Specialist Talent Acquisition Partner - Relationship Banking

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With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity exists for a strategic talent acquisition expert to plan, manage and monitor the implementation of talent acquisition activities and processes in order to deliver on approved operational plans in an effective and efficient manner. The Specialist Talent Acquisition Partner will face off to business.

Job Description

Talent Acquisition and Selection: ensure implementation of innovative talent acquisition strategies that will enable the establishment of a diverse pool of talent geared to meet the evolving needs of the segment workforce plan. Proactively explore all available channels and processes to build diverse pools of talent. Drive a cost saving resourcing strategy for the segment and proactively explore solutions which will decrease the dependency on external resourcing partners by implementing creative direct to market talent capturing solutions; i.e. Headhunting, Talent Mapping, establishing candidate data base, advertising on web based job search sites, researching competitors, building industry networks, attending industry Specific events and fairs, partnering with Government Labour Agencies, tapping into Global networks etc. Manage the delivery of search strategies designed to recruit the banker for the future and other niche candidates. Partner with Group Talent to deliver an increased capability for internal mobility by ensuring that internal Candidates are considered before moving to external sourcing solutions. Participate in interviews on request for key roles. Ensure that the recruitment and selection of takes place according to policy and governance. Assess candidates to ensure cultural fit for the Group, values alignment, long term potential, and technical fit for roles, setting realistic role expectations before presenting candidates to Business. Advise hiring managers on which candidates to progress to the next stage, ensuring the right recruitment decisions are made, challenging the business recommendations as required. Work with Segment head to compile remuneration package offers and buy-outs where applicable. Assisting in the negotiation of release dates and backfill requirements where applicable. Ensure timely on-boarding of senior hires and adherence to on boarding policies and procedures. Identification of critical vacancies build proactive pipelines. Agree transformation plans with the segment's Talent Acquisition Team Lead and People Lead, aligned to the groups transformation agenda. Stakeholder Management: Liaise with BU Stakeholders in order to gain a comprehensive view of their Core Business, Strategic Objectives, Employee Value Proposition and Culture. This understanding and interaction will drive the Placement of the right candidate, with the right skill and the ability to thrive in the relevant environment. Provide regular feedback to Cluster Talent Acquisition LEAD, Cluster Head and BU Leaders on Resourcing Strategy deliverables and status (Scorecard). Define, socialise and agree SLAs with BU's and HR Heads against which all parties performance will be driven. Ensure effective interaction with, and responses to candidates, building sustainable relationships, setting and managing expectations clearly, identifying and resolving the root cause of any issues and escalating as required. Drive level of excellence within the Talent Acquisition Team. Reporting and Analytics and talent acquisition activities

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Human and Social Studies (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

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