Recruitment Specialist - Telecommunications

Recruitment Specialist – Telecommunications

Location: Centurion, Gauteng 

Employment Type: Permanent – Full Time (In-house)

1. Key Responsibilities
1.1End-to-End Recruitment
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from role briefing through to offer stage.
• Advertise roles, screen candidates, coordinate interviews and manage offers.
• Ensure time-to-fill and quality-of-hire targets are met.

1.2 Telecommunications Talent Sourcing
• Source and attract niche candidates across telecommunications technical roles including:
o Network Engineers
o RF Engineers
o Transmission Engineers
o Network Operations and NOC specialists
o Core Network
o Technical support and infrastructure roles.

1.3 Candidate Screening
• Conduct initial candidate interviews and assess technical background and industry experience.
• Coordinate technical interviews with hiring managers.

1.4 Talent Pipeline Development
• Build and maintain candidate pipelines for telecommunications and technology roles.
• Maintain a strong network of industry candidates.

1.5 Recruitment Coordination
• Work closely with hiring managers to understand recruitment needs.
• Track recruitment progress and ensure timely hiring processes.
• Manage external recruiters.
• Maintain recruiter governance.

1.6 Stakeholder Management
• Partner with Hiring Executives/Managers 
• Ensure:
o Clean, executive-ready shortlists.
o Structured interview coordination.
o Provide weekly hiring updates.

1.7 Recruitment Governance & Reporting
• Enhance and maintain a centralised recruitment tracker or dashboard (Excel / Power BI aligned)
• Report on:
o Time-to-fill.
o Pipeline health.
o Recruiter performance.

• Ensure compliance with:
o POPIA.
o EE targets.
o Internal approval processes.

2. Minimum Requirements2.1 Education and Experience
• Degree/Diploma in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Administration or related field.
• 5–10 years proven recruitment experience.
• At least 3–5 years recruiting within telecommunications, ISP, or technology sectors.
• Experience recruiting technical or engineering roles is preferred.
• Experience in high growth / project environments.
• Experience working with hiring managers / executives.
•Exposure to recruitment analytics / dashboards.

3. Key Skills
• Attention to detail.
• Technical recruitment capability.
• Strong coordination & ownership.
• Strong sourcing and headhunting skills.
• Stakeholder management at executive level.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple recruitment processes simultaneously.
• Analytical & process-driven mindset.