Senior Recruiter at a Telecommunication and Financial Service Industries - GVA Partners

GVA Partners - Our clients in the telecommunication and financial service industries is recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Senior Recruiter
Job Code: GVA/SR 001

Location: Nigeria

Job Description:
The Senior Recruiter will proactively identify and recruit top talent while managing the end-to-end recruiting process for their client groups’ hiring needs. You will use your expertise to identify, evaluate, and manage proactive recruitment sourcing plans.

Job Functions:

• Collaborate with the Managing Director and the project team to plan and implement effective recruiting strategies for Technology or Consumer research positions.
• Insure job profiles and position requirements are aligned with business objectives.
• Understand the client company, the market they are in, the products they produce, the strategic direction of the company, and the specifics surrounding the role we are working to fill.
• Serve as an ambassador of our firm when reaching out to candidates; cold calling candidates for positions and acting professionally in representing the firm.
• Identify and the best mix of resources to source top talent – using our research function, job boards, web searches, referrals and industry-specific sources.
• Develop position-specific screening questionnaires.
• Recruit, assess, and hire top talent.
• Identify, screen and present top talent to clients.
• Work with research team as assignments change/evolve.
• Manage candidates throughout the interview process.
• Leverage candidate tracking systems to ensure future searches leverage all data gathered during the process.
• Negotiate and present offers and close selected candidates.
• Provide excellent client management service.
• Participate in client meetings and in business development strategy sessions to help build the tech and consumer practices

Experience:
2 years of corporate recruiting experience mandatory.
2–3 years of experience in as a third-party recruiting agency strongly preferred.

Educational Qualification:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Requirements

• Understanding the functional breakdown of an organization at the executive level.
• The ability to identify qualified candidates for various projects, contacting them through cold calling and capturing their interest.
• A proven track record of successfully sourcing hard-to-find candidates.
• Experience using staffing systems and tools including relational database applicant tracking systems, the internet, job boards and imagination.
• Strong verbal communication skills, including interviewing, selling, influencing, negotiating and collaborating.
• The ability to speak intelligently at some level of detail about our clients across different industries, and to be able to articulate why we are a premier search firm.
• Strong project management skills, including planning for and tracking recruiting metrics.
• Proven knowledge and expertise in all sourcing methods including using recruiting research, cold calling, warm calling and internet recruiting.
• Business development skills and client relationships would be ideal but are not required

Competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal, consulting, diplomacy, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to work independently on projects, as team lead, and as a member of a team.
• High level of initiative, strong drive to succeed.
• Excellent organization skills and oral/written communication skills a must.
• Library knowledge/experience a plus but not mandatory.

Application Closing Date
5th September, 2014

Method of Application:
Candidates who meet the above requirement should email their resume to: [email protected] & [email protected] PLEASE, STATE THE POSITION YOU ARE APPLYING FOR IN THE SUBJECT FIELD OF THE MAIL.