Early Careers Recruitment Consultant - South Africa | Fixed-Term

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📅 Posted 2026-07-22 · via Himalayas

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

REQUIREMENTS

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

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

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

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Strong understanding of structured assessment and selection methodologies.

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

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

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

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Strong commitment to inclusive hiring practices and candidate experience excellence.

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

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