Talent Acquisition Specialist
Electrum Payments, South Africa
Job Description
About Electrum:
Electrum is an exciting B2B tech company. We partner with some of South Africa’s biggest household names, enabling them to open up their customers’ access to payments and digital goods and services. We love that the projects we work on touch the lives of millions of South Africans every day, making a real difference.
We hire the best of the best and we offer great opportunities for both personal growth and career progression.
The Role:
Are you passionate about finding great technical talent and matching them with exciting opportunities in the tech space? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and love being at the forefront of innovation? If so, we want you to join our team as a Talent Acquisition Specialist.
We are looking for a Talent Acquisition Specialist with relevant experience in sourcing talent for technical roles such as Engineering and Application Support and other customer-facing roles. You will be responsible for managing the end-to-end recruitment process by using an applicant tracking system to follow candidates through the process, ensuring a positive and seamless candidate experience. You'll collaborate with various teams to understand their team needs, develop effective recruitment strategies, sourcing top candidates to fill our vacancies and ensure a positive experience for candidates. Come and experience the thrill of working alongside brilliant minds, pushing boundaries, and witnessing the transformative power of our payments technology.
The successful candidate will report directly to the People Operations Manager.
Responsibilities:
Sourcing candidates:
- Build strong relationships with hiring managers and teams to deeply understand their talent requirements
- Develop and maintain a network of potential candidates through proactive sourcing, leveraging online platforms, social media, networking events, and referrals
- Source candidates using a variety of platforms such as LinkedIn
- Nurture candidate relationships, ensuring a positive candidate experience throughout the recruitment process
- Manage internship and graduate programs to attract young talent and maintain a pipeline for recruitment including organising career days at universities
- Identify cost-effective sourcing strategies and minimise external recruitment costs while maintaining quality
Develop and maintain a recruitment strategy:
- Collaborate with the People Operations team to align recruitment strategies with overall company culture and values
- Contribute to the development and execution of the talent acquisition strategy, taking into account the company's growth plans and long-term objectives
- Support and uphold DEI strategies to achieve an annual hiring plan that emphasises diversity, equity and inclusion as core pillars of our workforce planning strategy
Recruitment execution:
- Work closely with hiring managers to define job descriptions, qualifications, and interview processes that are aligned with the company's strategic goals
- Screen, and assess candidates using a variety of methods, such as CV reviews, interviews, and skills assessments
- Coordinate and schedule interviews, ensuring a seamless experience for both candidates and interviewers
- Conduct thorough reference and background checks
- Provide guidance to hiring managers on best practices for interviewing, candidate evaluation, and selection
- Manage multiple open positions simultaneously, adhering to timelines and ensuring timely communication with stakeholders
- Manage relationships with external recruitment agencies
- Ensures that a diverse pool of candidates is sourced and considered for each role
- Reduce time-to-fill metrics by implementing efficient recruitment processes and leveraging technology where applicable
- Collaborate with People Operations and Finance teams to ensure alignment between hiring plans and budget constraints
- Monitor and manage recruitment-related expenses, reporting on budget adherence and providing insights for optimisation
- Negotiate packages with candidates
Increase Brand Awareness:
- Partner with Marketing to develop and drive Electrum brand awareness
- Create brand awareness around for Electrum via online channels such as LinkedIn
Reporting, Systems and Administration:
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement innovative recruitment technologies and tools to streamline processes
- Gather and analyse data with useful HR metrics, like time to hire and employee turnover rates
- Analyse market trends and competitor insights to make recommendations on evolving recru