Early Careers Talent Attraction Specialist
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No BS summary
Recruiting specialist for early careers hiring (graduates, interns, apprentices), South Africa-based and fully remote on a fixed-term contract. Must run high-volume recruitment campaigns end-to-end — candidate pipelines, screening, structured assessments and reporting — with solid MS Office and recruitment-platform skills.
Required skills
The Early Careers Talent Attraction Specialist plays a key role in delivering high-quality early careers recruitment campaigns across graduate, intern and apprentice hiring. Working closely with Recruiters, Hiring Managers and client stakeholders, you'll help deliver a seamless recruitment process by managing candidate pipelines, coordinating assessment activities and ensuring every candidate receives an outstanding experience. You'll combine strong organizational skills, stakeholder collaboration and operational excellence to support successful recruitment campaigns while maintaining fairness, accuracy and consistency throughout the recruitment lifecycle. YOU WILL: - Deliver end-to-end recruitment activity across assigned Early Careers campaigns, partnering closely with Recruiters and client stakeholders. - Own candidate pipelines, ensuring applications progress efficiently while maintaining an excellent candidate experience throughout the recruitment process. - Screen applications, complete structured assessment scoring and produce high-quality longlists aligned to hiring requirements. - Manage recruitment assessments, including psychometric testing, video interviews and candidate progression through each stage. - Deliver timely, accurate and engaging communication to candidates, responding to queries and keeping candidates informed throughout their journey. - Manage Reasonable Adjustments and other compliance-related activities, ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. - Produce recruitment reporting, monitor campaign progress and proactively identify pipeline risks or areas requiring attention. - Maintain accurate recruitment systems, documentation and tracking tools to support effective campaign delivery. - Build collaborative relationships with Recruiters, Hiring Managers and wider stakeholders to ensure successful hiring outcomes. - Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and support the wider Talent Attraction team as required. REQUIREMENTS: The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to: - Deliver high-quality recruitment support within a fast-paced, high-volume environment. - Build effective working relationships with Recruiters, Hiring Managers and stakeholders. - Prioritize competing workloads while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail. - Communicate confidently and professionally with candidates and stakeholders. - Apply consistent judgement when screening applications and supporting structured assessment processes. - Use recruitment systems, assessment platforms and Microsoft Office confidently. - Analyze recruitment data and reporting to support campaign delivery. - Adapt to changing priorities while maintaining a high standard of service. - Demonstrate professionalism, collaboration and a commitment to fairness, inclusion and confidentiality.
What you'll do
- Deliver end-to-end recruitment activity across assigned Early Careers campaigns.
- Own candidate pipelines, ensuring applications progress efficiently with great candidate experience.
- Screen applications, complete structured assessment scoring and produce quality longlists.
- Manage recruitment assessments, including psychometric testing, video interviews and candidate progression.
- Deliver timely, accurate and engaging communication to candidates.
- Manage Reasonable Adjustments and compliance activities for a fair, inclusive process.
- Produce recruitment reporting and monitor campaign progress for pipeline risks.
- Maintain accurate recruitment systems, documentation, and tracking tools.
- Build collaborative relationships with Recruiters, Hiring Managers and stakeholders.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and support the wider Talent Attraction team.
What they require
- Deliver high-quality recruitment support in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
- Build effective working relationships with Recruiters, Hiring Managers and stakeholders.
- Prioritize competing workloads while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
- Communicate confidently and professionally with candidates and stakeholders.
- Apply consistent judgement when screening applications and supporting structured assessment processes.
- Use recruitment systems, assessment platforms and Microsoft Office confidently.
- Analyze recruitment data and reporting to support campaign delivery.
- Adapt to changing priorities while keeping high service quality.
- Demonstrate professionalism, collaboration and commitment to fairness, inclusion and confidentiality.