Talent Acquisition Specialist

About the role

This role covers the recruitment and placement of new candidates while meeting monthly targets. It involves working closely with managers to understand business needs, sourcing candidates, running the interview process and onboarding new hires.

Key responsibilities

• Obtain requests to fill vacancies from managers and build relationships with business units to understand recruitment needs.
• Prepare and post advertisements on job portals, discussing detailed job specifications with managers where needed.
• Screen and shortlist applications from portals and referrals; headhunt when responses are insufficient.
• Coordinate interviews, provide managers with a complete interview pack and administer tests and assessments.
• Conduct in-depth telephonic interviews with shortlisted candidates as requested.
• Onboard candidates, ensure they have the necessary work tools, and supervise, mentor and coach them.
• Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
• 2-4 years of experience in talent acquisition, recruitment or human resources.
• Experience managing the full recruitment lifecycle from sourcing to onboarding.
• High level of integrity and professionalism.

Required skills

• Experience with job portals, applicant tracking systems (ATS) and recruitment databases.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Coaching and mentoring abilities.