Team Lead, Talent Acquisition and Manpower Planning at GUS Consulting Limited

GUS Consulting Limited is one of the top Human Capital Development service providers in Nigeria. Our services cut across all sectors and industries. Over the years, we have proven to be one of the best hands in the industry. For us, good is not good enough! We aim to be the best at what we do - providing clients with complete and bespoke solutions, built on a sound understanding of the clients’ business needs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Team Lead, Talent Acquisition and Manpower Planning

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

• The Team Lead of Talent Acquisition and Manpower Planning oversees planning, managing and overseeing talent acquisition and recruitment processes and strategies for the HR Team
• This position is responsible for designing and implementing initiatives to attract, assess, develop and retain talent in the organisation
• You will be expected to develop a recruitment philosophy and the start identify the key elements of a structured and robust recruitment process from manpower planning to onboarding of new hires
• The role will focus on recruiting the right talent and partner with HR business partners and stakeholders in the business to identify their manning gaps and develop a process to ensure a continuous pipeline of hireable names to key roles in the organisation
• To be successful in this role you should be able to develop long term recruiting strategies to create a strong talent pipeline for the organisation’s current and future hiring needs.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and determine employee needs by engaging the strategic business units (SBUs) to determine their talent needs and the required time to fill vacancies
• Conduct analysis of hiring needs and prepare annual manpower plan
• Develop a sustainable and efficient talent acquisition and hiring plan and strategy
• Implement the talent acquisition strategy to improve recruitment and business performance
• Undertake workforce planning and resource forecasting by working with the resourcing team to feed into recruitment timelines
• Communicate with external sources e.g. peer organisations to ascertain trends in recruitment and markets that may impact the business
• Develop and implement a strong and robust internal recruitment process
• Anticipate the organisation’s future needs and work with stakeholders to advise on recruiting tactics that will help sustain the organisation’s success
• Develop and retain a diverse talent acquisition team
• Manage and deliver reports and data when required
• Drive end to end talent recruitment exercises, advert placements, sourcing, screening, scheduling, testing (for entry level recruits), interviewing, offer and benefits negotiation and culture questions
• Specify skills, knowledge, and attitude that inform job profiles
• Lead, supervise and oversee recruitment panel members
• Design, plan and execute selection processes (conduct interviews and screening calls, administer psychological tests etc.)
• Create and maintain a robust end-to-end onboarding process and deliver day-one readiness
• Review employment applications and background check reports
• Identify and remedy gaps in the recruitment process
• Perform candidate and employee satisfaction evaluations
• Plan and implement procedures for improving employee experience
• Suggest measures for improving employee retention.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business or related field required
• Master's Degree in MBA, Psychology, Organizational Behaviour will be an advantage
• CIPM, CIPD, SPHR, SHRM Certifications and/or experience in learning management systems and talent management assessments preferred
• 5 years of experience in managing HR Teams
• 6-8 years experience as an HR Generalist or Talent Acquisition and/or other HR related experience preferred.
• 2 Years of partnering with HR and business leaders to develop pragmatic solutions.

Skills & Competencies:

• The Team Lead of Talent Acquisition and Manpower Planning must have commercial and analytical know how with strong communication and supervisory skills
• This person must be strategic and confident in building relationships with employees at all levels.

Must be proficient in the following:

• Above average verbal (public speaking) and written communication skills e.g. report writing
• Experience in managing an HR team with a strong understanding of talent acquisition
• Pushing talent acquisition change initiatives from both a strategic and operative level
• Ability to be strategic and tactical when making decisions
• Interpersonal and motivational skills; you should be capable of building relationships across the organisation.
• Increasing talent sourcing within an organisation by improving direct hiring
• Strong planning and problem-solving skills
• Analytical and capable of collecting and interpreting data and reports to assess complex information
• Communication and Influencing employees at all levels to support your decisions and proposed plans
• MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Excel, MS Outlook.

Application Closing Date
20th September, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: recruitment@gusconsulting.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.