Technical Talent Sourcer
Clickatell, South Africa
Job Description
Add your voice to the chat revolution:
At Clickatell, we’re upending the way companies connect, engage, and transact with their customers in chat. Chat is something you do every day with your friends, but it’s also a simple technology that we’ve helped our customers to use to accomplish pretty amazing things. Clickatell helps businesses power customer support, customer engagement, and payments all through chat apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger.
Our customers are some of the most admired and recognizable companies in the world and our communications technology is used to reach more than 15,000 global brands every year. Our jobs offer you a chance to grow your career and work with global teams on technology that is quite simply changing the world.
We’ve grown by combining curious minds and quick smiles with a collaborative company culture where we never quit or settle, and always strive to create solutions that will change the world. It’s a big proposition, but it’s a mission our team takes on every day in an environment that provides you with the freedom to create and innovate, while having fun at the same time. We’re a fanatically friendly group that listens and puts each other first to accomplish great things together for our customers, our communities, and Clickatell.
Why this role:
Great things in business are never done by one person, they done by a team of people Steve Jobs. Creativity and Collaboration are part of our values, and we believe we succeed as a team. If you relate to this and?are a pro at doing x-ray searches while using various social media and sourcing hacks then continue reading. We need your in-depth knowledge and experience in Technical and Digital talent sourcing and your eye for identifying candidates who stand out for thinking differently. Join us on our journey and source amazing A-Players to help us punch a hole in the universe.
The role of our Champion:
- Understanding ongoing hiring needs and establishing the right sourcing mix in order to generate a strong pool of talent for our vacant roles
- Provide input into building an attraction strategy and interview process
- Draft amp; publish attractive job advertisements and manage responses
- Reach out to targeted talent via social networks and build authentic relationships, stories, and magic
- Design amp; conduct engaging talent outreach campaigns that attracts candidates who in turn inspire further candidates to engage
- Measure and report on hiring metrics (e.g. time-to-fill, source-of-hire, etc.)
- Developing a network comprising of industry professionals and potential candidates
- Collaborate with hiring managers to identify each position’s requirements and ensure this knowledge is made transparent to the team
- Enable various sourcing strategies like referrals, talent pooling and external attraction projects
- Be a brand ambassador, ensuring all candidates have a positive candidate experience in their journey with us
- Stay on a learning journey through measuring the results of the candidates experiences for continuous improvement
- Provide new ways of improving the talent sourcing functionality through innovation and automation
Requirements
The capabilities of our Champion:
- Able to proactively network and establish effective working relationships
- Thrive in a dynamic culture, confident with eye-catching positivity, upbeat and energetic
- High service delivery and performance mindset with resilience in the face of obstacles
- Strong communication, organizational and negotiation skills
- Takes responsibility and ownership as a committed team player
- Organised, process orientated and demonstrates initiative
- Ability to make quick and effective decisions, while working collaboratively with team members and hiring managers
- Ability to be a brand ambassador with effective and appropriate written communication skills
Our Champion's journey thus far:
- Degree or equivalent experience
- Min 2 - 3 years experience in technical IT recruitment
- Start-up and/or agency technical sourcing experience
- Strong knowledge of various sourcing tools amp; methodologies
- Working with local and international sourcing of talent
- Familiarity with applicant tracking systems such as Workable, Greenhouse, etc
- Experience in managing and prioritizing multiple searches, projects, and stakeholder relationships
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Keen interest in the technology industry and leading companies