Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant - Parktown at Hollard Insurance

Job Advert Summary    
The Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant is part of a high-performing Talent Acquisition team. The Senior TA Consultant focused on Executive /Senior appointments and hard-to-fill roles

• The Senior TA Specialist is also a subject matter expert (SME) in a particular skill set or competency for our business and will
• Drive and shape the right sourcing strategies and market intelligence for this capability in selected markets and geographies
• Capably identify the right talent across global markets and provide advice to the business on how to attract that talent to Hollard
• Develop a deep understanding of your assigned market to successfully promote and sell career pathways and Hollard as an employer of choice within this market. Working with the Business to drive campaigns and brand campaigns where needed
• The Senior TA Consultant will be responsible for
• At least 1 landscape mapping exercise done per annum against defined criterion
• TAT offers to be within 60 days
• Access to D3 and above only roles. Most research and data mining is required on these specialist senior roles, where a readily available database of suitable candidate is not available
• To fill these roles that are time consuming
• Jointly with the BU Cluster Head conduct talent mapping workshops with managers to understand their strategic business and operational goals and objectives, and to plan for future skill requirements
• Appropriately resourced to meet the current capacity requirements
• Appropriately skilled to conduct the necessary research and market mapping
• Strategically positioned as the talent sourcing partner, i.e. develop the necessary credibility internally and externally as a proactive, insightful, and informed partner
• A talent tracker, once talent has been identified to track talent so that they are easily accessible (and interested) when suitable vacancies ariseCo-Sourcing Scope of Work
• Collaborate with the Recruitment Consultant and Business to identify and engage with candidates for roles in Hollard
• Using a suite of tools, develop deep subject matter talent sourcing expertise in the talent markets for the skills required
• Collaborate with resources in your wider team to meet hard-to-fill or specialist sourcing needs for executive or niche roles
• Guide candidates through the entire recruitment process, including providing information on the Hollard vision, the business strategy, our culture, and values, as well as conducting in-depth qualifying interviews to establish the candidate’s suitability against the requirements of the role.
• Screen applicants for current and future opportunities, creating a candidate profile and documenting these preliminary interviews to share with hiring teams and recruiters
• Ensure the delivery of a strong potential candidate pipeline by leveraging internal talent and referral channels, developing talent communities, managing referral campaigns
• Grow and develop more junior team members
• Acting as a ‘Talent Advisor’ to the business, developing actionable competitive intelligence for recruiters and hiring managers. Gather and analyse data for accurate and confident decision-making and sourcing strategy. Make recommendations on additional candidate pools and recruiting techniques, after evaluating market conditions
• Establish regular and timely recruiter and stakeholder engagements to ensure alignment of targets and objective
• With the TA Custer Head, you will assist to develop and execute a variety of candidate marketing techniques and materials
• Actively pursue candidate channels to deliver to our Group Talent agenda
• Achieve individual targets aligned to SLAs and Metrics

Required Knowledge and Experience    

• 5 years recruitment experience
• Experience in Short Term Insurance, Life, General Insurance, Commercial Insurance and CoEs
• Experience of a customer focused role
• Self-motivated and able to identify opportunities
• Tenacious and resilient
• Ambitious, driven and determined to achieve targets and objectives
• Problem solving, influencing, questioning, and listening skills
• Verbal and written communication skill
• Demonstrable ability to develop relationships
• Organisational and planning skills
• Attention to detail.
• Time management and organisational skills
• Innovative

Educational Requirements    

• Matric
• Degree in Human Resources