Talent Acquisition Business Partner

THE COMPANY:

WSP is one of the most diverse consulting firms in Africa. To further our strategic business execution plan, we are seeking leaders that share our guiding principles – we value our people and our reputation; we are locally dedicated with international scale; we are future focused and challenge the status quo; we foster collaboration in everything we do and we have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable. We are committed to the achievement and maintenance of diversity and equity in employment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leading all recruitment & talent acquisition activities in an effort to successfully source competent and suitable candidates for active and forecasted roles within the business.

• Follow, manage and monitor all WSP recruitment & talent acquisition practices, policies and processes.

• Fully knowledgeable of WSP’s EE Plan and drive achievement of the EE targets by ensuring the placement of EE candidates.

• Utilizing various recruitment & talent acquisition tools and platforms to meet recruitment & talent acquisition demands, such as internal recruitment & talent acquisition systems, external recruitment & talent acquisition systems, networking initiatives, agencies, social media tools ie LinkedIn Recruiting

• Action internal recruitment & talent acquisition approval processes including obtaining approval to utilize external recruitment & talent acquisition measures.

• Assist with salary benchmarking.

• Management of full WSP recruitment & talent acquisition system.

• Analytical interviewing for candidate pre-screening.

• Regular Line Manager contact including discussing CV and candidate feedback.

• End to end candidate management duties including, pre-screening, shortlisting’s, interview set up, background checks, regretting of unsuccessful candidates and supporting with HR Administration in relation to the placement and onboarding of new employees.

• Working with our recruitment & talent acquisition agency Preferred Supplier List (PSL) to manage agency candidates.

• Action resource planning meetings with recruiting managers and implement initiatives in order to assist in the strategic aim of successfully developing a strong talent pipeline while reducing WSP cost to hire and reducing dependency on recruitment & talent acquisition partners.  

• Work with a high volume of vacancies in a skills shortage market and successfully making placements with a highly responsive time to fill.

• Stay updated with the latest recruitment & talent acquisition trends and ensure continual improvement of WSP recruitment & talent acquisition and talent attraction strategies.

• Promote the WSP brand and benefits.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• min 10 years solid experience in recruitment & talent acquisition

• at least 3 years in-house recruitment & talent acquisition experience

• HR or recruitment & talent acquisition related qualification degree

• Experience in HR administration, specifically in relation to recruitment & talent acquisition cycle and processes ie, drafting of offer letters, contracts etc. 

• Recruitment & talent acquisition experience in a skills shortage industry advantageous

• Experience with virtual recruitment & talent acquisition process,  activities and initiatives

• Experience with RMS (Recruitment & talent acquisition Management System)

• Strong Microsoft word and excel abilities

• Strong recruitment & talent acquisition network & profile advantageous

• Candidates from a recruitment & talent acquisition agency background may be considered but in house recruitment & talent acquisition experience is preferred.