- Durban
- Salary: Market Related
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Education Human Resources
- Reference: 162788
Vacancy Details
Employer: Durban University of Technology
HUMAN CAPITAL SERVICES – TALENT SOURCING AND OPERATIONS
POST: MANAGER TALENT SOURCING AND OPERATIONS
REFERENCE NUMBER: 30000073
Minimum Requirements:
- Honour’s Degree (NQF Level 8) in Human Resources Management, OR Psychology, OR Industrial Psychology, OR related field.
- 7 years’ Experience in Human Resource Management, including sourcing and selection of employees across all levels of the organisation and enhancing performance management practices.
- 3 years’ Experience in utilizing technology platforms and social media channels for sourcing and establishing talent pools.
- 3 years’ Experience in managing Human Capital Services operations through a business partnering approach.
Key responsibilities:
- Develop and implement an integrated talent acquisition strategy aligned with organisational goals.
- Oversee end-to-end recruitment processes including workforce planning, job profiling, advertising, shortlisting, interviewing, selection, and offer management.
- Provide input into the organisation’s recruitment and selection policies and procedures and monitor the adherence to these policies and procedures.
- Establish and advise on latest trends around talent acquisition and sourcing.
- Leads the effective and timeous turnaround implementation of talent sourcing strategies and methodologies.
- Report on the sourcing plan implementation and the identification of hard to fill vacancies.
- Ensure that external service providers adhere to the service level agreements and address any non-compliance.
- Oversee the implementation of fair selection processes, alignment to legislative and job specific requirements as well as alignment to DUT’s Employment Equity Plans
- Provide guidance to relevant stakeholders and assist with the upskilling of line managers in competency - based interviewing and any other relevant selection tools / methods.
- Lead the sourcing and selection of senior members of staff and collaborate with the Senior Director: HCS
- Identify recruitment related technology and provide input into any recruitment systems / technology related budgets.
- Analyse and report on recruitment related statistics
- Facilitate induction and on-boarding of new recruits in collaboration with the various portfolios, departments and divisions of the institution.
- Oversight management and reporting on vacancy analysis, ensuring that this is kept within best practice and industry norms
- Oversee and improve core HC processes including employee onboarding, contracts, HC records, benefits administration, and exit processes.
- Ensure HC operational excellence through process automation, compliance with policies, and standardisation of procedures.
- Function as the strategic HC advisor to a portfolio of departments/faculties, guiding on HC policies, workforce planning, organisational design, and performance management.
- Coach line managers on talent management, employee engagement, conflict resolution, and disciplinary processes.
- Analyse data, identify trends and risks and make necessary recommendations for improvements
- Create and maintain a climate conducive for team performance to enable the team to deliver on set targets, service level agreements.
- Initiate pro-active and corrective actions as required to ensure service delivery.
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of own reportees development interventions on performance
Salary: Market related
Contact Person: Ms ZJ. Ngcobo
Status of Position: Permanent
Applications should include:
- A fully completed prescribed application form which can be obtained from ac.za (under the QUICK LINKS tab - @careers)
- A detailed curriculum vita (explicitly stating experience or knowledge in the above-mentioned fields)
- Covering Letter
- Copies of all relevant academic records and certificates
- ID Copy
- Matric Certificate
- Current contact information of referees
Please note:
The University reserves the right not to appoint.
While DUT strives for equal opportunities, preference will be given in terms of the University’s Equity Plan.
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About Durban University of Technology
Durban University of Technology (DUT) is located on the warm east coast of South Africa. It sprawls over seven (7) campuses in tropical and picturesque Durban, and in Pietermaritzburg, with its undulating hills that flow over from the Drakensberg Mountain. According to our ENVISION2030 strategy, DUT’s DNA has two strands, namely ‘people-centred and engaged’ and ‘innovative and entrepreneurial’. These are interwoven intrinsically by a number of double pairs consisting of ‘values and principles’ that bind our double-helix together. The extrinsic expression of our DNA is via The DUT-Way; which demonstrates our collective character and behaviour. The University’s ultimate goal is to contribute towards improving the lives and livelihoods of all its people, both internal and external. DUT consistently strives towards excellence and greatness in teaching-learning and in research-innovation; something that was been recognized recently when The Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings placed DUT within the top 500 of Universities in the world and within the top 5 universities in South Africa. The enactment of these internationally recognized strengths is demonstrated in our impactful engagement internally and externally in service of our localities, the region and the country at large.
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