Resourcing Specialist SSA – East Cluster at British Council

Role specific knowledge and experience:

The main essential knowledge and experience points that we are looking for you to evidence are:

• Degree in Human Resources/ related discipline or equivalent by experience (progressive years)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Sound attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in information and reporting, clear messaging and consistent standard
• Strong self-management including prioritisation and delivery of objectives against varying deadlines and activities
• Exposure to working within a busy fast paced environment while meeting tight deadlines
• Sound evidence of providing high level administrative support to individuals and teams
• Evidence of acting as the first point of contact within a customer focussed environment
• Engagement with varying levels and types of stakeholders and exposure to working with confidential information
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in recruiter role
• Understanding of relevant employment legislation in SSA countries and equal employment opportunity best practice
• Direct sourcing experience and managing end to end recruitment campaigns

Desirable Experience:

• CIPD qualified or equivalent
• Proactive and innovative in relation to delivering strong attraction and recruitment results
• Some previous knowledge of HR systems such as MyHR (SAP)
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion hiring techniques
• Data Analytics
• Proficiency in MS Excel especially working with Pivot Tables and functions