Assistant Manager/Manager (Talent Acquisition)

Human Resources

Job Description

You will be responsible to lead and drive the talent acquisition (TA) / recruitment and employer branding efforts for SUSS to attract quality talent to meet the university’s hiring needs. In order to maintain a strong candidate pipeline, you are required to adopt a proactive and multi-pronged talent acquisition approach to attract and recruit strong talents

Key Responsibilities

• Provides supervision, direction and training to TA team members related to the recruitment processes, systems, timelines of hire, market insight, sourcing platforms and methods for different roles and talent segments
• Responsible for the full lifecycle of recruiting services including job posting, candidate sourcing through social media, networking and referrals, interviewing & selection processes, offer management, process documentation, compliance management and status communication with candidates and hiring managers
• Consults and supports hiring managers to determine the recruitment and candidate sourcing strategy, establish priorities, strategies and metrics to ensure alignment with delivering business/functional and TA goals
• Leverages on multiple recruiting sources and techniques to identify and engage active and passive candidates, including LinkedIn, search engines, niche job boards, social media, user groups, and blogs
• Optimise the use of existing ATS in HR System, suggests process enhancements and analytic capabilities to achieve efficiencies in recruiting activities
• Enhances TA work efficiencies by reviewing and initiating relevant changes to talent acquisition programs, system and policies
• Partners and supports internal departments on manpower planning and utilisation to meet the evolving operation and strategic needs of the university
• Develops and implements social media recruitment marketing and employer branding strategies and activities to attract high-quality talents
• Engages and leads a variety of TA projects including strategic and operational work

Job Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in HR or equivalent in related field
• Possess at least 8 years of relevant HR work experience, particularly in the area of in-house Talent Sourcing, Acquisition and Operations
• Sourcing experience in traditional and non-traditional sources like databases, networks, job boards, social media, online forums, Blogs etc.
• Experienced in executing social media recruitment and branding activities on LinkedIn
• Good organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Proficient and experience in the use of applicant tracking systems
• Good knowledge of social media platforms and online recruitment strategy