Job Description

We've got an exciting, brand new opportunity at Ackermans as a Recruitment Specialist to join our team on a 6 month fixed-term maternity contract . In this pivotal role, you will leverage your exceptional skills to identify, attract, and secure top talent, ensuring our organisation continues to thrives.This role will be responsible to provide recruitment support that enables efficiency in the recruitment process within our Support Centre HR Team through ownership of the advertising, sourcing, screening, and long-listing of candidates across all departments and job grades. To partner with HR Generalists in the shortlisting, interviewing, psychometrics, and offer stages of the process.We're a fully in-office team. This role is based at our Support Centre in Kuils River, Cape Town.Key responsibilities:1) Operational Plans

• Provide input to the Functional plan.
• Implement operational action plans to meet business needs.
• Deliver on HR Projects related to the business, HR or functional strategy.

2) Recruitment

• Driving the recruitment and selection process in Portfolios in line with EE targets for all positions.

3) Administration and reporting

• Create and govern employee information files
• Ensure appropriate record keeping for employee relations and performance management
• Distribute relevant documentation (i.e. LOA, Offer letters)

4) Remuneration:

• Advise line managers on all remuneration and benefits related matters.
• Advise employees on benefits and remuneration (including package structuring)

Qualifications required:Essential:

• A 3-year tertiary HR Qualification (Human Resource Management/Industrial and/or Organizational Psychology.

Experience required:Essential:

• A minimum of 5 years relevant HR Administrator

• 2-3 years Recruitment Consultant/ HR Generalist experience

Preferred:

• Previous relevant recruitment experience within a retail environment.

KNOWLEDGE required:

• Sound understanding of HR best practices:

• Recruitment

• Talent Management

• Remuneration and Benefits

• Performance Management

• Employee Relations

• Knowledge and experience on HRIS systems would be advantageous

• Sound knowledge in Recruitment administration processes

SKILLS required:

• The ability to be resilient, have tenacity and maintain high levels of drive and initiative under pressure.
• The ability to influence across various levels and functions within the business.
• Customer service focus both internally and externally and ensuring good interpersonal relationships.
• Excellent language skills (verbal and written) in English.
• Be able to work independently, as well as be a team player.
• Good judgment together with strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• The ability to communicate effectively at all levels both within, as well as outside the company.
• Exceptional planning, organising & time management skills

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