Group Talent Acquisition Lead

5 days ago


Sandton, South Africa Absa Bank Limited Full time

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**Job Description**:
Key Accountabilities:
Accountability: Acquisition Experience and thought leadership
- Support design and implementation of AGL talent acquisition policy, standards, strategy, framework and governance
- Ensure Absa’s acquisition processes and systems enable effective face-to-face and digital engagement, MI reporting, analysis and insights generation to facilitate data-driven talent acquisition planning and decision making (Including periodic Quality of Hire analytics)
- Conduct internal and external research and produce industry
- and functional-level insights that position Absa as a thought leader on talent acquisition matters
- Provide Talent Acquisition Subject Matter Expertise and advisory to business and key stakeholders
- Drive talent acquisition reputation building activities that position Absa an employer of choice

Accountability: Talent Branding, Marketing and EVP
- Lead development and implementation of an Absa Group talent brand proposition and strategies that position Absa as the employer of choice for internal and external top talent.
- Support customisation of the Absa Group talent brand proposition to relevant business and corporate service areas.
- Drive the positioning of the AGL employee value proposition across the organisation.

Accountability: Sourcing and Selection
- Proactively build executive and business critical talent pipelines by assessing medium-long term executive and business critical talent gaps/opportunities and developing and implementing robust sourcing strategies.
- Personally execute Executive and Business Critical Hires.
- Lead and manage the Absa Alumni Programme

Accountability: Stakeholder Engagement
- Build and maintain effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders including business leaders, talent leaders, learning institutions, government bodies, industry bodies, sector forums and talent acquisition solution providers

Accountability: Capability Building
- Build Group and business acquisition functional capabilities in proactively attracting and selecting the best talent for Absa’s cultural and capability requirements; including Leading the Talent Acquisition Community of Practice and implementing specialist, manager or colleague-focused interventions.
- Build hiring manager capability in owning and executing the talent acquisition agenda as a personal and business priority.

Accountability: Agency and third party management
- Manage Absa’s Preferred Suppliers List for recruitment, monitoring the quality of services provided on an ongoing basis to ensure a high quality PSL is maintained.
- Effectively manage Agency and Third Party spend across the group to ensure that agencies are only briefed on critical, scarce skills requirements.
- Manage Absa’s talent acquisition systems and tools provider in collaboration with the People Experience and Analytics team.
- Manage all relevant third party relationships and Service Level Agreements in line with regulatory requirements and Absa standards.

Accountability: People management
- Manage a small team of talent acquisition specialists in line with Absa’s desired culture and people management standards.

Accountability: Risk Management and Governance
- Drive a culture of proactive compliance and risk management within executive and management teams, and the function as a whole.

Education and experience required
- Appropriate Bachelor’s Degree (NQF level 7)

Minimum:

- At least 5 years recent experience leading a Talent Acquisition Function in a large complex organisation OR Group Level Centre of Expertise OR working as a Talent Acquisition Senior Specialist in a top consultancy
- Demonstrated knowledge and use of emerging talent acquisition best practices and technologies
- Successful track record of developing effective talent acquisition strategies for talent at all organisational levels

Advantage:

- Pan-African talent acquisition experience
- Financial industry experience
- Existing publications and recognition as a thought leader on talent acquisition

Knowledge & Skills:

- Understanding of talent acquisition attraction and selection best practices and processes (Expert)
- Networking and relationship management (Expert)
- Board level written and verbal communication skills (Expert)
- Strong influencing and negotiating skills (Expert)
- Strong capability building skills (Advanced)
- Commercial awareness (Advanced)

Competencies:

- Business acumen
- Collaborating and Influencing
- People Leadership
- Customer Orientation
- Results Orientation
- Problem Solving
- Innovation Leadership
- Change Leadership

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