Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Responsibilities

• Develop a strong understanding of business needs and respond to requests for resourcing support with speed.
• Ensure that our Hiring Managers understand the approval and recruitment process and provide guidance and support throughout.
• Transform content of job descriptions into compelling advertisements tailored to the advertising medium, making use of keywords to ensure they appear in appropriate searches.
• Provide advice on appropriate candidate sources and attraction media to attract both internal and external applicants. Undertake complex searches on a variety of media such as LinkedIn Recruiter etc.
• Establish strong working relationships with internal stakeholders, providing regular updates on resourcing progress in their area of responsibility.
• Take lead in conducting candidate screenings and arrange interviews across multiple locations if necessary with hiring manager and HR teams.
• Challenge the status quo, ensuring diverse interview slates are shortlisted.
• Provide other support as appropriate throughout the selection process.
• Responsible for ensuring candidate and vacancy data is correct and up to date and accurate, maintaining our Recruitment system and associated reports.
• Ensure all applicants have a positive experience throughout the recruitment process, regardless of the outcome of their application
• Proactively create pipelines of talent to meet future needs.

Required Skills / Knowledge

• Have an ability to work with pace, in a fast moving business environment
• The ability to prioritize workload along with top multi-tasking skills.
• Exceptional planning and organizational skills.
• Candidate must be a Self-Starter and have accountability for own actions.
• High levels of self-awareness and personal integrity.
• Understanding of employment legislation as it relates to recruitment and selection in their region.
• Strong relationship building skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Good negotiation skills.
• Strong IT skills.

Experience

• Significant experience in a Recruitment / Talent Acquisition role is essential and a preference given towards experience in a Global organization and/or in-house recruitment capacity.
• Strong, proven experience within resume screening, interviewing, candidate management and customer service.
• Experience of recruiting in an Operations, Power Generation or Energy arena would be preferred.

Education Requirements

• 2-5 years of relevant experience in a similar role and / or;
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management or another suitable discipline
• Tertiary education qualification in business/administration/HR or related field preferred.

Physical Requirements

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