Specialist: Talent Acquisition at Capitec Bank

Why This Role Exists

• We’re looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist who goes beyond filling roles - a trusted Talent Advisor who partners closely with the business to shape hiring decisions, elevate talent quality, and drive long-term workforce outcomes.
• This role is about owning and influencing the hiring process - bringing structure, insight, and market perspective to ensure we select the right talent. You will play a key role in guiding stakeholders, challenging thinking, and embedding best-in-class hiring practices.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, success profiles, and hiring strategies
• Act as a trusted advisor, providing guidance on talent availability, market trends, and hiring approaches
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process (brief → interview → offer → close)
• Facilitate structured, competency-based interviews and assessments
• Influence and guide hiring decisions to ensure fairness, consistency, and quality of hire
• Deliver a seamless, professional, and engaging candidate experience
• Track, analyse, and report on recruitment metrics, insights, and hiring progress
• Identify opportunities to optimise processes and improve hiring effectiveness
• Ensure compliance with relevant labour legislation and internal policies

What You Bring

• You are a credible Talent Advisor who brings insight, structure, and confidence into every hiring conversation.

You likely have:

• At least 2–3 years’ experience in Talent Acquisition / Recruitment, ideally with exposure to technology and data-related roles
• Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment processes in a target-driven environment
• Strong stakeholder management and the ability to influence and challenge constructively
• Confidence in advising on hiring decisions using data, insights, and structured evaluation methods
• A track record of building trusted relationships with business stakeholders

Proven experience in:

• Interviewing techniques (including telephonic and competency-based interviewing)
• Candidate response handling and constructive feedback delivery
• Recruitment and selection processes and methodologies
• Application and interpretation of assessments (e.g. ability tests, personality questionnaires)
• Working with structured hiring frameworks and best practices

Ideal:

• Experience with management competency frameworks, including assessment and feedback
• Exposure to talent review processes and development conversations
• Ability to contribute to broader talent discussions beyond hiring (e.g. talent planning, succession, capability building)