Talent Acquisition Consultant

Sanlam; Midrand; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services group in South Africa is looking for a proactive Talent Acquisition professional to support their Business Insurance division. This role focuses on developing talent pools, managing recruitment processes, and ensuring compliance with employment equity targets. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources and 3-5 years of relevant experience, particularly in high-volume recruitment in the insurance or financial sector. This position offers a dynamic and collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of bulk Talent Acquisition experience.
• Recruitment Agency exposure is advantageous.
• Experience in the insurance or Financial Services industry is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Provide talent sourcing and recruitment expertise.
• Develop and maintain talent pools for Business Insurance.
• Manage recruitment process within SLA.
• Coordinate advertisement of roles through TA Administrator.

Skills

Data analytics

Talent sourcing

Recruitment process management

Stakeholder collaboration

Social media recruiting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field

Tools

LinkedIn

Recruitment Management Systems (RMS)

Job description

Who are we?

At MiWay, our purpose is to enable people to live their way. We understand that life is not just about "things" but the meaning that those things bring to your life. We believe that technology and innovation have infinite possibilities when it's inspired by humans by you. Therefore, we focus on our clients' needs; finding new ways to simplify their lives and how they do things. We give them products, services, and solutions that enable them to live and enjoy life on their own terms – in their own way. Agile values and principles are strongly embedded in our culture, and they are at the core of how we make decisions and how we approach adding value within the company.

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

What will you do?

Department: People and Transformation
Reporting line: Talent AcquisitionManager
Work Model: In-Office Daily
Location: Head Office - Samrand, Kosmosdal, Johannesburg

Are you ready to architect the future Business Insurance and Brokers workforce of Miway?

We're looking for a proactive, Talent Acquisition professional to step into a fast paced role where you will directly impact Miway's continued growth in the war for top talent in Business Insurance.

In this role you will be responsible for providing talent sourcing and recruitment expertise to support Miway business's current and future talent requirements that will empower the business to achieve its objective.

Your core mission is to move beyond reactive hiring and execute the Employment Equity and strategic recruitment plan to ensure our talent mix is intentionally diverse and aligned with business goals.

You will be a Business Insurance and Brokers pipeline Architect, partnering with business leaders to proactively forecast needs and build robust, high-quality internal and external talent pools

Knowledge and Skills

• Collaborate with business stakeholders and HC team to determine talent pool requirements.
• Proactively develop an internal and external talent database to increase recruitment responsiveness and effectiveness
• Manage recruitment process within SLA
• Proactively develop and maintain suitable talent pools within Sales and Business insurance & Brokers, through a proactive talent search capability.
• Recruitment administrative and MIS reporting
• Consult with TA Manager, and business stakeholders to determine, plan and forecast current and future recruitment needs
• Data analytics (Talent mapping, Linkedin insights, best practice data)

Recruitment

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to determine short and medium-term recruitment needs
• Provide external talent search capability and headhunting service to the business
• Set up and maintain talent-sourcing channels such as social media (Linkedin and TikTok) and search engines to uncover talent.
• Coordinate the advertisement of roles through TA Administrator to advertise vacancy in line with business requirements and relevant TA standards
• Leverage resources (including Ai) to screen and attract high caliber candidates through various social and professional networking site channels
• Conduct candidate screening and shortlisting
• Manage consistent recruiting, interviewing and hiring processes that support the employer brand and create a positive candidate experience
• Guide and advise the business to stakeholders to effectively influence the hiring process in order to ensure the selection of top talent and support the achievement of employment equity targets
• Contribute to the offer negotiation process by objectively determining candidates\' salary expectations in line with the budgeted salary benchmark for the role
• Regularly provide feedback to stakeholders throughout the recruitment process
• Accurately maintain and update recruitment documentation in line with relevant SOP
• Compile and submit recruitment scorecards, monthly reports and other related metrics as required
• Make recommendations to constantly enhance and improve talent attraction practices and processes

Self-management and Team work

• Develop and maintain productive and collaborative working relationships with peers (HC, L&D and Transformation teams) and stakeholders (Internal & external)
• Positively influence and participate in change initiatives
• Continuously develop own expertise in terms of professional, industry, and legislative knowledge
• Contribute to continuous innovation through development, sharing, implementation of new ideas

Contribute to financial controls

• Help maintain agency spending (recruitment agencies)
• Identify solutions to enhance cost-effectiveness and increase operational efficiencies
• Provide input in the risk identification process and communicate recommendations to TA Manager or in appropriate forums

Minimum Requirements

Qualification

• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or Industrial and Organisation Psychology or related qualification

Experience

• 3 – 5 years of bulk Talent Acquisition experience
• Recruitment Agency recruitment exposure advantageous
• Recruitment experience in the insurance or Financial Services industry is preferable
• High Volume recruitment experience desirable
• Experience recruiting via Linkedin advantageous
• Strong Administartion skills

Knowledge and Skills

Manage recruitment process ensuring governance Recruitment administrative support Data analytics and MIS reporting Understands business and role requirements Implement the transformational recruitment plan

Personal Attributes

Plans and aligns - Contributing independently Attracts top talent - Contributing independently Decision quality - Contributing independently Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently

Core Competencies

Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently Customer focus - Contributing independently Drives results - Contributing independently Collaborates - Contributing independently Being resilient - Contributing independently

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.

Our commitment to transformation

At MiWay we believe in cultivating a positive and dynamic working environment that gives you freedom and opportunity to succeed. MiWay is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This is what drives us to achieve a multicultural workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, reflective of the demographics of our society.