Recruitment Consultant (Talent Acquisition)

Cape Town, South Africa Posted on 25/02/2026

The Recruitment Consultant is responsible for managing high quality, face to face candidate interviews while building strong relationships with clients and campaign managers.

This role focuses on selecting suitable candidates through in person assessments, understanding client requirements, and ensuring smooth recruitment delivery across various campaigns.

The ideal candidate is professional, confident, and skilled at balancing people focused interviewing with stakeholder engagement and operational efficiency.

Full 360 Recruitment Life Cycle

• Manage the complete recruitment process from job intake to onboarding.
• Conduct job briefings with clients and campaign managers to understand requirements.
• Source, screen, interview, shortlist, and present qualified candidates.
• Coordinate the offer process, negotiate terms when required, and support onboarding.
• Maintain strong post placement relationships with candidates and clients.
• Assess candidate suitability, professionalism, communication style, and role fit.
• Provide a high quality candidate experience and ensure interview standards are upheld.
• Prepare interview notes and recommendations for hiring teams and campaign managers.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with clients and campaign managers.
• Attend client meetings to discuss role requirements, updates, and candidate profiles.
• Provide expert hiring recommendations based on interview outcomes and campaign needs.
• Ensure consistent communication and alignment across all recruitment activities.

• Manage the full recruitment cycle from vacancy intake to candidate placement.
• Create job adverts, manage applications, and maintain candidate pipelines.
• Coordinate interview schedules, assessments, and client feedback sessions.
• Support onboarding processes where required.

• Source candidates through job boards, social media, referrals, and community engagement.
• Build a strong talent pool tailored to client and campaign requirements.

• Maintain accurate candidate records within the ATS.
• Ensure all interviews, documentation, and background checks comply with internal policies and labor regulations.
• Prepare candidate summaries, shortlist reports, and recruitment documentation.

• Provide clients and campaign managers with regular recruitment updates.
• Track metrics such as interview to placement ratio, pipeline status, and turnaround times.
• Contribute to weekly or monthly recruitment performance reports.
• Strong interpersonal and face to face interviewing skills
• Confident communicator able to engage with clients, campaign managers and candidates
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Ability to assess candidate suitability quickly and accurately
• Professional, approachable, and able to handle high volume recruitment
• Proficiency in CRM/ATS systems and MS Office
• Strong problem solving and multitasking abilities

• Matric / High School Diploma Required
• HR, Business, or related tertiary qualification Advantageous
• 1-3 years' recruitment or client facing experience Preferred
• Strong presence on LinkedIn or Network, familiar with job boards and ATS (Zoho) Advantagoues
• Exposure to high volume hiring or bulk recruitment Essential

• Confident, energetic, and people focused
• Resilient and adaptable
• Professional and customer centric
• Driven, proactive, and able to work independently