Talent Acquisition Specialist (Definite Contract)

Our client, a global manufacturing company within the Pharma / Medical Device field is recruiting for a Talent Acquisition Specialist on a definite contract basis to support mainly on a specific project requiring additional support on the recruitment front. Your duties will include;

Leading recruiting activities through to successful hire with a strong focus on direct, candidate identification and sourcing of talent

Collaborating with Hiring Manager to create impactful advertising, driving engagement across social media, talent identification and headhunting and proactive solicitation of referrals

Using recruitment marketing and branding materials effectively to engage and communicate with internal and external talent

Delivering an engaging candidate experience by uncovering and understanding factors that influence talent, knowing their motivators and adjusting your approach to manage a variety of situations

Understanding and accurately representing the company's total compensation philosophy when managing offer negotiations

Coaching candidates on how to effectively prepare for selection stages and provide feedback in a timely manner in accordance with local legislation and recruitment best practices 

Managing and updating requisitions through to completion including responsibility for ensuring real time system updates

Identifying and escalating risk or compliance issues

Collaborating with the business to understand critical and repeatable roles to inform talent pipelining strategy

Attending marketing or industry events, community networking as required

Monitoring and analysing recruitment activity of your business areas to support meaningful conversation around volumes, performance and forecasting

Participating in continuous improvement projects

Skill-sets and Requirements

• Previous experience in 360 recruiting within a global organization, preferably within healthcare, medical technology or pharmaceutical sector
• Experience conducting behavioral based interviews for a variety of roles and successful use of assessment methodologies to facilitate ‘right first time’ hiring
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and proven experience in business partnering, ideally within an in-house environment
• Proven capability using recruiting technologies (ATS and CRMs) and direct sourcing tools and techniques
• Based in Malta and able to accommodate occasional travel to meet the needs stakeholders and candidate

Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job Reference: CU545