Talent Acquisition Specialist

2 weeks ago


Sandton, South Africa Discovery Ltd. Full time

**Business Unit**:Discovery Health**Function**:Talent Acquisition & Assessments**Date**:23 Jan 2024**Discovery Health**

**Talent Acquisition Specialist**
- Talent Acquisition Specialist- About Discovery
Discovery’s core purpose is to make people healthier and to enhance and protect their lives. We seek out and invest in exceptional individuals who understand and support our core purpose, and whose own values align with those of Discovery. Our fast-paced and dynamic environment enables smart, self-driven people to be their best. As global thought leaders, Discovery is passionate about innovating in order to not only achieve financial success, but to ignite positive and meaningful change within our society.- About Discovery Health People
Discovery Health People (DHP) is split into 3 smaller teams namely: HR, Training Operations and Learning and Development. The HR team is responsible for managing all aspects in the employee lifecycle. These aspects include but are not limited to recruitment, performance management, tracking and maintaining of employee records and providing HR support to the various business units that they support. The learning and development team designs and develops interactive learning programs / training initiatives, using blended learning, for all of Discovery Health. These programs aim to provide staff with the skills and knowledge required to perform their roles in line with business requirements. The training operations team works closely with and supports the learning and development team. Some of their responsibilities include monitoring and evaluating training programs, scheduling, and coordinating simulation training classes, maintaining of training records and sending out training reports. Together, DHP works and aligns to ensure that maximum service excellence and value is delivered to all their stakeholders and to Discovery Health.- Key purpose
The Talent Acquisition Specialist (TAS) position is responsible for the end-to-end recruitment, focusing on Sourcing, Attracting, Interviewing and Hiring of employees for the multiple departments within Discovery Health. The scope of the Talent Acquisition Specialist covers permanent employees, fixed term contractors and independent contractors/contingent workers.
As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, this individual will partner closely with the hiring managers to ensure that the recruitment process moves efficiently, and that the organisation is effectively identifying and hiring the talent required to achieve business goals.
The Talent Acquisition Specialist is also responsible for sourcing strategies focused on building a pipeline for future opportunities as well as to ensure that relevant and accurate information is gathered from business in order to effectively onboard new employees.- Key Outputs
The successful applicant will be responsible for but not limited to the following broad job functions:
- Works in partnership with the hiring manager, HR Manager and Heads of Department to manage sourcing and recruitment activities for supported Health teams.
- Advises hiring managers on recruitment approaches and processes and leads the sourcing process from end-to-end.
- Compiles all recruitment related documentation in line with the Discovery standard recruitment process and vendor management process.
- Responsible for administration around employee onboarding (organising assessments and risk checks, booking induction, ordering assets, compiling contracts, and adding to onboarding group list, etc.).
- Maximises recruitment as a lever for transformation, in line with targets for the Health business.
- Coordinates with line managers to ensure efficient onboarding for all new hires.
- Ensuring timeous on boarding and cross boarding of employees is conducted by line managers, by providing regular reports to business
- Competencies
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail and quality orientation
- Customer Focus
- Time Management
- Experience and Qualifications
- Matric
- Relevant Diploma/Degree
- A minimum of 2 - 3 years proven experience within the Recruitment field in e.g., a professional and in search & selection agency or within a corporate recruitment environment.
- Competency based interviewing experience across a variety of roles and levels including a minimum of 1-year bulk recruiting of contractors and contingent workers.
- A solid understanding of and experience in recruiting complex, specialised and diverse functional roles such as, but not limited to, Actuarial Science, Data Science, HealthCare professionals, Quality Auditors, Risk Specialists and Finance professionals
- Vendor management experience
- Proficiency in MS Office
- Advantageous
- Honours Degree
- Good understanding of medical insurance industry
- Experience in HR Systems i.e., SAP
- Experience in the professional use of social media/LinkedIn as sourcing channels.
- EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
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