Recruitment Officer to join their team. You will be required to ensure that our company attract, hire and retain the best, qualified employees, while growing a strong talent pipeline, to address current and future needs, while complying with statutory and good personnel practice principles.

Essential:

• Grade 12 / Matric
• National Diploma and/or degree in HRM or Industrial Psychology or similar
• 5 years of recruitment experience (Agency/In-House)

Advantageous:

• APSO/SABPP accreditation
• Recruitment experience in the FMCG/Retail sector
• Experience in leading a small team

The Senior Recruiter will be required to ensure that our company attract, hire and retain the best, qualified employees, while growing a strong talent pipeline, to address current and future needs, while complying with statutory and good personnel practice principles. Work closely with cross-functional teams to manage sourcing, interviewing and employment processes, demonstrate experience in screening, interviewing and assessing candidates, have current knowledge of relevant labour legislation and be a team leader who is able to make effective decisions quickly and is capable of managing a small team.

JOB SPECIFICATION:

• Collaborate with assigned department managers on a regular basis and proactively identify and forecast future hiring needs in line with business and departmental strategy.
• Ensure planning for bulk as well as individual projects.
• Conduct research in order to gain a better understanding of each vacancy’s requirements.
• Determine applicant requirements for example specific skills, competencies and experience.
• Facilitate the process of compiling job descriptions and/or adverts in conjunction with the OE Department.
• Design and implement talent acquisition pipeline tools in conjunction with the Department Manager
• Attract candidates using various sources like social media networks, employee referrals and other creative methods, including Headhunting when required.
• Implement new sourcing methods (e.g. social recruiting etc).
• Participate in job fairs and career events as required.
• Research and choose job advertising options.
• Conduct interviews using various reliable recruiting and selection tools/methods to filter candidates.
• Assess applicants’ relevant knowledge, skills, soft skills, experience and aptitudes.
• Conduct reference checks on successful applicants before extending offer letters.
• Advise hiring managers on recruitment best practice, company policy, interviewing techniques and strategies aligned with overall department goal.
• Monitor and apply HR recruiting best practices.
• Supervise the allocated micro-team, managing and reporting on its performance to the Department Manager.
• Ensure day to day management and assignment of tasks etc. in order to achieve department and company goals.
• Keep track of recruiting metrics (e.g. time-to-fill and cost-per-hire) as requested.
• Provide analytical and well documented recruiting reports to the Recruitment Manager.
• Manage and report back in terms of team statistics as per departmental performance requirements.
• Build and maintain a database of potential candidates by utilising online talent pools.
• Manage and respond to recruitment related correspondence, queries as well as applications received through various channels.
• Maintain the online recruitment portal by ensuring that adverts are refreshed on a regular basis, statuses are to be fully updated at all times.

Competencies

Essential:

• Knowledge of relevant Labour Legislation. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to conduct different types of interviews (structured, competency-based, stress etc)
• Ability to arrange skills assessment centres (in tray activities, work samples, psychometric and IQ/EQ tests, etc) when required and to distinguish between appropriate assessment tools
• Familiarity with HR databases, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Candidate Management Systems (CMS)
• Hands-on experience with recruiting software, as well as Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) or Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS)
• Computer Skills – Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Ability to take instruction and ensure delivery according to expectation, follow up on execution
• End-user knowledge of Careers 24, LinkedIn and other social media tools for recruitment purposes

Advantageous:

• Basic understanding of payroll principles
• Basic understanding of financial principles in order to assist with generating of offers of employment and putting together remuneration packages with the hiring manager