Talent Acquisition Specialist at Discovery Limited

Key purpose

• The Talent Acquisition Specialist (TAS) position is responsible for the end-to-end recruitment, focusing on Sourcing, Attracting, Interviewing and Hiring of employees for the multiple departments within Discovery Health. The scope of the Talent Acquisition Specialist covers permanent employees, fixed term contractors and independent contractors/contingent workers.
• As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, this individual will partner closely with the hiring managers to ensure that the recruitment process moves efficiently, and that the organisation is effectively identifying and hiring the talent required to achieve business goals.
• The Talent Acquisition Specialist is also responsible for sourcing strategies focused on building a pipeline for future opportunities as well as to ensure that relevant and accurate information is gathered from business in order to effectively onboard new employees.

Key Outputs

The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following broad job functions:

• Works in partnership with the hiring manager, HR Manager and Heads of Department to manage sourcing and recruitment activities for supported Health teams.
• Advises hiring managers on recruitment approaches and processes 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 recruitment 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 maintains relationships.
• Responsible for administration around employee onboarding (organising assessments and risk checks, booking induction, ordering assets, compiling contracts, and adding to onboarding group list, etc.).
• Maximises recruitment as a lever for transformation, in line with targets for the Health business.
• Coordinates with line managers to ensure efficient onboarding for all new hires.
• Ensuring timeous on boarding and cross boarding of employees is conducted by line managers, by providing regular reports to business

Competencies

• Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail and quality orientation
• Customer Focus
• Time Management

Experience and Qualifications

• Matric
• Relevant Diploma/Degree
• A minimum of 2 - 3 years proven experience within the Recruitment field in e.g., a professional and international search & selection agency or within a corporate recruitment environment.
• Competency based interviewing experience across a variety of roles and levels including a minimum of 1-year bulk recruiting of contractors and contingent workers.
• A solid understanding of and experience in recruiting complex, specialised and diverse functional roles such as, but not limited to, Actuarial Science, Data Science, HealthCare professionals, Quality Auditors, Risk Specialists and Finance professionals
• Vendor management experience
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Experience working in HealthCare or Financial Services
• Stakeholder and candidate management

Advantageous

• Honours Degree
• Good understanding of medical insurance industry
• Experience in HR Systems i.e., SAP
• Experience in the professional use of social media/LinkedIn as sourcing channels.
• Experience with candidate head hunting, active candidate research and networking to find suitable individuals.