Specialist, Recruitment

Job Purpose

As a Specialist, Recruitment, you will be responsible for sourcing, engaging and hiring for positions across SMRT, from non-executive to managerial positions. You will partner hiring managers in identifying the best-fit candidates; and be a trusted advisor to candidates, guiding them through the recruitment process.  

Responsibilities

• Work with HR business partners to determine the recruitment demands and requirements  
• Partner hiring managers in the recruitment efforts by understanding their requirements and provide advice when required to identify the best-fit candidates while ensuring fair employment opportunities for all candidates  
• Manage and execute the entire recruitment process - from managing job advertisements, sourcing for candidates, interview arrangements, to offer, acceptance and ensuring candidates complete and clear their pre-employment checks  
• Build and maintain a strong pipeline 
• Provide a positive candidate experience at every touchpoint 
• Monitor recruitment metrics and continuously enhance processes to optimize and increase productivity and quality of candidates  
• Contribute to employer branding initiatives and represent SMRT at recruitment fairs and events when required 

Qualifications & Work Experience

• At least 3 years of experience as a recruiter, either in-house or with agency  
• Preferably with prior experience in both large scale recruitment of non-executive positions and sourcing or headhunting candidates for executive and managerial positions 
• As you will be required to support Bus Captain recruitment where we receive high volume of Chinese-speaking only candidates, proficiency in Chinese is a must  

Skills

Technical skills include:

• Familiar with the different recruitment channels and platforms for attracting and sourcing candidates (e.g. JobStreet, LinkedIn) 
• Familiar with SucessFactors and its Applicant Tracking System (ATS) 
• Good knowledge of Singapore’s labour laws and legislations as well as Tripartite Guidelines on Fair Employment Practices (TGFEP) 

Generic skills include:

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with different levels  
• Self-motivated, energetic and able to multi-task and work under pressure to achieve targets  
• Delivers timely, accurate and high-quality work regardless of work situations  
• Strong team player; open to share knowledge and experiences and learn new ones from the team  
• Able to identify gaps to improve recruitment processes for maximum workflow efficiencies