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Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Genesis AnalyticsSenior Talent Acquisition Specialist
Jul. 2016Johannesburg Area, South Africa๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜: ๐˜„๐˜„๐˜„.๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€-๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€.๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ.
Recruitment Executive
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, AfricaRecruitment Executive
Jan. 2015 - Feb. 2016Johannesburg Area, South AfricaRecruited back by WSP after six months at AECOM. Headhunter and rare skills resource specialist in the EPC/M space. Dedicated to resourcing of the Medupi Power Station Project in Lephalale, Limpopo Province, South Africa for and on behalf of the Resident Engineer, WSP I Parsons Brinckerhoff Africa. Was responsible for strategic and high-level hires and worked closely with the Project Director, Human Resources Manager and Commercial Manager in all matters related to the staffing and resourcing of the project from an engineering perspective.
Talent Acquisition Lead - Africa
AECOMTalent Acquisition Lead - Africa
Jul. 2014 - Dec. 2014Johannesburg Area, South AfricaWas responsible for all recruitment activities in Africa at AECOM. Managed a team of 5 Senior Recruitment Specialists and was directly involved with all strategic hires for the region. Built and transformed recruiting processes and functions within the organisation to drive efficiency and recruit top, diverse talent across several projects and geographical areas on the African continent.
Recruitment Manager - Africa Region
Parsons BrinckerhoffRecruitment Manager - Africa Region
Jun. 2013 - Jun. 2014JohannesburgFull recruitment function for the African region, inclusive of sourcing โ€œbest of breed" talent for the flagship project, the Medupi Power Plant project, as well as all other projects and divisions being : Mining, Environmental, Power Generation, Major Projects, Networks, Quality Services, Rail, SHEQ and all Corporate Support and Operations roles. Developed internal talent acquisition capacity and implemented best practice processes throughout the business whilst promoting Employment Equity.
Corporate Talent Acquisition Specialist / Headhunter
Parsons BrinckerhoffCorporate Talent Acquisition Specialist / Headhunter
Apr. 2012 - Jun. 2013Johannesburg Area, South AfricaFocused on the recruitment of local and expatriate talent for various positions on projects EPC/M and large mining infrastructure projects in Southern Africa. Global Mining business was a joint venture initiative of Parsons Brinckerhoff and Balfour Beatty.
General Manager - Recruitment (Unafrisol)
EPI-USEGeneral Manager - Recruitment (Unafrisol)
Dec. 2007 - Apr. 2012Pretoria Area, South AfricaResponsible for effective implementation of the overall business strategy. Defining of business goals to ensure maximum market share for a niche market executive sourcing firm.
Executive Search Consultant (Unafrisol)
EPI-USEExecutive Search Consultant (Unafrisol)
Jan. 2005 - Nov. 2007Pretoria Area, South AfricaSpecialist head hunter responsible for the sourcing and recruitment of executive candidates from various disciplines and industries for both local and international Clients.
Project Manager
DeloitteProject Manager
Apr. 2003 - Nov. 2004Pretoria Area, South AfricaManaged a project for the Forensics Division on site at Client. Was responsible for business process analysis and re-engineering and project managing 120+ staff.
Executive Search Consultant
PwCExecutive Search Consultant
Mar. 2002 - Mar. 2003Pretoria Area, South AfricaResponsible for implementation of contractorโ€™s recruitment division within PwC in order to supply external clients with skilled contractors for various projects in the Public and Private sectors.
Talent Manager
Effectiveness Company & Execution BoxTalent Manager
Sep. 2001 - Feb. 2002Johannesburg Metropolitan AreaManaged entire recruitment and talent process on all outsource contracts (Vodacom, e-Bucks, Discovery Health, etc) as well as Beyond Outsourcing HQ. Managed the entire recruitment and talent process on all outsource contracts (Vodacom, e-Bucks, Discovery Health, etc) as well as Beyond Outsourcing HQ.
Accountant
Effectiveness Company & Execution BoxAccountant
Jul. 2000 - Aug. 2001Johannesburg Metropolitan AreaBookkeeping up to Trial Balance (11 sets of books / bank accounts).
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