Early Careers Recruitment Consultant - South Africa | Fixed-Term

YOUR DAY IN THE LIFE

The Early Careers Recruiter plays a pivotal role in shaping the future workforce by attracting, engaging and hiring high-quality graduates and interns across regions and disciplines. Working in partnership with Hiring Managers, Talent Attraction colleagues and wider stakeholders, you will design and deliver inclusive, data-driven recruitment strategies that ensure access to diverse early talent pipelines.

You will act as a trusted advisor across Early Careers hiring, combining market insight, structured selection expertise and a strong focus on candidate experience. This is a role for someone who enjoys building long-term talent pipelines, delivering assessment excellence and representing the organisation in the early talent market.

YOU WILL

• Design and deliver end-to-end Early Careers recruitment strategies for graduate, intern and apprenticeship programmes across assigned regions or disciplines.

• Partner with Hiring Managers and business leaders to define hiring needs, forecast demand and shape selection approaches.

• Build and maintain proactive talent pipelines through universities, events, digital channels and targeted outreach.

• Manage full-cycle recruitment activity including screening, interviews, selection decisions, offers and intern conversion processes.

• Apply structured assessment approaches to evaluate candidates fairly and consistently against role requirements.

• Deliver an inclusive and high-quality candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

• Represent the organisation at careers fairs, university events and external engagements to strengthen employer brand and visibility.

• Use data and recruitment insights to monitor pipeline health, improve conversion rates and inform hiring decisions.

• Collaborate with Talent Attraction colleagues to ensure seamless coordination of assessment processes and candidate flow.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of Early Careers programmes, including EDI initiatives and process enhancements.

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience delivering Early Careers, campus or high-volume recruitment in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong ability to build trusted relationships with Hiring Managers and senior stakeholders.

• Demonstrated capability in sourcing, engaging and converting early talent pipelines.

• Strong understanding of structured assessment and selection methodologies.

• Ability to manage multiple hiring programmes simultaneously with strong prioritization skills.

• Confident communication skills with the ability to influence and advise stakeholders.

• Experience using recruitment systems, data and reporting to drive decision-making.

• Strong commitment to inclusive hiring practices and candidate experience excellence.

• Comfortable working in a changing, high-volume environment with seasonal peaks.

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