Talent Acquisition Specialist

About the role

The role of the Talent Acquisition Specialist is to operate collaboratively with line managers, business unit leaders, HR colleagues and external providers, to ensure the provision of an effective and efficient sourcing and recruitment function that recruits the right people, in terms of capability and cultural fit, in a timely and cost-effective way.

This includes full ownership of the sourcing and recruitment cycle, including job profiling and design, market positioning of Intl. SOS as employer, identification and attraction of high-quality candidates, selection processes, supplier management, legal compliance, cost containment and offer management.

Key responsibilities

• Assist different stakholders, with input from business function owners and line managers, with manpower planning.
• Design an appropriate organizational architecture considering key business processes, grouping of business functions, structure of business units, reporting lines and coordination, integrating and control policies.
• Assist business function owners and line managers to develop job profiles and specifications, design job descriptions (i.e. work tasks, responsibilities, skills and deliverables), evaluate job grades and determine job salary guidelines.
• Responsible for maintaining up-to-date job descriptions that are aligned to business requirements
• Develop and maintain a strong working knowledge of each business function, its key objectives, operating environment and culture, and form effective working relationships with business function owners and line managers.
• Liaise on a regular basis with business function owners and line managers, make recommendations regarding headcount forecasting, hiring strategies, and generally act as the local ‘champion’ and point of contact for recruitment and recruitment related projects.
• Develop and implement attraction strategies, including social media, for positioning and promoting Intl. SOS as an attractive employer to high quality employee candidates in appropriate sectors and/or companies.
• Develop, maintain and monitor legally binding service level agreement (SLA) contracts with key external recruitment providers.

Experience and qualification

Required Work Experience 

• 3 - 5 years’ experience in recruitment within a corporate environment; ideally including operational and strategic participation.
• Proven ability to manage both volume and specialised resourcing.
• Evidence of effective supplier and contract management.
• Experience with the use of HR databases and/or applicant tracking software
• Clear demonstration of project management and ownership.
• Experience of working in a highly matrixed organisation

Required Qualifications

• A diploma / degree in Human Resource Management (or equivalent).

Required Languages 

• English & French (fluent, business, both oral and written).
• Ability to speak another language relevant to location will be an advantage.