Talent Acquisition Specialist

• Recruiting: Advertising and soliciting resumes from qualified candidates; coordinating and attending career fairs; screening resumes and applications for suitability; utilising AI; conducting initial screening interviews, both telephone and personal; making hiring recommendations based upon the eligibility criteria provided.
• Marketing/Advertising: Increasing BGIS' profile to reach a broader and wider market of candidates; Finding new, innovating and creative ways to make BGIS an appealing and desirable company to work for, especially outside of our immediate industry.
• Works with the People & Culture Director and People & Culture Business Partner/Manager to ensure that BGIS conforms to government and regulatory hiring and employee management practices.
• Maintains an updated pipeline of qualified and potential candidates.
• Ensure effective and fast recruitment processes both internally and externally.
• Responsible for providing current recruitment knowledge and trends within the market.
• Works closely with Hiring Managers to identify and make recommendations to recruitment needs.
• Suggests proper channels for approaching the right caliber candidates.
• Sourcing & head-hunting candidates using appropriate channels when required. (i.e. LinkedIn, Indeed, CV Library, etc.)
• Follows- up and coordinates with recruitment channels.
• Execute pre-screening and/or final phone/face to face interviews for junior & mid-level posts & supports all parties in concern with assessment.
• Coordinate with universities and industry associations in relation to targeted hires
• Supports Senior Management Team and Hiring Managers with weekly update on recruitment progress.
• Provides regular reporting and tracking on metrics and KPI's via applicant tracking system.
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or a related field.
• 3-5 years' experience in recruitment or a related field with a proven track record of success.
• Broad knowledge of current and leading edge recruitment trends and methodologies.
• Knowledge of Employment Equity legislation.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Computer literacy, including strong working knowledge of Microsoft office applications and experience with Applicant Tracking tools (ideally, Oracle Recruiting Cloud/Oracle HCM).
• Exceptional work ethic, energetic, with strong values and principles,
• Good team player but able to work well independently and with minimal supervision.
• Flexible and accommodating and able to go above and beyond the basic expectations when required.
• Detailed-oriented.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Absolute commitment to customer services.
• Some travel recruited to client sites in and around the London area.

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