Senior Specialist: Talent Acquisition at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

Are you an Actuarial & Finance recruitment specialist? Do you have the added advantage of experience in the short-term insurance industry? Are you looking to refine your leadership skills whilst compounding your current experience? Then we need you to rely on your networking, exposure & experience to fill vacancies in these spaces within the outlined time to hire expectations and relevant SOP’s your role will touch on. This would include the Recruitment, TA and onboarding SOP as well as the TA charter.

You will be responsible for the following across the actuarial and finance space across all role sizes:

• Build pipeline for all roles across the actuarial and finance area from the short term short term insurance industry as a first prize
• Source and build on the current market maps with an end result of in depth and accurate mapping of roles across the mid management level upwards of the actuarial function relevant to the insurance industry
• Periodically update the market maps and provide to relevant key stakeholders
• Contribute to creative solutioning for short term insurance actuarial and finance function skillset scarcity
• Ensure adherence to the outlined SOP and charter regarding the Talent Acquisition Department and Onboarding
• Ensure streamlined process design between yourself and TA administration that also falls in line with and adherence to broader Recruitment SOP deadlines and expectations
• Meet your new hires on day 1 of induction to welcome them to the business and settle them into induction
• Support and facilitate handover as candidate becomes employee to TA administration and relevant HCBP

Broader role expectations

• Deliver positively towards the outcome of the TA team as a whole
• Provide support to the team when and where the need is identified and assist them with solutioning
• Engage with the team to ensure collaboration and knowledge sharing where possible
• Foster healthy relationships with the broader HC Community
• Driving best practice and living our values with and through the team

Requirements:

• Minimum 10 years of experience in the recruitment space
• Minimum 5 years of experience recruiting senior roles within the Actuarial & Finance function
• Minimum of 2 years of experience of recruiting within the relevant functions in the short-term insurance industry
• Candidates coming from long term insurance or broader financial services may be considered

Added Advantages:

• Recruitment Agency experience
• Similar experience or exposure to the IT function – this would be an advisory capacity and not part of your core portfolio

Skills

• Business, Onboarding, Recruiting, Short Term Insurance, Talent Acquisition, Talent Sourcing, Top Talent Recruitment, Workforce Planning

Education

Bachelor of Commerce (BCom): Human Resource Management (Required)