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Talent Acquisition Specialist
Cape Town, Western Cape
Permanent
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Posted 22 November 2024

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Job Description

Faircape Group is looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join our dynamic team. 

At Faircape no two days are the same! We specialize in sourcing top talent across a variety of exciting industries, including healthcare, retirement living, telecommunications, fibre provisioning, ISP services, water and electricity utility management, and property sector.

We are looking for a professional that can match our hiring process with the best candidates to ensure that we have the most talented individuals for our team.

 If you’re passionate about connecting great people with great opportunities, we’d love to hear from you!

Requirements: 

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

  • Manage and assist in the end-to-end talent acquisition process to ensure that the best talent gets the job, including drafting of job ads, candidate research, screening, arranging interviews and arranging floor evaluations.  
  • Drafting of accurate and specific job ads to ensure the right candidates apply, candidate research, sourcing candidates, screening candidates, arranging interviews and arranging floor evaluations.
  • Ensure Line Managers are well-prepared for interviews and equipped with relevant questions to effectively assess candidate suitability.
  • Manage and ensure that accurate skills tests, and psychometric assessments are facilitated to ensure that only qualified candidates are selected
  • Manage all candidate communication, ensuring a positive candidate experience
  • Manage job postings on social media using niche professional websites like LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.
  • Complete market research to ensure that Faircape is industry aligned
  • Ensure quality responses from ads
  • Help build a talent pipeline to create applicant pools and talent pipelines
  • Monitor and interpret Acquisition Data to identify trends and suggest and implement actions where required
  • Work closely with Managers to assess talent requirements
  • Build the company’s professional network through relationships with recruitment agencies, university placement staff and other partners

Qualifications:

  • Tertiary qualification, e.g. Human Resources, Organisational Psychology, Business Administration Degree or relevant field is advantageous

 Experience:

  • Previous experience in a similar role
  • Proven work experience as Recruitment Specialist or Recruitment Consultant
  • Hands on experience with social media and other professional networks, Applicant Tracking Systems and HR databases
  • Experience with interviews, candidate screening and evaluation

 

Skills and Attributes:

  • Computer literate (experience in Google Drive, Sheets and Docs preferable)
  • A sound understanding of and experience using social media and niche professional websites like LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. as a recruitment method
  • In-depth knowledge of candidate sourcing techniques for active and passive candidates
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Extremely organized, flexible and efficient
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced environment and a quick thinker
  • Ability to prioritise and follow-through and manage workload and deadlines effectively
  • Team player

Specific Requirements:

  • Clear health record
  • Clear criminal record
  • Clear credit record
  • Contactable references  . 

Faircape Benefits:

  • Quarterly performance bonuses
  • Long service leave 
  • Onsite Barista (free coffee)
  • Vending machine with great subsidised snacks
  • Discount on our internet (ISP) packages
  • Flexi-time (working hours)
  • Subsidised parking 

Normal working hours are Mondays to Fridays from 08h00 until 17h00 with a 45 minute lunch break. The company allows employees, by approval of the direct manager, to work flexi time between 07h00 and 18h00.

We offer Barista produced coffee available all day to all our staff at Claremont.

With centrally located and modern offices just across from Cavendish in Claremont, Faircape offers a market-related salary from R 30 000.00 Cost to Company per month salaries are dependent on experience, qualifications, skills and attributes. 

Should you not receive a response within 2 weeks of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful.