Talent Acquisition Manager

The Talent Acquisition (TA) Manager will be responsible for managing, building and giving strategic direction to the Talent Acquisition team in a fast-paced and rapidly growing Pan African payment Fintech Business.

He/she will guide recruitment automation and report on Talent Acquisition performance.

The TA manager will find and retain excellent employees and build a strong employment brand.

Management responsibilities:

• Manage a recruitment team consisting of Technical and Generalist TA team members.
• Give strategic TA direction and develop hiring plans to support a fast-growing business.
• Determine current staffing needs and guide the team on building a pipeline to address future business needs.
• Guide the team on conducting recruitment and selection processes (Behavioural, technical and case study interviews).
• Support hiring managers from multiple business units.
• Meet managers to discuss staffing requirements and determine pipeline requirements.

Recruitment and Sourcing: 

• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition team members and assist with Talent Acquisition and sourcing of scarce and senior job roles.
• Draft sourcing plans, identify applicable talent pools and collate information on potential candidates.
• Draft Job advertisements.
• Advertise job openings on various recruitment portals and social media platforms.
• Perform branded applicant outreaches to attract top talent.
• Applicant screening and shortlisting.
• Attend interviews and conduct behavioural interviews.
• Coordinate candidate assessments (Technical and non-technical).
• Provide feedback and suggestions on job applications to candidates.
• Reference checking and background screening.
• Extend offers. 
• Build a talent pipeline to address potential staff needs for projects and developments in the business 

Brand building and Employee retention: 

• Lead employment branding initiatives to ensure a positive Talent Acquisition social media presence and outreach program.
• Take steps to ensure positive candidate experiences.
• Assist in employee retention. 
• Identifying candidates for transfers or reassignment in the company.

Training and development:

• Identify training needs and play an active part in upskilling an effective and productive TA team.

Reporting:

• Identify recruitment metrics.
• Use metrics to create reports and identify areas of improvement.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Must have experience:

• 10 years of recruitment experience.
• At least 3 years of Talent management experience – leading and managing a team.
• An above-average knowledge and experience of recruitment and sourcing, as well as best practices.
• Excellent understanding of recruitment methods and tools.
• Solid knowledge of applicable labour, data protection and protection of personal information legislation.
• A proven ability to train TA team members.

Experience that will count in your favour: 

• IT Recruitment experience.
• Financial Services and Fintech recruitment experience.
• Working across multiple Pan African jurisdictions / multiple countries and diverse resources.
• Ability to manage and drive a scaled-up or high-production recruitment environment.

Nice to have experience: 

• Pan African recruitment experience.

 Qualification:

• A degree in Human Sciences, Industrial Psychology or Business.
• Post-graduate qualifications (Bonus).

Continuous learning:

• Recruitment and Sourcing Certifications and Courses.
• Recruitment Industry Memberships.

 Skills:

• Excellent Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Google workspace experience (Bonus).
• Knowledge of recruitment automation tools and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).
• Sourcing tools and techniques.
• Solid Google X-ray (Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT).

 Personal attributes: 

• Leader
• Innovative thinking
• Flexible team player
• Resilient
• Diligent
• Organised and proactive
• Energetic
• People-centric
• Problem Solver
• Solutions finder
• Solid Analytical abilities
• Excellent Researcher
• Life-long learner
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Great time management skills