Recruitment Specialist (Technical / Telecommunications)

SUMMARY:
The companies’ networks is a leading telecommunications infrastructure provider in South Africa, supporting enterprise connectivity through advanced network technologies and ongoing infrastructure expansion.
 
This role offers the opportunity to work closely with technical leadership and contribute to building the
talent base required for the company’s continued growth.

POSITION INFO:
Key Responsibilities

End-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.

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

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

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

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

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

• Enhance and maintain a centralised recruitment tracker or dashboard (Excel / Power BI aligned)
• Report on:
• Time-to-fill.
• Pipeline health.
• Recruiter performance.
• Ensure compliance with:
• EE targets.
• Internal approval processes.

• 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.

• 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.