Senior Associate, Talent Acquisition
Sun King
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Lusaka • 🇿🇲 Zambia
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Senior
About the role
- Job location: Lusaka, Zambia
- Manage and provide help in the end-to-end recruitment activities as the business continually expands across the Region to fill vacancies and promote candidate experience and employer branding.
- Ensure Timely and Quality Hires: Oversee the recruitment process to ensure all roles are filled within the set turnaround time (TAT), with a focus on sourcing high-quality candidates that align with the organization's goals and culture.
- Recruitment Experience: Work closely with all stakeholders, including hiring managers, department heads, and HR teams, to provide a seamless and positive recruitment experience for both internal teams and candidates.
- Strategic Talent Acquisition Planning: Develop and execute a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy that aligns with the organization’s long-term business goals, growth plans, and workforce needs.
- Market and Workforce Checks: Regularly identify market trends, workforce planning data, and evolving business needs to prioritize recruitment efforts and refine hiring strategies.
- Team Management and Development: Mentor the talent acquisition team, ensuring effective performance management, fostering their professional development, and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
- Employer Brand Enhancement: Develop and promote the organization’s employer brand through marketing campaigns, social media, and strategic partnerships to attract top-tier talent and position the company as an employer of choice.
- Process Improvement: Continuously evaluate and optimize recruitment processes, tools, and technologies to improve efficiency, reduce time-to-hire, and enhance the overall candidate experience, including onboarding.
- Stakeholder Relationship Management: Build strong relationships with hiring managers and department heads to know their current and future staffing needs, offer strategic advice, and ensure alignment with recruitment goals.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Initiatives: Develop and implement recruitment strategies that prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring that all talent acquisition efforts contribute to a diverse and open workforce.
- External Vendor Management: Manage relationships with external recruitment agencies, job boards, and other talent acquisition partners, ensuring they deliver high-quality candidates and services in line with company standards.
- Recruitment Metrics and Reporting: Monitor and report on key recruitment metrics (e.g., time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, candidate quality) to senior managers, using these insights to drive continuous improvement in hiring practices.
- Data insights: Utilize data insights to make informed recruitment position and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of hiring practices.
- Compliance and Legal Adherence: Ensure all recruitment activities comply with local labor laws, global regulations, and organizational policies to mitigate risk and maintain ethical hiring standards.
- Budget Management: Oversee the talent acquisition budget, including expenses related to job advertising, recruitment events, vendor partnerships, and other hiring initiatives, ensuring cost-efficiency and maximum return on investment.
- Candidate Engagement and Experience: Implement strategies to improve candidate engagement throughout the hiring process, ensuring a positive experience from application to offer, and helping to reduce candidate drop-offs.
- Reporting to: HR Leader, East and Southern Africa
Requirements
- Working experience in Talent Acquisition/Recruitment role of at least 6 years.
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree.
- In-depth knowledge of candidate attraction and selection methods.
- Good knowledge of full-cycle recruitment processes for both technical and non- technical recruitment.
- Hands-on experience with Applicant Tracking System (ATS) is a strong advantage.
- Good communication and people-person skills.
- Good organizational and time management skills.
- Ability to multitask and prioritize daily workload.
- Creative thinker and proactive problem solver.
- A positive, “can do” attitude.
Benefits
- Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry.
- An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
- A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
- Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun Center for Leadership.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
talent acquisitionrecruitmentcandidate attractionselection methodsfull-cycle recruitmentdata insightsrecruitment metricsbudget managementprocess improvementdiversity, equity, and inclusion
Soft skills
communicationorganizational skillstime managementmultitaskingproblem solvingteam managementcandidate engagementstakeholder relationship managementmentoringpositive attitude
Certifications
bachelor's degree