Early Careers Recruitment Consultant - South Africa | Fixed-Term
YOUR DAY IN THE LIFE
The Early Careers Recruiter plays a pivotal role in shaping the future workforce by attracting, engaging and hiring high-quality graduates and interns across regions and disciplines. Working in partnership with Hiring Managers, Talent Attraction colleagues and wider stakeholders, you will design and deliver inclusive, data-driven recruitment strategies that ensure access to diverse early talent pipelines.
You will act as a trusted advisor across Early Careers hiring, combining market insight, structured selection expertise and a strong focus on candidate experience. This is a role for someone who enjoys building long-term talent pipelines, delivering assessment excellence and representing the organisation in the early talent market.
YOU WILL
Design and deliver end-to-end Early Careers recruitment strategies for graduate, intern and apprenticeship programmes across assigned regions or disciplines.
Partner with Hiring Managers and business leaders to define hiring needs, forecast demand and shape selection approaches.
Build and maintain proactive talent pipelines through universities, events, digital channels and targeted outreach.
Manage full-cycle recruitment activity including screening, interviews, selection decisions, offers and intern conversion processes.
Apply structured assessment approaches to evaluate candidates fairly and consistently against role requirements.
Deliver an inclusive and high-quality candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
Represent the organisation at careers fairs, university events and external engagements to strengthen employer brand and visibility.
Use data and recruitment insights to monitor pipeline health, improve conversion rates and inform hiring decisions.
Collaborate with Talent Attraction colleagues to ensure seamless coordination of assessment processes and candidate flow.
Contribute to continuous improvement of Early Careers programmes, including EDI initiatives and process enhancements.
REQUIREMENTS
Experience delivering Early Careers, campus or high-volume recruitment in a fast-paced environment.
Strong ability to build trusted relationships with Hiring Managers and senior stakeholders.
Demonstrated capability in sourcing, engaging and converting early talent pipelines.
Strong understanding of structured assessment and selection methodologies.
Ability to manage multiple hiring programmes simultaneously with strong prioritization skills.
Confident communication skills with the ability to influence and advise stakeholders.
Experience using recruitment systems, data and reporting to drive decision-making.
Strong commitment to inclusive hiring practices and candidate experience excellence.
Comfortable working in a changing, high-volume environment with seasonal peaks.
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