Talent Acquisition Specialist - Three Rivers East, Vereeniging at Rand Water

Job Advert Summary    

• To facilitate, implement and maintain effective systems for workforce planning, talent acquisition, on-boarding, performance management and succession planning to transform Rand Water’s employee profile in line with regulatory requirements

Minimum Requirements    

• Applications must be in possession of a National Diploma/ Degree in Social Sciences/ Human Resource Management or Industrial Psychology
• Knowledge of data analytics and metrics would be advantageous.
• HR Practitioner or any category of Registration as a Psychometrist professional registration with the South African Board of people Practices (SABPP) will be an advantage.
• 5years’ relevant experience in Talent Management recruitment and selection, performance management, succession planning, induction (on boarding) and talent retention.

Primary Duties    

• Ensure effective recruitment, selection, and retention of high calibre staff in order to meet the operational and strategic objectives.
• Influence recruitment decisions and employment practices at site
• Determine the recruitment budgetary requirement in line with site needs.
• Ensure legal and fair staffing processes and decisions are in accordance with current legislation and diversity objectives.
• Enhance the site’s internal and external image as a preferred employer.
• Facilitate the Hay Job Evaluation systems’ requirements from a site point of view.
• Implement and monitor the performance management system at site level.
• Ensure effective implementation and administration of a succession planning system.
• Conduct competency-based assessments in line with inherent job requirements
• Conduct and maintain an effective induction, socialisation and exit interview processes.
• Collate statistical data relating to talent management to support talent management initiative.
• Maintain strategic business partnership to enhance HR relations across the business units.

Knowledge    

• Sound knowledge of Recruitment and Selection; Performance Management; Job evaluation and Succession planning principles.
• Target selection (competency-based interviews)
• Labour legislation
• Microsoft office packages

Skills    

• Sound interpersonal and communication skills
• Conflict management skills
• Influencing and negotiation skills
• Decision making skills
• Problem solving skills
• Customer focus
• Innovation
• Change management
• Building business partnerships

Attitude    

• Customer-service orientation
• Positive attitude
• Integrity
• Confidentiality
• Attention to detail.
• Result driven.