Manager: Talent Acquisition and Employee Experience

In brief

**Overview** This role is for a Manager: Talent Acquisition and Employee Experience at National Health Laboratory Services, a consumer services company located at 1 Modderfontein Road, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The position is full-time and falls within the Human Resources / HR job field, with the location being South Africa. **What you will do** Key responsibilities include: * Developing, advising, and managing the implementation of recruitment and selection policies and procedures aligned with labour legislation. * Developing a national recruitment strategy aligned with organisational goals. * Managing and overseeing staff recruitment and selection services of the NHLS to ensure HR strategy objectives are met. * Managing and developing Recruitment and Selection personnel. * Managing the Recruitment operational budget for cost-effective recruitment and selection processes. * Monitoring tender processes with the Procurement Office for effective interface with external advertising and recruitment agencies. * Managing and overseeing national recruitment, selection, placement, terminations, and national reporting for all academic & non-academic core staff and students. * Developing and maintaining national onboarding and offboarding frameworks, standards, policies, and procedures, ensuring alignment with the NHLS employee value proposition, HR strategy, organisational requirements, and legislation. * Providing governance, guidance, and advisory support to Regions on the implementation of national onboarding and offboarding frameworks. * Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of regional onboarding and offboarding implementation and recommending continuous improvement. * Developing and monitoring Employee Experience KPIs across the employee lifecycle (recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, retention, offboarding), providing national reporting and insights. * Coordinating and managing HR Audit processes. * Managing archiving of files. * Forecasting workforce requirements in collaboration with the HR team. * Building and maintaining a scarce and critical skills database. * Developing initiatives to position the organization as the employer of choice. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Human Resources Degree / 3 year National Diploma (NQF 6) * Post Graduate degree in HR related field (Desirable) * Registration with SABPP (Desirable) * 7 years Generalist HR experience, of which 3 to 4 years must be within recruitment at selection, including 5 years at supervisory/management level * Experience in policy formulation and HR Auditing * Knowledge of all relevant legislations governing the HR practices * Knowledge of recruitment and selection best practices * Basic knowledge of Oracle system (Desirable) * Knowledge and understanding of the NHLS mandate (Desirable) * Knowledge of policy formulation * Knowledge of competency based recruitment methodologies * Knowledge of tender processes for contracting of preferred providers (Desirable) * Knowledge of HR Auditing * Institutional Knowledge * Strategic thinking * Computer literacy * Interpersonal skills * Basic financial skills * Analytical skills * Problem solving skills * Presentation skills * Negotiation skills * Communication and reporting skills * Attention to detail * Strong leadership and Management skills * Ability to research and develop recruitment policies and procedures * Planning and Organising * Report & policy development skills * Ability to extract and analyse statistics * Excellent customer ethic **Who should apply** Candidates should be experienced HR professionals with a minimum of a Human Resources Degree or 3-year National Diploma (NQF 6). They must possess 7 years of generalist HR experience, including 3-4 years specifically in recruitment and selection, with at least 5 years at a supervisory or management level. Essential experience includes policy formulation and HR auditing, alongside strong knowledge of relevant labour legislation and recruitment best practices. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strategic thinking, strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills, with an excellent customer ethic. A postgraduate HR degree, SABPP registration, basic Oracle knowledge, and an understanding of the NHLS mandate are desirable. **Deadline** Not specified

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