Talent Acquisition Consultant

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

Job summary

A recruitment agency is seeking a Talent Acquisition Consultant to build relationships with internal stakeholders and engage with candidates. The successful applicant must have a Matric Certificate and 3-5 years in recruitment, preferably from an agency background. Key responsibilities include managing the recruitment process, attracting suitable candidates, and ensuring compliance with policies. The role emphasizes the importance of diversity and inclusion throughout the hiring process.

Qualifications

• Matric Certificate / Grade 12 is essential.
• 3 - 5 years experience in recruitment, preferably with an agency background.
• Essential social media recruitment experience.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Engage with candidates and provide feedback.
• Attract suitable applicants by creating adverts.

Skills

Recruitment

Social Media Recruitment

Candidate Engagement

Diversity and Inclusion

Education

Matric Certificate / Grade 12

Tools

LinkedIn

MS Office

Job description

About the job Talent Acquisition Consultant

Duties and responsibilities:

• Build relationships with internal stakeholders through interactions and by understanding and meeting their needs.
• Engage with candidates in a professional manner by communicating information and providing feedback timeously.
• Maintain networks with service providers through regular communication.
• Align own practices to policies and procedures by building and maintaining relationships with the broader HR community.
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in the companys cultural initiatives
• Achieve key business strategies by participating in and supporting corporate social responsibility initiatives.
• Add value to the company by identifying and recommending opportunities to enhance processes; systems and policies and support the implementation of new processes; policies and systems.
• Ensure authorisation of vacancies and budget is obtained prior to recruitment as per relevant processes and policies.
• Ensure best-fit candidates are recruited by clarifying stakeholders vacancy requirements.
• Attract suitable applicants by creating adverts and advertising vacancies using the most effective sourcing channels.
• Screen applicant cv's by reviewing and identifying appropriate applicants.
• Ensure that policies and practices are met through conducting the shortlisting and interviewing for applicants including record keeping of all applications and communications for audit purposes.
• Finalise applicant shortlisting by engaging line management/HR.
• Ensure that shortlisted candidates are scheduled for interviews; assessments and clearance checks by providing the necessary information to the Recruitment Administrator for processing.
• Participate in deciding on the most suitable candidate for appointment through the line and candidate engagement.
• Meet minimum required recruitment metrics by continuously monitoring and tracking progress and taking corrective action where required.
• Ensure all recruitment activities comply with regulatory requirements.
• Respond to queries or complaints in a timely manner and ensure that they are actively resolved.
• Minimize risk to the bank regarding recruitment practices by updating vacancy and applicant status on all relevant systems; notify applicants accordingly and by keeping accurate recruitment records.
• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the values through interaction with team and stakeholders.
• Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression opportunities for self with input from management.
• Support personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring that all learning activities are completed; experience gained and certifications obtained within specified time frames.
• Maintain knowledge management; and improve team success by sharing knowledge with team and stakeholders.
• Update and monitor the recruitment process through relevant process tracking documents within service level agreements (SLA).
• Implement effective recruitment service delivery by following the relevant processes and SLA's.
• Ensure that business objectives are met by attracting best fit talent in order to fill vacancies following the recruitment process.
• Ensure a smooth recruitment process by engaging and advising business continuously on recruitment-related matters.
• Identify and utilise optimal sourcing channels to ensure vacancies are filled in a cost-effective manner.
• Ensure vacancies are filled with best-fit talent on time and in a cost-effective manner.
• Drive talent analytics to provide our business with real-time insight, partnering with the business to help them move through their hiring processes efficiently.
• Bring a passion for diversity and inclusion, ensuring we remove unconscious bias from our hiring process and ensuring our sourcing strategy underpins this.

Qualifications and experience:

• Matric Certificate / Grade 12 (Essential)
• Minimum 3 - 5years experience in recruitment - either in a fast-paced startup / progressive corporate environment and preferably with previous recruitment agency background
• Social Media recruitment experience (Essential)
• Experience working with recruitment tools e.g., LinkedIn (Essential)
• CTS/ATS experience with sourcing, tracking and managing candidates
• MS Office - including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• APSO registration and certification (highly advantageous)