Talent Acquisition Specialist

3 weeks ago


Midrand, South Africa WSP Africa Full time

**Company Description**
We are WSP - Join us and make your career future ready

Think bigger scale. Think higher profile. Think ground-breaking. Join WSP, and you’ll be at the heart of a team of international experts all dedicated to growing and sharing their expertise, and working on projects that transform society for all of us.

WSP is one of the most diverse consulting firms in Africa, and the largest environmental consulting firm globally. To further our strategic business execution plan, we are seeking leaders who 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; we have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable.

Key Responsibilities:

- Follow, manage and monitor all WSP recruitment & talent acquisition practices, policies and processes.
- 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.
- 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**
- Min 3-5 years solid experience in recruitment & talent acquisition.
- At least 2 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 especially consulting engineering, transport, construction and power 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

**Key Competencies and Generic Skills**:

- Relationship management skills; proven experience in building rapport, gaining credibility as part of a team, building trust, working in partnership with cross functional teams and to proactively deliver upon commitments and expectations.
- Must have experience recruiting talent in an engineering, environmental and mining related industry.
- Excellent communication (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills; able to influence and engage with people, comfortable with presenting ideas and views, able to constructively challenge, probe and offer an alternative perspective in discussions.
- Analytical; able to analyse, interpret and communicate business, financial and people data to inform discussions and develop solid recruitment & talent acquisition plans.
- Results driven; proactive, accountable, responsible for delivery with a strong client/customer service orientation.
- Resilient, self-motivated, multi-tasker and able to remain calm under pressure and when working towards a variety of deadlines.
- Time management and a highly organised approach are essential as well as advanced level IT skills.

Health and Safety:

- Role model standards for SHEQ performance and behaviour consistent with the company’s health, safety, environmental and quality vision and policies by influencing those around you.
- Contributing to the identification of SHEQ risks and driving processes to achieve Zero Harm.
- Embracing, displaying and promoting the company values and ensuring a safe working environment is maintained at all times

**Additional Information** What's in it for you?**

What if we can have work-life balance? What if we can be rewarded in ways that support our individual needs? What if we can be accepted for who we are? Here at WSP - we can

As well as rewarding you with competitive pay, WSP offers standard benefits including first class medical cover, generous days annual leave, and paid professional subscriptions.



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