Talent Acquisition Specialist

Job Role:

The role is responsible for leading the talent acquisition function and help organization hire top talent in a timely, efficient, and cost-effective manner. He/ she is responsible for talent attraction & sourcing strategies, candidate assessment, compliance and hiring standards, fluency in employer branding and corporate hiring initiatives. He/ she is expected to understand organizations growth plans, work in partnership with HR team members & business leaders to grow talent pipeline across the business.

Job Responsibilities:

1. End to End Recruitment Management:

• Manage the complete recruitment lifecycle from requisition approval to candidate onboarding.
• Lead sourcing initiatives through job portals, social media platforms, employee referrals, networking, and recruitment partners.
• Ensure quality screening, assessment, and selection processes.
• Monitor and improve recruitment turnaround times and hiring effectiveness.
• Drive closure of critical and business-sensitive positions within agreed timelines.

2. Stakeholder Management:

• Act as a trusted recruitment partner to business leaders and hiring managers.
• Conduct regular recruitment review meetings with stakeholders.
• Provide market intelligence, talent availability insights, and hiring recommendations.
• Ensure a positive hiring manager and candidate experience throughout the recruitment process

3.Stakeholder Management:

• Act as a trusted recruitment partner to business leaders and hiring managers.
• Conduct regular recruitment review meetings with stakeholders.
• Provide market intelligence, talent availability insights, and hiring recommendations.
• Ensure a positive hiring manager and candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.

4. Talent Pipeline & Employer Branding:

• Build and maintain talent pipelines for critical and recurring positions.
• Strengthen employer branding initiatives to attract quality talent.
• Develop and manage employee referral programs.
• Participate in networking forums, industry events, and talent engagement initiatives.

5. Candidate Experience:

• Ensure professional and positive candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Maintain timely communication with candidates at every stage of recruitment.
• Support employer branding efforts through candidate engagement and market representation.

6. Recruitment Process & Compliance:

• Ensure adherence to recruitment policies, approval workflows, and documentation requirements.
• Maintain complete and accurate recruitment records and audit-ready documentation.
• Support process improvement initiatives to enhance recruitment efficiency.

7. Market Intelligence & Salary Benchmarking

• Gather and share market intelligence on talent availability, compensation trends, and competitor hiring practices.
• Support salary benchmarking exercises for open positions and critical talent requirements.

8. Analytics & Reporting

• Maintain accurate recruitment trackers and candidate databases.
• Publish periodic recruitment status reports and dashboards.
• Track recruitment metrics such as TAT, source effectiveness, offer acceptance ratio, and joining ratio.

Education Qualification:

• Graduate in any discipline.
• MBA/PGDM in Human Resources preferred.