Talent Specialist (6 months contract)

One People Team; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

One People Team is seeking a Talent Specialist for a 6-month contract to support client accounts in recruitment and broader people priorities. This role combines 70% recruitment with 30% HR business partnering, offering exposure to multiple industries and stakeholders.

You will own end-to-end recruitment, build pipelines, and collaborate with clients and OPT to address onboarding, engagement, and talent development. A fast-paced, hands-on role awaits.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in recruitment, Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partnering, HR Generalist, or related people roles.
• Strong hands-on experience managing end-to-end recruitment independently, including active sourcing and candidate assessment.
• Comfortable partnering with hiring managers and engaging stakeholders across different levels and businesses.
• Some exposure to HRBP or broader HR areas such as performance, employee engagement, talent management, or employee relations.
• Organised, resourceful, and able to manage multiple priorities and client accounts in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end recruitment across multiple client accounts, functions, and levels, from role briefing and sourcing through interviews, offers, and onboarding.
• Build strong candidate pipelines through direct sourcing, LinkedIn, job platforms, referrals, networking, and other relevant channels.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand the business need, sharpen role requirements, assess candidates, and keep hiring moving.
• Deliver a strong candidate experience and support employer branding and talent attraction initiatives where needed.
• Track hiring progress, market feedback, and recruitment insights to continuously improve hiring quality, speed, and effectiveness.
• Support selected client accounts on day-to-day people matters including onboarding, employee experience, engagement, performance, and retention.
• Work with managers to understand people challenges and translate them into practical actions and solutions.
• Support broader people initiatives such as talent reviews, employee development, engagement activities, and HR process improvements.
• Use data, digital tools, and AI to make recruitment and people processes faster, smarter, and more effective.

Skills

Recruitment

Stakeholder management

Independent working

Sourcing

Tools

LinkedIn

Job platforms

Job description

We’re looking for a Talent Specialist to join One People Team (OPT) on a 6-month contract, supporting our work across selected client accounts.

This is a 70% Recruitment, 30% HR Business Partnering role for someone who enjoys finding great people, working closely with business leaders, and getting involved in broader people priorities beyond hiring.

You’ll manage recruitment independently across different roles and industries while

partnering with the OPT team and our clients on practical HR and people matters.

If you enjoy variety, ownership, and seeing how different businesses solve their people challenges, this role will give you plenty of exposure.

Why This Role Matters To Us

At OPT, we work as an extension of our clients’ teams, helping businesses solve real people challenges as they grow.

This role plays an important part in helping our clients hire the right people, strengthen their talent pipeline, and make better people decisions.

You won’t just be filling vacancies. You’ll be expected to understand the business behind each role, build trusted relationships with stakeholders, and contribute to the wider people agenda.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding

• Own end-to-end recruitment across multiple client accounts, functions, and levels, from role briefing and sourcing through interviews, offers, and onboarding.
• Build strong candidate pipelines through direct sourcing, LinkedIn, job platforms, referrals, networking, and other relevant channels.
• Partner with hiring managers to understand the business need, sharpen role requirements, assess candidates, and keep hiring moving.
• Deliver a strong candidate experience and support employer branding and talent attraction initiatives where needed.
• Track hiring progress, market feedback, and recruitment insights to continuously improve hiring quality, speed, and effectiveness.

HR Business Partnering

• Support selected client accounts on day-to-day people matters including onboarding, employee experience, engagement, performance, and retention.
• Work with managers to understand people challenges and translate them into practical actions and solutions.
• Support broader people initiatives such as talent reviews, employee development, engagement activities, and HR process improvements.
• Use data, digital tools, and AI to make recruitment and people processes faster, smarter, and more effective.

Key Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience in recruitment, Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partnering, HR Generalist, or related people roles.
• Strong hands-on experience managing end-to-end recruitment independently, including active sourcing and candidate assessment.
• Comfortable partnering with hiring managers and engaging stakeholders across different levels and businesses.
• Some exposure to HRBP or broader HR areas such as performance, employee engagement, talent management, or employee relations.
• Organised, resourceful, and able to manage multiple priorities and client accounts in a fast-moving environment.

Expected Outcomes From This Role

• Deliver quality hires and build sustainable talent pipelines for our clients.
• Become a trusted recruitment and people partner to the stakeholders you support.
• Create a strong candidate experience from first interaction through onboarding.
• Contribute meaningfully to broader HR and people priorities beyond recruitment.
• Bring greater speed, structure, and smarter ways of working into how we deliver people solutions at OPT.