GE is a diversified global infrastructure, finance and media company that is built to meet essential world needs. GE Nigeria is currently recruiting for the following position(s):
Job Title: Talent Acquisition Specialist
Job Number: 1389607
Business: GE Energy
Business Segment: Energy - Oil & Gas
Location: Nigeria & Kenya
Role Summary/Purpose:
• You will be part of a hiring machine that seeks to build proactive candidate pipelines for a business unit or a region based on business priorities.
• You will be a talent hunter for GE, constantly seeking to execute proactive hiring strategies to build and maintain candidate pipelines through market mapping, competitor analysis projects, networking, internet and database mining and headhunting.
• You will also support reactive recruitment campaigns through drafting attractive advertising copy.
Essential Responsibilities:
•Develop knowledge base within and understanding of client groups and GE businesses to anticipate talent challenges
•Utilise business and HR plans to develop proactive candidate talent pipelines through sourcing channels including targeted recruitment campaigns, internet searches, networking groups, social media, database search, referrals and advertising
•Build and maintain communication with candidate pipeline and ensure continuous business and HR interaction with key talent
•Conduct thorough prescreening of candidates as required and provide detailed documentation and recommendations to the Recruitment team
•Deliver to defined SLAs and metrics
•Share sourcing best practices with recruitment team
Qualifications/Requirements:
•Minimum 3 years relevant candidate sourcing and attraction experience
•Strong telephone and face to face communication, influencing and interpersonal skills
•Must be able to work autonomous handling a number of complex tasks and recruitment projects at the same time
•Must be detailed oriented, organised and structured
•Ability to provide vision, innovation and thought leadership within recruitment team environment to drive improved performance, recruitment process and tools
•Ability to translate business strategy and talent planning into external talent pipelines
•Must be able to develop and implement complex sourcing strategies across multiple locations
Desired Characteristics:
•Familiarity with recruitment management systems, preferably Kenexa Brassring
•Experience of Healthcare or Energy recruitment, particularly Engineering or Sales
•Middle East or Africa recruitment experience
•Knowledge of local labour legislation and requirements
•Ability to produce creative and attractive advertising copy
•Project management skills
•Degree in Business, Human Resources or a related field
•Change and project management experience
•Good language skills; English plus French or Portuguese
For more information and application: Lagos, Nairobi Talent Acquisition Specialist Job (http://jobs.gecareers.com/job/Lagos-Talent-Acquisition-Specialist-Job/1297810/).
This job vacancy has just been re-advertised at GE. Requirements and application method remain unchanged as posted above. If Interested and qualified, please submit your application online. Good luck!
For more information and online application: Lagos, Nairobi Talent Acquisition Specialist Job (http://jobs.gecareers.com/job/Lagos-Talent-Acquisition-Specialist-Job/1297810/)