Talent Acquisition Specialist at Absa Bank Limited

Job Summary

As a Talent Acquisition Specialist, the role holder will be our brand ambassador in attracting top talent into our organization. The role holder will partner with the People Partners and People Managers to deliver the full spectrum of Talent Acquisition practices as defined within Absa while ensuring a positive hiring manager and candidate experience.

Job Description

Key accountabilities/Deliverables/Outcomes

Talent Acquisition:  70%

• Provide input to ensure that teams consist of diverse, qualified the establishment of a diverse pool of talent to meet the evolving needs of the business.
• Coordinate with hiring managers to identify staffing needs and candidate selection criteria.
• Source applicants through online channels, such as LinkedIn and other professional networks.
• Assist to plan and attend job fairs and recruitment events to build a strong candidate pipeline.
• Assess and shortlist candidates’ suitability for specific roles.
• Manage the engagement between candidates, hiring managers, People Business Partners (PBP’s) from first point of contact until the on-boarding process through continuous feedback to business and candidates.
• Support in psychometric assessments, assessment and development centres for different roles and development resulting actions plans.
• Provide post interview responses and feedback to candidates.
• Support in building People Manager capability in talent acquisition processes and system proficiency.
• Manage the internship program and support the talent acquisition process for our supplementary workforce.
• Research talent acquisition trends to improve the policies and processes.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements within the talent acquisition space e.g., NEA reporting.
• Assist with other talent acquisition administrative duties and special assignments/projects.

Reporting and Metrics: 20%

• Manage and update the vacancy tracker for the business to enable monitoring of performance against sourcing plan.
• Provide input required to create reports, measure metrics, and access the effectiveness of our recruitment process and SLAs.
• Participate in conducting hiring manager satisfaction surveys and improve the experience.

Management Governance: 10%

• Acts as Talent Acquisition quality controller and maintain Talent Acquisition standards at best practice within business units.

Role/person specification

Preferred qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources management or a similar field
• Professional certification in HR
• Knowledge of applicant tracking systems.

Preferred experience

• At least 4 years’ experience in Talent Acquisition and candidate on-boarding in high growth areas with a record of execution of workforce plans
• Experience in continual development of talent pipelines and sourcing potential candidates
• Experience in managing Graduate Management and internship programs is added advantage
• Experience in managing Applicants Tracking Systems (e.g Taleo, Workday , Oracle)
• ‘A doer’. Hands on and energetic in follow through to see actions into completion.

Knowledge and skills

• Firm understanding and implementation of recruiting metrics to drive decision making
• Proficiency in Workday Recruiting module
• Understanding of the People screening environment
• Knowledge of the Kenya labour laws especially Employment Act