Talent Acquisition Specialist - Retail & Support Centre

Lovisa; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Lovisa is seeking a Talent Acquisition Specialist for its Johannesburg HQ. The role focuses on full-cycle recruitment for retail locations across Southern Africa, managing various recruitment channels and ensuring quality talent supply. Candidates should demonstrate urgency, communication skills, and previous experience in recruitment or retail environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment preferred but not mandatory.
• Need for urgency due to retail environment.
• Must have a stable work history.

Responsibilities

• Perform full-cycle recruitment for Africa HQ in Johannesburg.
• Facilitate recruitment for 250 hires per month for stores.
• Develop and implement agile recruiting plans for varying situations.

Skills

Urgency

Communication

Problem-solving

Social Media recruitment

Engagement

Education

Experience in recruitment or retail environment

Job description

Job title : Talent Acquisition Specialist - Retail & Support Centre

Job Location : Gauteng, Johannesburg Deadline : July 30, 2025 Quick Recommended Links

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The role :

• Lovisa has 100+ stores in Southern Africa and a Global Support Centre
• This role is part of the EMEA Talent Acquisition team
• Perform full-cyclerecruitment for our Africa HQ in Johannesburg (on average two hires per month)
• Facilitate the smooth operation of self-service Retail Store recruitment for Southern Africa and Europe (on average 250 hires per month)
• Role reports to Head of TA for EMEA, in Europe
• Develop and implement agile recruiting plans for different situations in different countries for different roles. Sometimes Indeed works, sometimes local job-boards, sometimes Linked-in. Sometimes the shopping centre job-board. Sometimes internal referrals, or a store-window advertisement. Sometimes you may do a proactive LinkedIn search. Sometimes we may get too many applicants that need to be brought back to manageable numbers.You work out what’s our best supply channels and screeningfor each area
• Hiring Managers assess and interview store candidates, there are too many stores for you to do it – your job is to make sure they have quality supply
• Social Media recruitment – maximize the channels at our disposal
• Engage and manage agencies if we’ve shown its required
• Master the ATS, and the reporting insights it gives us
• You will be working with top-notch recruitment and HR leadership in Africa and Europe. You should expect high exposure to best-practice thinking in recruitment, and we welcome your input and ideas.

You :

• You will not focus onwhat cannot be done, you will be discover what can be done. Internal recruitment cannot leave a problem unsolved
• Urgency. It’s retail, after all. Everything is needed now
• English required, but any other languages would be useful
• Having been in recruitment before would be helpful. Not absolutely necessary if you are bright, engaging, positive and absorb training like a sponge, but having done some recruitment – or worked in a retail store environment – would give you a head start
• We are a 5-days in the office company. Culturally retail staff go every day to their place of work, and the Support Centre culture is the same
• You will not be someone who changes job every year. We expect to invest time and training into you, which will be safer if you have a stable track record
• You will have your own energy. We will help direct you, but not push you

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