Talent Acquisition Manager Employment Opportunity – DFCU Bank
Job Title: Talent Acquisition Manager
Organisation: DFCU Bank
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Head Human Capital
About US:
DFCU Bank is a fast growing commercial bank offering a variety of innovative products and services. DFCU Limited was started by the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) of the United Kingdom and the Government of Uganda through the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) under the name of Development Finance Company of Uganda Limited. Later restructuring brought in DEG (of Germany) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) as equal partners with CDC and UDC, each having a 25% stake in the company. Its objective was to support long-term development projects whose financing needs and risk did not appeal to the then existing financial commercial lending institutions.
Job Summary: The Talent Acquisition Manager will be responsible for the development and execution of the recruitment plan in terms of sourcing, screening, assessment, selection and onboarding of the right talent that matches the dynamic business needs and the Bank’s manpower plan while ensuring optimal staffing levels in the Bank. The role is also responsible for overall accountability for the quality of talent acquired and for conducting and analysing results of exit interviews to identify areas of improvement.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Understand business needs and talent gaps, short and long term, and engage functional heads and (using tools such as succession plans, annual resource plans, retirement or turnover indicators, etc.) to create short and long term plans to fill the gaps and ensure we have the talent/capabilities to drive strategy and achieve business plans.
- Maintain recruiting reports and dashboards to track and communicate metrics to the business.
- Cultivate and promote company branding internally and externally to attract top future talent:
- Lead university/ campus recruitment, focusing on universities with specialized programs, to identify and establish strong relationships with potential candidates.
- Create and oversee internship program for the Bank to provide an engaging and innovative experience for students through brand induction, strategic workshops, and career advising.
- Increase brand awareness by building and maintaining relationships with external organizations and social media platforms.
- Design roll out and review resourcing processes to build a strong employer brand.
- Provide the organization with the best practice, external benchmarks, and innovative solutions gained by networking through industry group & event participation, to college recruitment, agency relationships, etc., to make sure dfcu has the best approach to winning top talent.
- Review and put in place industry leading, reputable, and scalable tools and processes; testing and trying new ideas as often as possible.
- Comply with the dfcu talent acquisition policies, processes, and tools in line with employment legislation.
- Provide recruitment coaching and learning opportunities to hiring managers.
- Create an exceptional candidate experience that represents dfcu Bank employee experience.
- Support the business to define a meaningful Employee Value Proposition into the recruiting processes, language, tools, events and social media strategies.
- Involvement in talent mapping as part of career development and internal mobility.
- Manage relationship with external recruiting agencies.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The ideal applicant for the DFCU Bank Talent Acquisition Manager job must hold a Degree level education preferably in Social Sciences (BA Sociology, BBA, BA Social Policy, BA SWSA).
- Postgraduate or Masters in HRM or an MBA with a bias in HR is added advantage.
- Membership to HR professional body such as (MCIPD, SHRM, etc.)
- At Least 3 years of Generalist Human Resources Experience.
- At least 2 years’ experience at speciality level of the role.
- Industry and Banking business awareness.
- Leadership and managerial skills.
- Demonstrated exceptional communication skills (verbal, written and presentation) at all levels.
- Excellent negotiation skills.
- Excellent problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Good organisation skills.
- High degree of business and or professional networks.
- Expert knowledge of the Uganda labour laws and familiarity with the International Labour laws.
- Highly collaborative with people with the ability to build relationships quickly.
- Influential to executives, colleagues and peers coming from a “we” orientation.
- Can play “high and low”, operating at both a strategic and tactical level, often and with ease.
- Gets things done, with both a short and long-term view in mind.
- Pragmatic and outcome-oriented, leveraging data to make decisions.
- Successfully establishing credibility, trust and excellent working relationships with candidates as well as internal and external stakeholders.
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment with exceptional organizational skills and ability to re-prioritize on a consistent basis.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to send applications with detailed CV’s including present position and copies of relevant professional/academic certificates (University Transcript, O & A level) to the email address indicated below; Vacanciesbank@dfcugroup.com
Deadline: 19th February 2020