The Talent Acquisition Specialist focuses on sourcing, placing, and managing candidates throughout the recruitment Lifecyle, while ensuring a seamless and positive experience for both candidates and the business.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in human resources/ industrial psychology or related field.
- Registration as a Psychometrist will be an added advantage.
- Exposure to psychometric assessment tools advantageous.
- At least 5 years experience in talent acquisition or recruitment, with a focus on sourcing and managing talent pipelines.
- Experience using various recruitment platforms.
- Reputable talent sourcing at all managerial levels essential including Executive search.
Talent Sourcing, Attraction and placement
- Partner closely with the Human Capital (HC) team and business leaders to develop and implement targeted talent sourcing strategies.
- Proactively source and attract high-quality candidates through job boards, social media, networking, and other channels.
- Collaborate with hiring managers to understand role requirements and define recruitment strategies.
- Build and maintain a strong network of passive and active candidates through diverse sourcing channels.
- Ensure job advertisements are accurate, engaging, and aligned with Guardrisk branding, while cleaning up and updating ads as necessary.
- Drafts offer letters for successful candidates working closely with the HCBP.
- Support in negotiating offers and managing the pre-onboarding process.
- Works closely with the HC team and leaders to coordinate and ensure that role profiles are up to date and aligned to the Guardrisk Competency framework.
- Ensure role profiles are aligned with the organizational competency framework.
- Conduct thorough screening of candidates to assess fit, skills, and experience for both immediate and future opportunities.
- Partner with hiring managers and HC Business Partner to ensure alignment with role requirements and company culture.
- Schedule and arrange interviews, ensuring a smooth and efficient process for both candidates and the team.
- Provide timely communication to candidates regarding interview schedules, expectations, and any necessary preparations.
- Develop and manage ongoing talent pools for key roles, including niche skill sets or high-demand positions.
- Maintain strong relationships with potential candidates to ensure a consistent flow of talent.
- Ensure a positive, seamless experience for candidates by providing timely communication and guidance throughout the recruitment process.
- Gather feedback from candidates on their experience, identifying areas for improvement and implementing changes to enhance the recruitment process.
- Provide respectful and constructive feedback to unsuccessful candidates, maintaining professionalism and a positive company image.
- Provides regular reports on recruitment activities, talent pool status, candidate experience, and any other monthly recruitment spend.
- Clean up and analyse recruitment data to identify trends, make recommendations and enhance recruitment strategies.
- Ensure regular recruitment check-ins and that all recruitment data is up to date.
- General human capital administration, including organisational effectiveness support.
- Monitor and report on assessment, reference checks and agency fee expenditures.
- Ensure spending remains within approved budgets and identify cost optimization opportunities.
- Liaise with vendors and internal finance teams as needed.
