Principal Consultant - Executive Search

 

Recruiter:

Oxyon Human Capital Solutions

Job Ref:

JHB001474/MP

Date posted:

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Location:

Capetown, South Africa

Salary:

Market Related


SUMMARY:
Our Client is seeking an experienced Principal Consultant to manage delivery on senior level placements.

POSITION INFO:
Main Role:

  • This role suits those who enjoy running methodical and meticulous executive search processes.
  • Most of our mandates are repeat business, with the company nurturing longstanding relationships in the tech industry.
  • No new logo business development is required.
  • Working with international household names, but also having strong relationships in the start-up community.
  • Areas of expertise serve any B2B company, often with a recurring revenue model; mostly under the broad category of software, AI, cyber, data and IoT.
Key responsibilities:
  • Identifying, pre-qualifying, interviewing and assessing active and passive candidates for existing mandates to present to our clients.
  • Working with a Researcher who will help to identify candidates for you.
  • The briefs are specialist and whilst this is not volume recruitment, our searches are extensive.
  • The Principal Consultant will be trusted, autonomous and held to
    account on end results.
Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for screening, interviewing and assessing candidates
  • Forging and maintaining trusted relationships with clients and delivering top quality candidates
  • Articulating the client brand and role value proposition in a compelling way to senior talent
  • Crafting well positioned mandate pitches and briefs
  • Talent mapping and market research (supported by a researcher)
  • Candidate relationship management, including use of talent management software
  • Participation in other projects as needed
Requirements:
  • 5+ years of executive search experience
  • Demonstrable experience of running an executive search process effectively for senior roles
  • Comfortable communicating with C-level executives
  • Influential verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience with applicant tracking systems, talent relationship management systems and talent identification tools
  • Not essential to have sector or function experience
  • Bachelor’s degree preferable but not essential
  • Comfortable with ambiguity
  • Commercial approach to prioritising
  • An exceptional relationship builder with a polished and articulate manner
  • This is a homebased role. 
If you can run an executive search process effectively and would like to be at the front line of
candidate and client management for a growing executive headhunting firm, please do get in
touch.

 

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