Talent Acquisition Manager at Blue Label Telecoms

Job Description

• The role is responsible for developing innovative talent acquisition strategies, collaborate with hiring managers, and ensure a seamless candidate experience. They are responsible of planning, developing, managing and overseeing talent acquisition and recruitment processes from attracting talent to onboarding.

Develop and Execute Recruitment Strategies

• Developing effective recruitment strategies, including job posting optimization, physical and digital employment marketing, job board procurement, and talent planning
• Collaborate with hiring managers to understand and align recruitment needs with business objectives.
• Managing recruitment processes, including initial assessments and interviews
• Providing recruitment guidance and advice to HC professionals using employment and hiring data
• Aligning TA strategy to the overall Talent management strategy
• Identify bottlenecks in the recruitment process
• Manage the Employee referral program
• Align recruitment strategies to employment equity plan
• Use available recruitment tools and recommend available tools to enhance the recruitment process.
• Determine recruitment KPI’s and create reporting metrics to measure success and Identify gaps.
• Ensure compliance with relevant employment laws, regulations and company policies
• Stay updated on industry best practices, emerging trends to continually optimize the recruitment process

Employer Brand

• Contribute to the development and enhancement of the organization’s employer brand to attract top talent.
• Develop marketing campaigns to appeal to qualified recruits
• Organizing and attending career fairs to source suitable candidates
• Perform candidate and employee satisfaction evaluations
• Suggest measures for improving employee retention
• Encourage employees to be brand ambassadors
• Investigate and determine employee needs

Lead TA Team

• Take full responsibility for performance of all direct reports, motivating and managing them in relation to quality standards and agreed benchmarks and objectives, focusing on all aspects of sound people management.
• Provide support and guidance on career path planning, on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring to direct reports.
• Develop, promote and direct the implementation of equal opportunities policies in all aspects of the company’s work. 
• Communicate and maintain trust relationships with all relevant stakeholders.
• Role model behavior and motivate team members in line with the core values

Self-Management

• Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Follow through to ensure that personal quality and productivity standards are consistently and accurately maintained.
• Demonstrate consistent application of internal procedures.
• Plan and prioritise, demonstrating abilities to manage competing demands.
• Demonstrate abilities to anticipate and manage change.
• Demonstrate flexibility in balancing achievement of own objectives with abilities to understand and respond to organizational needs

Job Requirements

Minimum Academic, Professional Qualifications & Experience

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree
• 10 years working experience with 3+ years of leading a Recruitment Team
• Proven track record of leading the Talent agenda in an independent capacity
• Mastery of LinkedIn Recruiter essential
• Experience consulting, presenting and communicating with executives and all levels of key stakeholder partnerships.
• Experience working with Psychometric Assessments