Talent Acquisition Specialist – Umhlanga needed at Huntswood

Job Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse portfolio of junior to senior level vacancies – from sourcing, advertising, headhunting, screening, assessing and placement
• Adopt a hands-on role in the end-to-end recruitment cycle. With Hiring Managers, you will be helping to drive the definition of role requirements, identifying the most appropriate recruitment channels, screening / interviewing / assessing candidates, and monitoring pipelines through to salary negotiation and candidate acceptance.
• Implement creative recruitment strategies to meet hiring demands across the business – using various recruitment methods as appropriate – job boards, LinkedIn, networking, social media channels, referrals, etc.
• Work closely with the hiring managers to assess internal talent, to review and assist with future talent moves, and to facilitate the pre-boarding of candidates
• Build strategic relationships with the leadership team, bringing updates, insight and market intelligence – communicate challenges / opportunities / ideas.
• Build strong, external, strategic relationships in order to promote Huntswood as an Employer of Choice – develop and maintain fruitful working relationships with our preferred external partners / vendors
• Maintain candidate and requisition data accurately on the ATS.  Be responsible for accurate and timely reporting.
• Assist with other ad hoc duties / projects on occasion

Job Requirements:

• Minimum of matric qualification
• Relevant HR tertiary qualification preferred.
• Minimum 5 years’ support function recruitment experience – will consider either agency experience or previous in-house experience

Skills Required:

• Experience partnering with managers, interviewers and team members throughout the recruitment process
• Preference shown for those candidates who have recruited for / in a similar industry in the past, and who have handled volume recruitment in a fast paced environment
• Must have competency-based interviewing experience
• Must be well organised and place great emphasis on quality but also quick delivery, with a sense of urgency
• Must display a passion for recruitment with an innovative, creative, collaborative attitude