360 Tech Recruiter

Tech Recruiter (360)

Basic & Commission Structure dependent on Level

Work from Home (Always)

A 360 recruiter in the Progressive Edge Recruitment business is critical in identifying, sourcing and placing top technical talent for our valued clients across Cape Town.  You will also need to be excited about bringing in new business and landing clients – your area of expertise lies in both partnering with companies who have resourcing and recruitment needs, as well as recruiting great talent and walking them through the recruitment process while having a fun doing so. You will be responsible for proactively sourcing, screening, interviewing, and placing qualified candidates, and partnering with your client throughout the full recruitment cycle. The ideal candidate for this role will thrive in a small, but fast-paced boutique specialist agency and will work with a small team and a few external partners.

Our Value Proposition

We are group of very different individuals who all love recruitment – this is a rare thing but a prerequisite for working for Progressive Edge Consulting.  This isn’t just a job.  This a role where you affect the lives of candidates, help our clients progress with their needs, and drive processes to ensure that quality matches are being made, in an ethical and efficient way.

We are completely remote, and paper free and use technology to keep us focused, organised and together.

Here’s who we are looking for from a personality perspective, is this you?

• A self driven individual who cares about quality and takes pride in the work they produce
• A person who values their reputation, and conducts their work in an honest and ethical manner
• You need to actually enjoy recruitment – not everyone does, we are looking for those rare gems who do
• The ideal candidate will think out the box when needed, to find solutions to recruitment challenges
• You naturally build strong relationships, you have a kind demeaner, but can be firm when required
• You are interested in, and excited by technology
• Ability to look up and learn new areas of technologies that you don’t have exposure to independently and continuously build your knowledge in this area to ensure more effective matches across various stacks and areas of technology
• You have a sense of humour, along with a strong moral compass

• You are people centric, and have a genuine care for the wellbeing of others

These are the kinds of things that will keep you busy

• Build up a client base to service from a recruitment perspective
• Research, source, identify and interview candidates for open positions allocated to you
• Where necessary allocate your overflow roles to candidate focused recruiters within the business
• Walk both clients & candidates though the entire recruitment cycle
• Update and maintain the ATS giving care to data quality
• Update & maintain both Project Management tools and activity sheets
• Both permanent and contracting positions may form part of your portfolio
• Work with the team in streamlining processes to continuously improve business processes and workflows
• Continuously attract talent by using multiple sources to advertise and recruit
• Continuously build a talent pipeline and referral network
• Negotiating offers
• Ad-hoc administrative duties
• Develop and update job descriptions
• Efficiently manage a strong candidate flow to the team
• Identify and implement new innovative ways to source and connect with talent
• Mentor more junior recruiters and share knowledge wherever you can
• Contribute to the culture of the team

Requirements

• 3 to 4 years experience in AGENCY Recruitment
• Experience in hiring for IT / Tech related positions essential
• Experience supporting a fast-paced organization.
• Experience using an ATS (applicant tracking system)
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent organizational skills
• Exceptional communication skills – both written and verbal
• You need to have both the ability and confidence to engage with high level senior candidates

Note:  All applications without a tech recruitment focus, or those with no Agency recruitment experience will be rejected.  We are specifically looking for an experience Tech recruiter for this role.