Talent Acquisition Specialist

Delivery of Recruitment Strategy

• Ensure competency-based recruitment & selection in line with the clients needs.
• Diagnose key issues and challenges during the recruiting process and liaise with hiring partners to effectively resolve.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment working with HR Partners, Business leaders/ Hiring managers. (including development of competency-based Job Specification and Description; clearly articulated selection methodologies and general recruitment process)
• Manage experienced hire interview process including sourcing and screening resumes, selecting candidates for interview, conducting interview kick-offs and debrief sessions
• Maintain recruitment database and applicant tracking system (HR System); ensure that it is up-to-date and generate reports on a regular basis
• Coordinate recruitment approval process using existing Applicant Tracking System (BambooHR, and others)
• Coordinate the recruiters to ensure fulfillment of hiring needs within MRF/BambooHR, within defined timeline, quality goals and budget
• Identify critical target groups and source high quality candidates through direct searches, candidate referrals, networking, recruiting sites, professional and social networking
• Conduct thorough screening and assessment to qualify candidates based on job role competencies.
• Coordinate successful interview logistics for short listed candidates, provide relevant candidate-specific information to Business leaders/ Hiring managers and ensure regular updates and feedback is provided.
• Maintain regular communication with hiring managers and candidates
• Demonstrate business/functional knowledge during interviews /decision meetings by ensuring interviews are competency based
• Develops creative sourcing approaches to build and maintain talent pipelines
• Conducts up-to-date market intelligence trends and opportunities to explores new talent sources
• Responsible for reporting and communication to stakeholders through weekly, monthly recruitment reports which highlights position progress, diagnosis of challenges and summary of measurable interventions.
• Manage recruitment agency relationships for hard to fill positions if required
• In liaison with HR Partners, ensure high integrity of employee data & organisation for assigned population
• Comply with workforce hiring procedures (work orders) and ensure timely completion
• Employee Data processing through Master Staff list update, BambooHR/ORION on boarding and timely EOB Notification

Skills and Competencies

• Sound knowledge of HR practice/policy
• High-level knowledge of agency and internal recruitment operations
• Sound decision-making skills
• Good interpersonal and leadership skill
• Proactive and result oriented
• Goal oriented (must be able to meet timelines)
• Demonstrate professionalism, discretion and confidentiality

Experience / Education Required:

• First degree in Social Sciences, Business Administration or Humanities.
• Professional membership of a recognised HR body such as CIPD, CIPM, SHRM.
• Proven ability to work in a culturally diverse, multinational environment.
• A minimum of five (5) years professional recruiting experience of all job levels in Port Terminals/Shipyard Marine.
• Ability to drive metric-based recruitment campaigns
• Ability to proactively identify and resolve issues in a methodical way
• Ability to establish credibility with senior-level internal clients through strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Direct sourcing skills e.g. social media and mobile strategies
• Experienced management of competency-based recruitment
• Experience using Applicant Tracking Systems (our current system is BambooHR/ORION)

Information :

• Company : Nigerdock
• Position : Talent Acquisition Specialist
• Location : Lagos
• Country : NG