Early Careers Recruitment Consultant - South Africa (Remote) | Fixed-Term

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.

Responsibilities

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.