Talent Acquisition Consultant (Information Technology) at Nedbank

Job Purpose

To attract best fit talent to the organisation by filling vacancies to enable business to achieve their objectives and minimise risks to the bank.

Job Responsibilities

• Build relationships with internal stakeholders through interactions and by understanding and meeting their needs.
• Engage with candidates in a professional manner by communicating information and providing feedback timeously.
• Maintain networks with service providers through regular communication.
• Align own practices to policies and procedures by building and maintaining relationships with the broader HR community.
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. Staff surveys etc.).
• Achieve key business strategies by participating and supporting corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• Add value to Nedbank by identifying and recommending opportunities to enhance processes; systems and policies and support implementation of new processes; policies and systems.
• Ensure authorisation of vacancies and budget is obtained prior to recruitment as per relevant processes and policies.
• Ensure best fit candidates are recruited by clarifying stakeholder's vacancy requirements.
• Attract suitable applicants by creating adverts and advertising vacancies using the most effective sourcing channels.
• Screen applicant cv's by reviewing and identifying appropriate applicants.
• Ensure that policies and practices are met through conducting the shortlisting and interviewing for applicants including record keeping of all applications and communications for audit purposes.
• Finalise applicant shortlisting by engaging line management/HR.
• Ensure that shortlisted candidates are scheduled for interviews; assessments and clearance checks by providing the necessary information to the Recruitment Administrator for processing.
• Participate in deciding on most suitable candidate for appointment through line and candidates engagement.
• Meet miminum required recruitment metrics by continuously monitoring and tracking progress and take corrective action where required.
• Ensure all recruitment activities comply with regulatory requirements.
• Respond to queries or complaints in a timely manner and ensure that they are activley resolved.
• Minimize risk to the bank regarding recruitment practices by updating vacancy and applicant status on all relevant systems; notify applicants accordingly and by keeping accurate recruitment records.
• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the values through interaction with team and stakeholders.
• Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression opportunities for self with input from management.
• Support personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring that all learning activities are completed; experience gained and certifications obtained within specified time frames.
• Maintain knowledge management; and improve team success by sharing knowledge with team and stakeholders.
• Update and monitor the recruitment process through relevant process tracking documents within service level agreements (SLA).
• Implement effective recruitment service delivery by following the relevant processes and SLA's.
• Ensure that business objectives are met by attracting best fit talent in order to fill vacancies following the recruitment process.
• Ensure a smooth recruitment process by engaging and advising business continuously on recruitment related matters.
• Identify and utilise optimal sourcing channels to ensure vacancies are filled in a cost effective manner.
• Ensure vacancies are filled with best fit talent on time and in a cost effective manner.
• People Specification

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Type of Exposure

• Working with clients to solve client problems
• Investigating and reviewing processes to improve client satisfaction
• Tracking cost against a budget
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external clients and vendors
• Managing client expectations
• Integrating information from various HR database sources
• Interacting with diverse people
• Interacting with internal and external candidates
• Working in a fast-paced environment
• Sharing information in different ways to increase stakeholders understanding
• Communicating internally and external

Minimum Experience Level

• A minimum of 5 years recruitment consulting experience.

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Applicant tracking software
• Competency management
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Interviewing techniques
• Microsoft Office
• Recruitment and selection
• Recruitment industry knowledge
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Relevant software and systems knowledge
• Business writing skills
• Client Service Management
• Behavioural Competencies
• Building Partnerships
• Communication
• Energy
• Stress Tolerance
• Driving for results
• Managing Work