Talent Acquisition Specialist at Discovery Limited

Key Purpose

The Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for the strategic sourcing of IT Specialists for our South African and international teams. As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will collaborate with hiring managers and Hr Business Partner to ensure that the hiring process runs smoothly and that the company is effectively finding and hiring the talent it requires to meet its objectives

Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to

• Works in partnership with the hiring manager, HR Manager and Heads of Department to manage sourcing and recruiting activities.
• Advises hiring managers on recruitment approach and process and leads the sourcing process from end-to-end.
• Spends time with stakeholders to fully understand the business, the key talent needs, and the value proposition for prospective candidates.   This includes maintaining relationships with hiring managers to stay abreast of current and future hiring needs.
• Reviews and selects appropriate candidates to be evaluated by hiring managers, ensuring objectivity of the process and compliance with standard processes and best practices.
• Supports hiring managers in the evaluation and assessment of candidates to determine suitability for a given position.
• Compiles all recruiting related documentation in line with the Discovery standard recruitment process and vendor management process.
• Communicates with candidates to provide status updates on their employment consideration and maintain relationships.
• Responsible for administration around employee onboarding (organising assessments and forensics, booking induction, ordering assets, compiling contracts, etc).
• Maximises recruitment as a lever for transformation.
• Ensuring timeous on boarding of employees is conducted by line managers by providing regular reports to business.

Personal Attributes and Skills

• Outcomes based interviewing and candidate selection
• Knowledge of local and international recruiting/talent landscape
• Proficiency in MS Office and web-based recruiting and sourcing tools
• Knowledge of online technology platforms and providers within Technology in South Africa

Education and Experience

Education:

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Bachelor’s degree in the human sciences (advantageous)

Experience:

• A minimum of 3-5 years proven experience within the Recruitment field in e.g. a professional and international search & selection agency or within a corporate recruitment environment. The successful incumbent will be a seasoned interviewer coupled with extensive experience in the professional use of social media/LinkedIn as sourcing channels.
• Proven interview experience across a variety of roles and levels including a minimum of 1-year bulk recruiting IT contractors.
• Previous experience with candidate head hunting, active candidate research and networking to find suitable individuals.
• A solid understanding and experience in recruiting complex specialised diverse functional roles (Java Developers, Business Analyst, IT Project Managers, Dev Managers, etc.)  

Knowledge:

• Vendor management experience
• Experience working in Tech or Finance Organisation