Talent Acquisition Specialist (JHB) at BETSoftware

You Bring:

• 4 to 5 years recruitment experience.
• Previous experience recruiting within a technology sector.
• Relevant HR qualification or studying towards (preferred).
• Results driven: Consistently delivers required business results; sets and achieves goals, consistently complies with quality standards and meets deadlines; maintains focus on organisational goals.
• Accountability: Follows through and delivers results despite obstacles. Admits to errors and takes corrective action to avoid repetition. Approaches own work with dedication and a high sense of responsibility.
• Reporting: Collate and report on information. Account for and verify reporting figures/ statistics. Review/analyse reporting statistics and figures to identify trends and make relevant recommendations.
• Relationship management: Developing and maintaining professional business associations at all levels. Establish relationships both inside and outside the organisation. Effectively apply networking and influencing skills.
• Interview skills: Understands best practice interview techniques to ensure that high calibre candidates are selected.

What You’ll Do:

• Follow the recruitment process as outlined, unless otherwise advised.
• Obtain recruitment pre-authorisation form signed off by management to proceed with the recruitment process.
• Draft internal and external advertisements for vacancies. Place adverts after sign-off from the Talent Acquisition Manager.
• Conduct pre-screening interviews against job specs and eliminate unsuitable candidates early in the recruitment process. Collate and present CVs to the relevant Line Manager for consideration.
• Coordinate/facilitate interviews. Coordinating diary times and scheduling interviews with relevant Line Managers and/or Talent Managers.
• Ensure competency-based interview questions are posed as part of the targeted selection process.
• Ensure that reference checks are completed for the final shortlisted candidate, as well as other formal checks (credit/fraud/identity/criminal/educational/driver’s licence etc. where appropriate) and obtain the most recent payslips.
• Discuss a potential offer put forward by the line manager for the Talent Acquisition Manager to consider.
• Draft an offer letter for the candidate after the package has been approved.
• Maintain all pertinent applicant and interview data. Ensure that interview notes, guides, and reference checks are uploaded onto the HRIS.
• Ensure that all candidates who do not meet the requirements are advised by way of rejection letters or emails.
• Ensure each candidate has received feedback regarding the outcome of the interview/ensure agencies receive feedback.
• Utilise the internet for recruitment by posting positions to appropriate internet sources. Research new ways of advertising positions. Use social and professional networking sites to identify and source candidates. Network with industry contacts, and association memberships to source the best quality candidate. Aid Public Relations in establishing BET as a recognizable “Employer of Choice”.
• Maintaining a pool of readily available candidates. (Ensure continuous follow-ups are made).
• Formally start building a database of candidates that can be referred to.
• Coordinate psychometric assessments. Scheduling psychometric testing as and when required by the Talent Acquisition Manager. Send briefs to candidates and invites in terms of sessions. Administer assessment sessions. Obtain informed consent and keep it on file to submit with the final employee file to HR.
• Providing daily reports and monthly reports, attending weekly recruitment reporting meetings on the status and turnaround times.
• Ensure all BET reports are updated efficiently daily.
• Strive to achieve monthly targets.
• Recruitment and KPI targets to be met.
• Attend to ad-hoc HR-related tasks/ projects as and when the need arises.