Talent Acquisition Specialist

This role involves developing and implementing strategic sourcing plans, collaborating with department managers, and coordinating interviews. The Specialist will also engage in recruitment events, maintain a strong candidate network, and handle onboarding tasks to support retention.

Responsibilities

What youll do as the Talent Acquisition Specialist:

Employees employed in the role of Talent Acquisition Specialist shall be required to apply their independent mind and demonstrate intellectual abilities in their decision-making.

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The primary focus of this position is to complete hiring targets within deadline, creativity, and stay current on innovative sourcing and recruiting techniques to achieve all elements of the recruiting cycle.
The person in this role will define, develop, plan, and implement recruiting strategies and provide a qualified candidate pool.
Organizing all recruitment requirements for Manpower addition/replacement from corporate head office and coordinating with department managers to manage position approvals.
Upon approval of a new requisition, work with the hiring manager to obtain a role briefing and to agree on sourcing strategies and timelines
Coordinate the availability of potential resumes from various means such as referrals from employees, Manpower consultants & other designated resources available in a timely manner.
Conduct first-level shortlisting with candidates by talking to them and ascertaining their suitability in terms of the organizations terms of employment, communication levels, alignment of their experience to the Job description for the position in consideration, etc.
Scheduling and coordinating interviews with the department and corporate managers.
These interviews could be Telephonic conference calls or in-person depending on the situation at hand.
Work within predefined recruitment processes while monitoring that process to identify, recommend areas, improve, and to always ensure best practices
Develops a network of referrals by tapping into all the available means of candidate sourcing.
Assist in coordinating and implementing recruiting events (job fairs, open house, etc.)
Communicate with new employees to mine for new leads, also explain and promote the internal referral program
Evaluate and mine for new sources of referrals
Pre-screen leads
Own the strategy and execution for recruiting the best talent into the company, including setting up metrics and goals to hit the necessary objectives to bring talent in-house
Keep the candidate experience a top priority as we continue to scale our organization
Lead other talent-related projects that support retention and morale at the company, including some HR responsibilities like onboarding.

What you will bring to the team:

Required Experience:

Minimum about 4 years or more experience of extensive recruitment (technical/non-technical)
Strong command on LinkedIn and experience working with any Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
Strong Industry linkages/network