Talent Acquisition Specialist

Step into a Talent Acquisition Specialist role in King William's Town and make your mark across Eastern Cape. The team is hiring now and wants to hear from sharp, committed candidates.

About This Position

This Talent Acquisition Specialist role has been briefed against a clear set of outcomes for King William's Town. The successful candidate will work alongside an established team and will be expected to contribute meaningfully to the hr jobs pipeline across Eastern Cape.

Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.

Quality is everyone's job. Whether the Talent Acquisition Specialist is processing a transaction, supporting a colleague or handling a customer query, the standard expected in Eastern Cape is consistently high and consistently fair.

Reasonable working hours and respectful planning are part of how the role runs. The team values strong delivery, and load is balanced fairly across the hr jobs group in King William's Town.

A Typical Day

Your day is people-shaped from the moment you log in. You move between recruitment screens, manager calls, payroll queries and the occasional sensitive conversation that needs your full attention. Mid-morning you might be running an onboarding session for new starters, and by the afternoon you're back at your desk preparing EE or B-BBEE reports. Through it all, you balance compliance with care, making sure that policies are followed and people are heard.

The rhythm rewards people who plan ahead but also pivot quickly when Eastern Cape operations throw up the unexpected.

Importantly, the King William's Town office buzzes through peak hours and settles into focused, productive lulls in between, giving you time to plan and reset before the next stretch of work.

No two days look exactly the same — and that variety is part of what keeps the role engaging for the right candidate in King William's Town.

Your Future Here

Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The hr jobs space in King William's Town offers a clear runway from delivery into team leadership and beyond, and managers sit down with each team member regularly to map out the next step in Eastern Cape.

Training is a mix of formal courses, structured on-the-job learning and exposure to broader projects, all geared at building practical skills.

Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in King William's Town have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Eastern Cape.

Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every King William's Town team member.

Meet the Team

You will join a tight-knit, collaborative team that knows the hr jobs side of the business inside out. The King William's Town group is a healthy mix of experienced operators and newer joiners, all of whom share a strong commitment to delivery and to one another.

Importantly, the team mix in King William's Town reflects a balance of experienced operators and emerging talent, with deliberate space for diverse voices and backgrounds.

Collaboration is the default working mode. Whether picking up a quick query or working through a complex project, you will find colleagues willing to lean in and help.

Line management is hands-on without being heavy. Expect regular one-to-ones, honest feedback and the support needed to do good work consistently.

Working in King William's Town

Working in King William's Town means a place within the Coega Industrial Development Zone, with a steady flow of activity and a strong local economy. The team has built solid relationships across the Eastern Cape region, and the King William's Town office benefits from those long-standing connections.

Accessibility is taken seriously: where the role allows, the team works toward a balance of in-office presence and flexibility for candidates based in and around King William's Town.

If you are relocating, the team can share practical pointers on neighbourhoods, transport and the typical pace of life in King William's Town, Eastern Cape.

Many candidates already living within reach of King William's Town cite the location as one of the role's quiet wins, with shorter commutes and a real sense of being plugged into the local Eastern Cape economy.

Key Outputs

• Compile workforce reports for EE, B-BBEE and skills development submissions
• Coordinate performance management cycles and calibration sessions
• Coordinate training, learnerships and bursary programmes with SETAs
• Manage end-to-end recruitment from briefing to onboarding
• Champion transformation and inclusion across all people processes

What You'll Need

• Excellent written and verbal communication in English
• Sound knowledge of the LRA, BCEA, EEA and Skills Development Act
• Project management skills for HR initiatives and rollouts
• Coaching mindset with the ability to support line managers
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret HR metrics

Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.