Junior Technical Recruitment Consultant

Ithemba Recruitment- Sourcing Top Talent; Durban; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Durban is seeking a Junior Technical Recruitment Consultant. The role involves providing full administrative support, uploading positions to the ATS, and ensuring recruitment activities are well-tracked. Candidates should have a diploma/degree, along with 1-3 years' experience in an administration-driven environment, ideally in tech recruiting. Strong organizational and communication skills are essential, and familiarity with applicant tracking systems is a plus.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in an administration-driven environment essential.
• 1-3 years of related technical recruiting/or technical IT working experience required.
• Fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide full administrative support to team members.
• Upload position on ATS system.
• Track recruitment activity within various systems.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Strong communication skills

Ability to prioritize workloads

Confident telephone manner

Education

Diploma/Degree in any field

Tools

Applicant tracking system

Job description

About the job Junior Technical Recruitment Consultant

Duties and responsibilities:

• Provides full administrative support to all team members
• Upload position on ATS system as received
• Ensuring all recruitment activity is tracked within various systems
• Initiating background checks in the systems and with external agencies
• Building and maintaining strong working relationships between all parties, making sure they are constantly up to date with the process
• Monitoring the systems for candidate responses
• Arranging interviews by calling candidates and sending confirmation emails
• Sending Microsoft Teams invites to candidates
• Formatting CVs and uploading them to the online portal and managing interview invites via the portal
• Maintaining the recruitment administration via in-house and external systems
• Chasing candidates for availability
• Sending rejection notifications and offer letters to candidates
• Ad hoc assistance with other administrative tasks for the team when required
• Experience working in a busy administration role with conflicting deadlines.
• Experience working in a recruitment administration role is beneficial but not essential.
• Ability to pick up new systems easily, accustomed to working digitally using different systems.
• Strong organisational skills, ability to handle multiple tasks at once.
• Strong communication skills, confident telephone manner for candidate communication.
• Ability to prioritize workloads and use initiative when making decisions is essential for this role.
• Ability to work in an accurate and timely manner.

Qualifications and experience:

• Diploma/Degree in any field essential
• 1-3 years of experience in an administration-driven environment essential
• 1-3 years of related technical recruiting/or technical IT working experience required, bringing a strong technical aptitude
• Fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Passionate for making peoples lives better by matching them with awesome job opportunities
• Experience using an applicant tracking system
• Ability to understand and explain technical roles and job requirements
• Outstanding technical knowledge of various sourcing techniques