Glacier by Sanlam brings together leading experts and respected financial services companies to meet clients investment needs. We deliver focused investment services through specialist teams, partner with acclaimed financial intermediaries and pride ourselves on our superior products and solutions and high quality service. We offer a comprehensive range of investment solutions, designed to assist in the creation and preservation of wealth. Our offering encompasses local investments, including fixed term investments and investments with guarantees, international investments, retirement saving solutions, and retirement income solutions. While each solution has its own distinct purpose, they all share the world-class quality and commitment that have come to distinguish Glacier.
What will you do?
As a Recruitment Specialist, youll be required to create a pipeline specifically relating to specialist, critical and scarce skills, for hard-to-fill roles. Youll be working with internal and external partners to help you get the job done. Your clients operate in a wide spectrum of disciplines in the business and all are world-class in their fields. Your knowledge of recruitment and selection has to be unassailable as their business partner.
What will make you successful in this role?
- Develop an acute understanding of the business and provide solutions tailor-made for business needs.
- Recruit for diverse assignments such as new business projects, acquired businesses and for the current operations.
- Align recruitment and selection to Glaciers transformation plans especially related to specialist, critical and scarce skills.
- Support the full cycle recruitment process from requisition through to the onboarding of candidates as is fit or purpose.
- Ensure that job profiles/descriptions for vacancies are complete and up to date.
- Draw up job postings and craft job ads to attract suitably qualified, experienced and culture fit candidates.
- Headhunt for talent, targeting passive candidates and approach specific markets to address succession gaps.
- Network with potential candidates through professional groups, online and during events such as job fairs.
- Apply expertise and knowledge in sourcing candidates countrywide via a variety of direct sourcing platforms ncluding internal and external advertising, LinkedIn, social media and online recruitment portals.
- Maintain a database of potential candidates for future talent requirements.
- Implement and embed hiring processes, providing guidance and advice on routes to market and provide market and data insight to help stakeholders make informed decisions about the hires they make.
- Screen, arrange interviews, and drive the process of assessments and conducting competency-based interviews here appropriate.
- Provide feedback and negotiate the offer of employment.
- Reduce recruitment spending by using direct sourcing methods to source candidates.
- Maintain excellent working relationships with hiring managers, employees, and prospective candidates.
- Report regularly to the hiring manager, HR management and senior leadership on the progress of all ongoing recruitment processes.
- Based on recruitment process feedback from line manager and candidates, implement changes to methods to foster continuous process/experience improvement.
- Track hiring metrics including time-to-hire, time-to-fill, and source of hire.
- Measure the results of potential and successful candidates through experience surveys.
- Assist and support HR management with annual recruitment and capacity planning.
- Build and report on quarterly and annual hiring plans.
- Ensure compliance with all legislation underpinning recruitment such as the Employment Equity Act and recruitment policy.
- Bachelor's degree in an HR field
- A minimum of five years experience as a Recruitment Specialist, Recruiter, or similar role.
- Knowledge of sourcing techniques on social media and niche professional websites like LinkedIn.
- Recruitment experience within the financial, investment or related industry.
- Recruitment experience with a background of agency, in-house, direct and online.
- Global and countrywide recruitment exposure is advantageous.
- An understanding of employment law and/or labour law.
Degree with 5 to 6 years related experience.
Knowledge And Skills
Human Resources Administrative Support
Strategic Human Resources Planning and Implementation
Change Management
HR Best Practices
HR Compliance
Personal Attributes
Courage - Contributing independently
Plans and aligns - Contributing independently
Manages complexity - Contributing independently
Ensures accountability - Contributing independently
Build a successful career with us
Were all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
Core Competencies
Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently
Being resilient - Contributing independently
Collaborates - Contributing independently
Drives results - Contributing independently
Customer focus - Contributing independently
Turnaround time
The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this pro cess will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.
Closing Date: 3 March 2023
Our commitment to transformation
The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.
The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.
