Candidate Manager / Sourcing Specialist

  • Wellington
  • Full time
  • HR & Recruitment
  • Posted 19 days ago

Job Description

Candidate Manager / Sourcing Specialist

  • Wellington CBD
  • Career development opportunities
  • Competitive remuneration

We have an exciting opportunity for a Candidate Manager or a Sourcing Specialist to join the Business Transformation and IT team in our Wellington office. You will play a pivotal role in supporting and working alongside our high-performing consultants.

Whether you are an experienced candidate manager, a consultant who prefers sourcing over business development or looking to make a career move to work in recruitment we want to hear from you.

You will work within a portfolio of both contract and permanent roles across the private and public sector, recruiting roles such as Project Managers, Business Analysts, Cyber Security professionals and Developers (to name a few). This is a great opportunity to get into the IT & Business Transformation recruitment market (one of the most buoyant and fast-moving markets within recruitment), this will open a tremendous amount of doors for career growth and development.

It's a great role and in return, you'd work with a very high performing team, a genuinely great work culture, and receive a competitive remuneration.

Duty and responsibilities:
  • Assist in sourcing and interacting with a wide range of candidates across the Change, Transformation and IT sector (this involves calling candidates, f2f interviews, headhunting, chasing referrals etc)
  • Manage a database of candidates – you’ll be expected to add new candidates and manage existing relationships
  • Assist in general admin from time to time to help remove roadblocks for our consultants
  • Attend client meetings and job briefs with our consultants; thus allowing you to be fully engaged with the recruitment process
  • Assist the consultants with managing the recruitment journey for the candidate
  • Conduct interview prep and references
  • Work collaboratively with other Candidate Managers across the business to share ideas, create best practice and ensure a great candidate experience
  
Skills needed:
  • A can-do attitude and a strong personality with the ability to show resilience
  • Good communication skills with the ability to present yourself well internally and externally
  • Previous sourcing experience is a plus. However, if you are a quick learner we can teach and upskill you
  • Be a team player and show initiative to help remove barriers (we work together and celebrate as a team)
  • Ability to work with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
  • Other areas of experience we will consider applications from include; sales or call centre environments, as well as highly motivated and driven university graduates that are looking for a rewarding career.  
   
What you’ll get in return:
  • All the latest tools and equipment to help you be successful (LinkedIn Recruiter, Seek Premium, Laptop, Mobile phone subsidised, etc).
  • Support and encouragement from our consultants (they will teach and upskill you, and get you involved in the whole recruitment process to allow for maximum career development opportunities)
  • Opportunity to genuinely change people’s lives every single day
  • You get to work with a proudly 100% New Zealand owned and operated organisation, in a fun-loving and dynamic team.
  • Quarterly ‘mental health days’ which is on top of your annual leave; allowing you to take a day off to do anything you like  

Being part of Momentum is not just having a "job". Our people have an extraordinary customer service ethic and excellent social skills. Our values play an important part in determining the type of people and behaviours we believe define our brand.