Talent Acquisition Executive

About the role

The Talent Acquisition Executive will be responsible for providing end to end recruitment and attraction support to the business. They will help source, identify, screen, and hire candidates for various roles in Agria.

Main responsibilities and duties

• Champions a phenomenal candidate experience by building trusting relationships and having strong interpersonal skills
• Support attraction strategies across recruitment campaigns, media, direct sourcing, and pipelining to ensure we can hire highly sought-after skillsets and capabilities
• Ensure that Agria complies with all relevant employment and identification legislation undertaking appropriate process audits from time to time
• Through rigorous analysis and research, develop and share talent intelligence and market insights to support decision making in the business
• Use metrics to analyse previous recruitment campaigns and initiatives, building knowledge to support conversations with hiring managers
• Work with hiring managers to draft innovative and attractive recruitment advertisements and supporting documentation
• Create candidate pools through career website, speculative applications and CVs
• Candidate management where required for highly specialised roles
• Develop and manage external stakeholder relationships, e.g. with specialist recruitment agencies, consultants, advertising agencies, etc.
• Promote Agria’s commitment to diversity and inclusion by working with stakeholders to support a diverse and inclusive workforce
• Produce monthly and quarterly recruitment MI reports
• Organise and attend job fairs and recruitment events to build a strong candidate pipeline
• Support with candidate pre-employment checks and HR induction

Other duties

• Be fully conversant and ensure all company and departmental policies, procedures and standards are adhered too at all times
• Carry out additional duties requested by a member of the management team, as the requirements of the business demand
• Attend training, meetings, and company event
• Comply with Health and Safety policies and procedures.

N.B: This job description is designed to outline a range of main duties and responsibilities that may be encountered.  It is not designed to be an exhaustive list of tasks and can be varied in consultation with the post holder in order to reflect major changes in the job role or within the organisation.

Qualifications and experience:

• Experience in a talent acquisition or similar role
• Experience in full-cycle recruiting, using various interview techniques and evaluation methods
• Proficiency with social media, CV databases, and professional networks
• Experience in using LinkedIn Talent Solutions to proactively source candidates
• Proficiency in documenting processes and keeping up with industry trends
• Knowledge and experience of using applicant tracking systems

Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Analytical thinker, combined with creativity, initiative, and innovation
• Self-Starter
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines and prioritise own work 
• High level IT skills using MS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Be able to effectively communicate at all levels within the business and liaise with stakeholders to resolve issues
• Ability to work independently 
• Ability to work to agreed performance targets
• Versatile, with the ability to adapt quickly to the changing needs of a rapidly developing business
• Ability to demonstrate flexibility regarding working hours in order to meet business needs