By assisting organizations with their Tech & Finance recruitment, I champion and advocate the advantages of building a diverse pipeline, resulting in tangible benefits for both employers and job seekers.

 Researches, develops, recommends, and executes creative strategies to foster the organizations diversity goals. Acts as company liaison with government agencies concerning affirmative action and equal employment opportunities. Reviews current practices and policies, assessing and analyzing the extent to which they support or hinder the company’s diversity goals. Drafts and implements recruiting strategies to attract and partner with Black owned coding companies. Building the IT pipeline by creating innovative programs to attract potential IT staff (STEM initiatives, Women in IT Programs, Hack events etc.)  Creating diverse employee centric programs to increase the uptake of working in teams, promoting Agile, Design Thinking and Innovation.  Creating programs and initiatives that assist with Diversity and Inclusion  Building an innovation capability for the Information Technology area within Standard Bank that aligns with the Strategy for Diversity and Inclusion  Connecting with stakeholders and form strong relationships across the bank through developing initiatives and partnering with HR, Facilities management, Business and IT  Curate innovative ideas from problem statements to ensure they are well-formed, valuable and executable. Connect relevant business and IT stakeholders and work pro-actively with them to identify innovative Diversity and inclusion opportunities in their respective area’s and how we could support them.  Support business with frameworks, tools and methodologies (e.g. Design Thinking, Value Proposition Design, User Experience Mapping, etc.) in their program management efforts. Creation of an ideation platform through Hackathons and IT initiatives. Facilitation of Design Thinking sessions.

Review applications for available positions within the IT Infrastructure department Attend and promote graduate and internship sessions. Interviewing potential candidates Tracking IT project parameters (deliverables, status reports, dependencies, risks and expenditure) in the IT PMO.Providing feedback on project updates to executives and relevant stakeholders in project meetings and Steering Committee’s for decision making. Resource Management.Account Management. Monitoring, tracking and reporting of project issues Facilitating career discussions; identifying gaps in performance/skills and addressing skill retention specifically for Project Managers and PMO Staff.Collation of financial SAP extracts to facilitate budget monitoring.

Onboarding and Offboarding Staff Preparing and posting attractive job descriptions to online job boards or circulating via other channels like email or social media.Liaising with hiring managers.Actively sourcing candidates through head hunting (e.g. through linked-in) and job board searching.Scheduling and conducting interviews with potential hires via email, phone, video, or in person.Ensure candidates are kept up to date with feedback each step of the way.Maintain our Applicant Tracking System.Managing recruitment related administration.

Build and report on quarterly and annual hiring plansCreate and publish job ads in various portalsNetwork with potential hires through professional groups on social media and during eventsCollaborate with hiring managers to set qualification criteria for future employeesScreen resumes and job applicationsConduct initial phone screens to create shortlists of qualified candidatesInterview candidates in-person for a wide range of roles (junior, senior and executive)Track hiring metrics including time-to-hire, time-to-fill and source of hireTrain and advise hiring managers on interviewing techniques and assessment methods

Leveraging different platforms and online job boards to advertise open positions and engage with potential candidates.Applicant-sourcing via industry-specific pipelines, events and job fairs.Applicant tracking and candidate management.Applicant correspondence and conducting of interviews.Verification of applicant references and employment details.