Director - Talent Acquisition

Key Areas of Responsibility:

Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning:

- Work with business leaders to understand current and upcoming manpower requirements.

- Translate business plans into practical recruitment strategies and hiring priorities.

- Assess talent availability across relevant markets and advise stakeholders on recruitment approaches.

- Provide insights on hiring trends, compensation levels, skill availability, and competitive talent markets.

- Develop forward-looking talent pipelines for critical and recurring requirements.

- Identify opportunities for internal mobility and external recruitment based on organizational needs.

- Ensure recruitment practices support diversity and equal opportunity.

Leadership & Team Management:

- Lead and mentor the talent acquisition team and provide direction on recruitment priorities.

- Set clear expectations and monitor individual and team performance.

- Coach recruiters on sourcing, interviewing coordination, candidate engagement, negotiation, and offer management.

- Review recruitment workloads and allocation of hiring mandates across the team.

- Encourage consistent recruitment practices and professional candidate handling.

- Support team members in resolving complex hiring situations and stakeholder challenges.

Recruitment Technology & Analytics:

- Drive effective utilization of ATS and other recruitment management systems.

- Explore technology-assisted sourcing, screening, and recruitment solutions.

- Use recruitment data to identify hiring trends and areas requiring attention.

- Prepare periodic recruitment reports and management dashboards.

- Track indicators such as hiring turnaround, source effectiveness, offer conversion, candidate pipeline health, and hiring quality.

- Use data to support improvements in recruitment planning and execution.