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Talent Acquisition Specialist

Location:
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Salary:
negotiabl
Posted:
May 23, 2025

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INTRODUCING PAULA THEMBI MOTAUNG

Paula Thembi Motaung

South African

Code 08 (Own Transport)

Availability – 1 Month

**** ********* *******, ***********

073-***-**** Email: ******.*******@*****.***

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

● IT Specialist Recruiter, technical & facilities

● Client & Customer Relationship Management

● IR experience and Disciplinary procedures

● Talent Mapping and Head Hunting

● Facilitation and training Skills, Induction

EDUCATION

● Basa Tutorial Institute - Grade12 Certificate – year 2000

● MSC College - Certificate In Secretarial and Professional Office Support - 2003

● Seta - National Certificate in Business Management - 2015

● Business Management School of Technology -Diploma Human Resource Management -

(April2020 - Incomplete)

● Mancosa - Human Resource Management – Current studies COMPETENCIES

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, Interviewing, Interpersonal skills, Analytical skills, Attention to detail, understanding clients’ needs and business acumen, Stakeholder engagement, Skills and development.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Tymebank – Talent Acquisition Specialist

August 2023 – April 2024

● To ensure that the company has access to the widest possible pool of candidates enabling the company to appointment qualified and suitably experienced candidates to meet the company’s requirements.

● To implement the recruitment process in its entirety.

● This includes obtaining the job requirements from the line manager, advertising the vacancy, sourcing suitable candidates, setting up interviews, conducting interviews Paula Thembi Motaung

where required, conducting all pre-employment screening and preparing and issuing of offer letters.

● Prepare for onboarding, training and induction.

● Execution

● Stakeholder Management

● This includes obtaining the job requirements from the line manager, advertising the vacancy, sourcing suitable candidates, setting up interviews, conducting interviews where required, conducting all

Excellerate JHI Property – Group Senior Talent Partner/IT/Technical (Including Africa) November 2020 – June 2023

● To ensure that the company has access to the widest possible pool of candidates enabling the company to appointment qualified and suitably experienced candidates to meet the company’s requirements.

● To implement the recruitment process in its entirety. pre-employment screening and preparing and issuing of offer letters.

● Prepare for onboarding, training and induction.

● Prepare reports for all recruitment statistics and maintain accuracy in system and document all process and ensure compliance to same.

● Team of 2recruiters, 2 Administrator and 5Learners

● Roles from across the globe, Egypt, Dubai, Netherlands, Morroco, Zim etc e.g. Property directors, Head of finance,IT, National Tech Mngr, Facilities, other Admin roles

● Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

● Deliver on strategic resourcing needs selected assignments within the portfolio.

● Understands the optimal resourcing solutions and processes to be delivered in accordance with resourcing architecture, taking into account business needs through both a pre-consult and ongoing business engagement.

● Implement the recruitment and selection process within a functional area, adhering to required processes and procedures, ensuring compliance and mitigating all risk.

● Execution

● Uses and applies the research on relevant skills pools externally.

● Delivers good calibre candidates in line with business needs, in line with transformation and talent attraction goals.

● Actively uses the resourcing capability to inform functional area on business trends and talents view within the external market.

● Understands the issues faced by business across Old mutual Insure and how these affect the implementation of the resourcing strategy

● Agree and support resourcing related initiatives/programmes and projects as agreed.

● Stakeholder Management

● Partners with the resourcing team, relevant junior business stakeholders as required.

● Responds to day to day enquiries from internal clients

● Engages external service providers to provide a value adding service.

● Initiates and maintains solid, credible working relationships with areas with across HR, business and Talent Management.

● Maintains a balance on enabling business whilst optimising cost effectiveness.

● Drive the continuous improvement culture and proactively seek feedback to ensure a successful climate

● Deliver on assignments with the correct governance, policy and technology support Paula Thembi Motaung

● Candidate pools within the eRecruitment system / ensure candidate generation channels are monitored and are producing results

● Reporting on time and accurately

ABSA – IT Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

January 2019 – June 2019 (6 Fixed Month contract)

Facilitate the talent attraction and selection process; and manage the termination process for exiting employees:

● Collate all competitive data and manage all communication with team and develop effective relationships with hiring manager to implement various strategies develop and maintain relationship with all recruitment process

● Design an efficient network for al centers and provide required training and implement various sourcing strategies and perform various retention activities.

● Design and maintain effective relationships with all business partners

● Maintain subject matter expertise and assist to source all candidates as per customer requirements.

● Deliver on strategic resourcing needs selected assignments within the portfolio.

● Understands the optimal resourcing solutions and processes to be delivered in accordance with resourcing architecture, taking into account business needs through both a pre-consult and ongoing business engagement.

● Implement the recruitment and selection process within a functional area, adhering to required processes and procedures, ensuring compliance and mitigating all risk.

● Stakeholder Management

● Execution

Old Mutual Insure – Senior Talent Acquisition Manager February 2017 – December 2018 (Contract Ended)

Facilitate the talent attraction and selection process; and manage the termination process for exiting employees:

● Collate all competitive data and manage all communication with team and develop effective relationships with hiring manager to implement various strategies develop and maintain relationship with all recruitment process

● Design an efficient network for al centers and provide required training and implement various sourcing strategies and perform various retention activities.

● Design and maintain effective relationships with all business partners

● Maintain subject matter expertise and assist to source all candidates as per customer requirements.

● Prepare an efficient network and design efficient workflow strategies for all internal and external research.

● Coordinate with stakeholders to incorporate all metrics into all talent acquisition systems.

● Maintain efficient and healthy system at all times and design various recruitment strategies and maintain pool of candidates at all times.

● Collaborate with hiring managers and design all recruitment plans.

● Provide support to all customers and analyze all business strategies and achieve all objectives and maintain efficient relationships with all business leaders.

● Ensure compliance to all company policies and recommend development to process if required and perform research on all various hiring practices. Paula Thembi Motaung

● Perform various candidate searches through efficient internet technology and participate in various cold calls to attain potential candidates and screen all candidates for interviews.

● Monitor all sourcing activities and manage all corporate resources and implement all applicant tacking systems and collaborate with hiring manager to perform all interviews.

● Manage all communication with candidates and schedule all interviews and make required travel arrangements and participate in screening process and review all candidate qualifications.

● Prepare reports for all recruitment statistics and maintain accuracy in system and document all process and ensure compliance to same. Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

● Deliver on strategic resourcing needs selected assignments within the portfolio.

● Understands the optimal resourcing solutions and processes to be delivered in accordance with resourcing architecture, taking into account business needs through both a pre-consult and ongoing business engagement.

● Implement the recruitment and selection process within a functional area, adhering to required processes and procedures, ensuring compliance and mitigating all risk. Execution

● Uses and applies the research on relevant skills pools externally.

● Delivers good calibre candidates in line with business needs, in line with transformation and talent attraction goals.

● Actively uses the resourcing capability to inform functional area on business trends and talents view within the external market.

● Understands the issues faced by business across Old mutual Insure and how these affect the implementation of the resourcing strategy

● Agree and support resourcing related initiatives / programmes and projects as agreed. Stakeholder Management

● Partners with the resourcing team, relevant junior business stakeholders as required.

● Responds to day to day enquiries from internal clients

● Engages external service providers to provide a value adding service.

● Initiates and maintains solid, credible working relationships with areas with across HR, business and Talent Management.

● Maintains a balance on enabling business whilst optimising cost effectiveness.

● Drive the continuous improvement culture and proactively seek feedback to ensure a successful climate

● Deliver on assignments with the correct governance, policy and technology support

● Candidate pools within the eRecruitment system / ensure candidate generation channels are monitored and are producing results

● Reporting on time and accurately

LandBank – Senior Talent Acquisition Partner/HRBP

January – September 2016 – End of Project

Facilitate the talent attraction and selection process; and manage the termination process for exiting employees:

● Identify business unit skills and workforce needs and receive a request for recruitment.

● Confirm with the line manager job requirements, employment equity target, salary, etc.

● Prepare the necessary documentation and secures the necessary approvals. Arrange with the Administrator to place internal and external advertisements.

● Oversee response handling of the vacancy and compile shortlist for the recruiting line Manager. Oversee interview scheduling and preparation i.e. documents, interview guide.

● Conduct interviews to identify suitable candidate and arrange for psychometric assessments where applicable

● Manage post selection process as per recruitment checklist and reference checks. Paula Thembi Motaung

● Process accepted offers and forward to Administrator HR Business Partner to compile letter of appointment

● Notify unsuccessful candidates accordingly and maintain a comprehensive recruitment report and submit to Line Manager for approval.

● Conduct an on-boarding/induction of the new recruitment on first day at work. Manage the termination process for exiting employees ensuring that the process is managed in accordance with the termination process.

● Manage the talent attraction and selection process in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements and within process allocated time frame

● Team of 2Administrators

Facilitate the implementation of talent retention strategies:

● Assist Line managers to identify talent for retention purposes

● Monitor retention in accordance with policies, procedures and legal requirements.

● Coordinate Learning and Development

Manage Performance Management

● Ensure all business units have performance management contracts.

● Ensure performance management contracts are collected on time.

● Send out reminder on quarterly performance reviews and provide advice to line management on the process

Ensure Compliance

● Review and analyse current legislation and regulations to determine and confirm the areas of compliance.

● Determine the areas of compliance, possible risks to the company and the impact on the business.

● Identify areas of non-compliance and develop appropriate action plans to address the non-compliance. Identify risk areas and develop risk mitigates to address the risk areas. Coordinate Employee Relations

● Advice and support Line Managers in effecting appropriate industrial relations processes e.g. disciplinary etc.

● Proactively manage employee relations matters before they escalate into grievances. Kelly – Account and Development Manager

September 2011 – December 2015 - Retrenched

● Execute the sales and service strategy of the company at branch level and visit existing clients to build secure relationships.

● Targeting and visiting new and prospective clients in line with company strategy. Be aware of all opportunities for increasing the client base and obtaining new business.

● Manage and handle client queries and take appropriate corrective action when needed.

● Perform regular business development for new clients and building existing relationships.

● Ensure integrity of information pertaining to clients and candidates on internal database.

● Marketing of top candidates/associates to clients. Monitor competitor movements and information and inform the Branch Manager.

● Take comprehensive detailed assignments and inform clients of the terms of business.

● Follow the correct Authority to Transact procedure for new clients following policies and procedures

● Loading assignments on database, detailing all information, including job description, invoicing requirements, etc.

● Assigning administrator to publish advertisements and advertising Jobs Online, career portals, etc. obtaining maximum response from suitably qualified candidates whilst complying with the Labour Relations Act.

● Conduct thorough research on RMS database and networking with branches in order to fill assignments.

Paula Thembi Motaung

● Handle responses from candidates with professionalism and arrange interviews as per required standards and applicable labour legislation.

● Ensure adherence to all client, SLA or standard business requirements and ensure payment terms of invoices, a complete statistics and financial information when required.

● Managing of Team 75 headcounts onsite

● Roles Level Tier 1, Executives to Admin

Emmanuel Advanced – Quest/Kelly/PAG

IT /Recruitment Team Leader - March 2009 – Aug 2011 Company taken over by Kelly

National Sales Projects

● Candidate research via internet – travelling national for the placements of candidates in the specified area ( Polokwane, Mpumalanga, Northwest etc) – Banking

● Headcounts of about +_107 onsite depending on seasonal intakes

● Screening incoming CV’s, conduct interviews around nationally depending on the project

● Drafting of reports and stakeholder engagement and implementing new strategies

● Placing ads / job specs on all relevant websites, preparing of CV’s to send to clients

● Working job orders (contracts & temp placements)

● Sending cv’s out to clients and follow up for client interviews processes

● Organising interviews for candidates to visit clients

● Conduct reference checks, ITC Checks

● Maintaining good client relationships

● Recording daily, weekly and monthly stats

● Mentoring / motivating of junior staff

● Team 5 Recruitment Consultants, 5 Administrators Call Centre Projects

● Placing of ads on relevant websites

● Prepping of cv’s and doing all QA according to specified order

● Screening Cv’s, conduct interviews (PTA, Gauteng and East Rand areas)

● Doing all ITC Checks accordingly

● Conduct disciplinary actions and liaising with senior management.

● Attending IR related meeting

Quality Assurance

● Conduct all National sales and call centre quality management accordingly,

● Systematically monitoring and evaluation of the various aspects of the project service or facility to maximize the probability that minimum standards of quality that are being attained by the production process

● Requesting of PCV’s through MIE and conducting all REDS

● Sending all requested documentation to relevant clients

● Conduct all refence checks and ITC check

Tlhalefang Placement

HR Administrator: April 2006 – Feb 2009 - New opportunity HR Administration

● Weekly sorting out timesheets

● Daily capturing of timesheets on spreadsheet

● Liaison with Courier Company

● Keeping a records of all HR related docs

● Ensuring that contracts are signed and all documents are correct

● Creating personal files for the candidates

● Creating reports of human resource documentation

● Conduct assessments, reference checks

Paula Thembi Motaung

● Conduct criminal, qualification, ID and ITC checks

● Assisting payroll (timesheet, invoices, payslip, etc Personal Assistant/Recruitment

● Diary management and booking of venues

● Management of database

● Recruitment and selection, screening candidates calls, cv’s and emails

● Maintenance of website and career junction

● Contracts management of all contractors & permanent employees

● Sourcing suitable candidates according to job order

● Informing successful candidates of start dates and details related

● Attend IR related meetings

● Diary Management and booking of venues

Capital Outsourcing Group

March 04 – March 06 (fixed Contract)

Recruitment administrator

● Recruitment and selection

● Typing of CV’s and reference checks

● Shortlist successful candidates

● Conducts reference checks and emailing to the clients

● Keeping a register of incoming and outgoing correspondence

● Organising Training for Ad hoc staff

● Receiving and issuing of employee and staff uniform

● Administrative work

HR Administrator

● Client and candidates liaison

● Faxing, copying and sequentially filing documents (Contracts)

● Conduct telephonic pre-screening of candidates

● Typing of CV’s for different clients

● Scheduling of interviews

● Short listing of candidates with clients

● Recruitment and placements

● Organising Training for Ad Hoc staff

● Receiving and issuing of employee and staff uniforms

● Administrative work

Personal Assistant

● Handling and screening in coming calls

● Opening of employees bank accounts

● Daily updating of database

● Faxing, copying and sequentially filing documents

● Keeping a register of incoming and outgoing correspondence

● Administrative work

● Assisting with reception, filing, payroll (calculating hours, timesheet, payroll etc) Paula Thembi Motaung



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