Resourcing Specialist - Sub-Saharan Africa at British Council

Working within the SSA Regional Resourcing Team, this role will actively contribute to the provision of professional recruitment services ensuring the right people are in the right posts at the right time. The Resourcing Specialist will support the delivery of resourcing targets, supporting and coaching line managers in conjunction with HR colleagues in the Region. By providing strong, proactive administrative support, an efficient end to end best practice recruitment process will be delivered to our stakeholders internally and externally (customers, candidates, suppliers), resulting in recruitment campaigns being delivered well and to time.

Role specific knowledge and experience:

The main essential knowledge and experience points that we are looking for you to evidence are:

• Degree in Human Resources/ related discipline or equivalent by experience (progressive years)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Sound attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in information and reporting, clear messaging and consistent standard
• Strong self-management including prioritisation and delivery of objectives against varying deadlines and activities
• Exposure to working within a busy fast paced environment while meeting tight deadlines
• Sound evidence of providing high level administrative support to individuals and teams
• Evidence of acting as the first point of contact within a customer focussed environment
• Engagement with varying levels and types of stakeholders and exposure to working with confidential information
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in recruiter role
• Understanding of relevant employment legislation in SSA countries and equal employment opportunity best practice
• Direct sourcing experience and managing end to end recruitment campaigns

Desirable Experience:

• CIPD qualified or equivalent
• Proactive and innovative in relation to delivering strong attraction and recruitment results
• Some previous knowledge of HR systems such as MyHR (SAP)
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion hiring techniques
• Data Analytics
• Proficiency in MS Excel especially working with Pivot Tables and functions