Centurion: Recruitment Specialist – Telecommunications

Recruitment Specialist – Telecommunications Location: Centurion, Gauteng Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time (In-house) 1. Key Responsibilities 1.1End-to-End Recruitment • Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from role briefing through to offer stage. • Advertise roles, screen candidates, coordinate interviews and manage offers. • Ensure time-to-fill and quality-of-hire targets are met. 1.2 Telecommunications Talent Sourcing • Source and attract niche candidates across telecommunications technical roles including: o Network Engineers o RF Engineers o Transmission Engineers o Network Operations and NOC specialists o Core Network o Technical support and infrastructure roles. 1.3 Candidate Screening • Conduct initial candidate interviews and assess technical background and industry experience. • Coordinate technical interviews with hiring managers. 1.4 Talent Pipeline Development • Build and maintain candidate pipelines for telecommunications and technology roles. • Maintain a strong network of industry candidates. 1.5 Recruitment Coordination • Work closely with hiring managers to understand recruitment needs. • Track recruitment progress and ensure timely hiring processes. • Manage external recruiters. • Maintain recruiter governance. 1.6 Stakeholder Management • Partner with Hiring Executives/Managers • Ensure: o Clean, executive-ready shortlists. o Structured interview coordination. o Provide weekly hiring updates. 1.7 Recruitment Governance & Reporting • Enhance and maintain a centralised recruitment tracker or dashboard (Excel / Power BI aligned) • Report on: o Time-to-fill. o Pipeline health. o Recruiter performance. • Ensure compliance with: o POPIA. o EE targets. o Internal approval processes. 2. Minimum Requirements2.1 Education and Experience • Degree/Diploma in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Administration or related field. • 5–10 years proven recruitment experience. • At least 3–5 years recruiting within telecommunications, ISP, or technology sectors. • Experience recruiting technical or engineering roles is preferred. • Experience in high growth / project environments. • Experience working with hiring managers / executives. •Exposure to recruitment analytics / dashboards. 3. Key Skills • Attention to detail. • Technical recruitment capability. • Strong coordination & ownership. • Strong sourcing and headhunting skills. • Stakeholder management at executive level. • Excellent communication and organisational skills. • Ability to manage multiple recruitment processes simultaneously. • Analytical & process-driven mindset.