Talent Specialist - Cape Town at Astron Energy (Pty) Ltd.

Job Summary 

Responsible for the attraction, sourcing, recruiting, and onboarding of the best talent through effective partnering with hiring teams. Enabling and influence talent management practices through research, best practices, process mapping, awareness, and education campaigns, and effective partnering with business leaders, HR leaders, industry experts and partners.

Professional Qualification and Certifications:

• Honours Degree in Human Resource management, preference Masters degree in Human Resource management or Industrial/Organisational psychology
• Registered with the HPCSA as a psychometrist, preference Industrial psychologist (more than 3 years)
• Trained and accredited in a range of psychometric assessment tools     

Work Experience:

• Experience in recruiting specialist/technical roles from individual contributors to management roles 
• Strategic sourcing capability
• Experience working with recruiting tools and systems, including sourcing tools and applicant tracking systems (ideal: Workday)
• Skilled at partnering with hiring teams to build effective sourcing and assessment approaches
• Experience in building and optimizing talent pools through proactive searches and candidate engagements
• Experience in succession planning, talent optimization, including talent pipelines and mobility
• Market research and insights – talent trends, landscape, and best practices
• Ability to handle data and sensitive information with confidentiality
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Knowledge and skills:

• General HR processes and procedures
• Competency framework design, development, and application
• Competency based recruitment and other selection techniques
• Use of Psychometric assessments and other similars
• Sourcing approaches and methods, including LinkedIn
• Employee wellness and Employee experience mapping, including Onboarding
• Employer branding – enabling attracting the best talent 
• Relevant legislation, i.e., Labour Relations Act, Employment Equity Act
• Computer literacy, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS Teams
• Communication and interpersonal skills
• Influence and negotiation skills
• Attention to detail