Manager: Talent Acquisition Management & Development

At Liberty, we employ more than 6 000 people across 7 businesses in 18 African countries. Every day, our employees grow their knowledge by working with diverse groups of people who specialize in a wide range of skills across insurance, asset management, investment and health products. We continually seek to engage, develop, recognize and reward the people who make our business great.

Purpose
To manage the recruitment team and recruitment processes/execution thereof, thus supporting Liberty's current and future business objectives

Qualification and Minimum Experience

• A relevant academic qualification will be advantageous.
• Experience in operations and process/system optimisation will be an advantage.
• Relevant experience in managing teams and influencing stakeholders is important.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement our people attraction strategy, working closely with the Business Unit heads and Human Capital. Partner with stakeholders to determine future needs and set and drive enabling sourcing strategies.
• Manage the full end-to-end recruitment cycle and ensure that all targets are met.
• Improve and/or develop and implement procedures for the sourcing, engagement, and management of contingent resources. Continuous improvement of all internal/external recruitment processes, including perceptions of our Liberty brand.
• Update, educate and provide insight and feedback into related policies and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant labour laws and regulations regarding the engagement of resources. Promote Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in the business by focusing on recruiting underrepresented demographics, in line with the Employment Equity Plan.
• Manage recruiting systems, reports, dashboards and establish and track metrics to measure the efficiency and effectiveness of the recruitment team and hiring managers. Provide a data driven talent capability, to enable business to make informed resourcing decisions
• Identify and remove bottlenecks in the processes to ensure maximum turnaround time for placing new candidates into vacant positions.
• Ensure contract management with vendors are in line with the Procurement governance framework and that utilisation of recruitment vendors are in line with the preferred supplier list (PSL).
• Maintain service delivery, quality standards and turn around items against KPI's and SLAs with the business through the mentoring, growing, and developing our recruitment team.

Skills and Attributes

• A Growth Mindset and alignment with the Liberty Leadership principles and habits is crucial. (Open to learning and willing to be coached and developed.)
• Researching market trends, to influence future practices ('blank page approach', not relying on past practices to influence future practices).
• Stakeholder analysis to influence and manage expectations.
• Ability to provide analytics and insights.
• Ability to communicate and influence effectively within all levels of the organization. Writes and speaks clearly and concisely.
• Ability to design and deliver presentations to groups.
• Ability to integrate cross-functionally (connecting the dots).
• Emotionally mature and a strong conceptual ability.
• Leadership, planning, strategy, communication and organising skills.
• Energetic, pragmatic and purpose driven.

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

Vaccination Policy & Hybrid Working Model
We are evolving the way we work and will be launching a Hybrid working model, in line with this Liberty has implemented a Mandatory vaccination policy which is applicable to all employees, this is to further strengthen our commitment to the safety of all employees. Right of refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19, either on constitutional and/or medical grounds, is taken into consideration and will be dealt with through an objection process. More information about our Hybrid working model and Mandatory vaccination policy will be discussed during the recruitment process for this position.