Job Description

Job Overview:We currently have an opportunity for a Talent Acquisition Specialist at Huntswood within our Talent Acquisition team, based in Cape Town.You will be responsible for the end-to-end recruitment for our South Africa locations (Durban and Cape Town), for all advisor level roles. Working closely with senior stakeholders and your HR colleagues, your focus will be to recruit for immediate / planned requirements; to build a strong talent pipeline for the business; and to develop and promote the Employer Brand.Job Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of service and sales advisor roles 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.
• A minimum of 3-5 years experience in a similar role

• 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

Skills Required:

• 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

Huntswoods employees are described as dependable, driven and collaborative.
The job holder should be able to demonstrate they are:Bring Your A Game
Strive For Greater
Enable and empower all employees
Do the right thing
Own it
Deliver unbelievable service"It's not just about what we do, but the way we do it. And it's our values that help us enable and empower out employees, the do the right thing, and deliver unbelievable service."NB: All appointments are subject to the positive outcome of pre-employment verification checks.

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