Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist (Midrand) at Optimal Growth Technologies

Role purpose:

• Collaborate with Leadership to understand their talent needs and align resourcing strategies to meet the people plans in a timeous manner. Deliver professional and relevant recruitment approaches and practices to drive a seamless experience for all stakeholders (recruiting line manager, candidates etc)

Key accountabilities and decision ownership :

• Collaborate with business to develop and cultivate excellent working relationships to build in-depth understanding of requirements in order to plan sourcing strategies
• Build talent pipelines for future needs.
• Lead and coordinate end-to-end talent acquisition services including being accountable for proactively communicating and updating key stakeholders
• Consult with the business to support targeted attraction strategies for relevant business area based on the business drivers/strategy, research and analysis.
• Pro-active sourcing of candidates via internal databases, alternate sourcing channels, referrals, talent days and talent mapping exercises in order to meet client requirements.
• Provide market trends and analysis on a regular basis, utilising these insights to influence recruitment plans.
• Engage with preferred suppliers where necessary and build working relationships to deliver the right talent for the business.
• Accountable for resourcing reporting, including analysis of performance against KPIs and insights to shape the business area to further shape the business area specific resourcing strategy.
• Provide an exceptional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Assist with the alignment and achievement of Business Area Transformation targets through targeted sourcing and shortlisting.
• Develop reporting matrix against realistic turnaround times for Exco

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:

• Experienced talent acquisition specialist who has managed portfolios of complex recruitment for a demanding client base with a deep functional expertise
• Creative sourcing strategies for small medium business
• Ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment.
• An effective and persuasive communicator who seeks insight into the business needs and acts as a knowledgeable advisor, as well as liaise and influence at senior level.
• Strong networker, who adapts well to changing priorities, demonstrates resilience, flexibility and energy.
• Ability to analyse recruitment data and trends and to implement corrective actions.
• Commercial Acumen
• Experience in dealing with tight deadlines in a fast moving environment and dealing with complex roles and business areas

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Matric / Grade 12
• 3-year qualification in HR field is essential
• 5 years + experience in talent acquisition
• Experience in developing and delivering recruitment strategies and processes to improve outcomes.
• Experience in research, market mapping, networking and stakeholder management
• Experience in managing vendors/suppliers and SLAs