Early Careers Recruitment Consultant - South Africa | Fixed-Term

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 - Design and deliver end-to-end Early Careers recruitment strategies for graduate, intern and apprenticeship programmes across assigned regions or disciplines. - Partner with Hiring Managers and business leaders to define hiring needs, forecast demand and shape selection approaches. - Build and maintain proactive talent pipelines through universities, events, digital channels and targeted outreach. - Manage full-cycle recruitment activity including screening, interviews, selection decisions, offers and intern conversion processes. - Apply structured assessment approaches to evaluate candidates fairly and consistently against role requirements. - Deliver an inclusive and high-quality candidate experience throughout the recruitment lifecycle. - Represent the organisation at careers fairs, university events and external engagements to strengthen employer brand and visibility. - Use data and recruitment insights to monitor pipeline health, improve conversion rates and inform hiring decisions. - Collaborate with Talent Attraction colleagues to ensure seamless coordination of assessment processes and candidate flow. - Contribute to continuous improvement of Early Careers programmes, including EDI initiatives and process enhancements. REQUIREMENTS - Experience delivering Early Careers, campus or high-volume recruitment in a fast-paced environment. - Strong ability to build trusted relationships with Hiring Managers and senior stakeholders. - Demonstrated capability in sourcing, engaging and converting early talent pipelines. - Strong understanding of structured assessment and selection methodologies. - Ability to manage multiple hiring programmes simultaneously with strong prioritization skills. - Confident communication skills with the ability to influence and advise stakeholders. - Experience using recruitment systems, data and reporting to drive decision-making. - Strong commitment to inclusive hiring practices and candidate experience excellence. - Comfortable working in a changing, high-volume environment with seasonal peaks. Originally posted on Himalayas