FirstRand

Talent Sourcing Manager

Johannesburg Full time

Job Description

This role operates as a Talent Acquisition Lead and strategic hiring partner, combining recruitment delivery, talent sourcing strategy, workforce insight and stakeholder advisory. You will partner with business leaders to forecast hiring demand, build sustainable talent pipelines, and deliver recruitment outcomes that balance speed, quality, candidate experience and governance.

Hello, future Talent Sourcing Manager

An exciting opportunity exists for a Talent Sourcing Manager within our FNB Personal Segment. This role offers the chance to lead strategic talent sourcing and recruitment for roles that sit at the heart of our personal banking and customer‑centric environment.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Improve business decisions by providing accurate and reliable business intelligence (information) together with analysing trends and data.

  • Investigate, analyse and develop organisational best practices, ensuring and encouraging adherence to an operational framework of policies and procedures.

  • Participate in specialist communities of practice and contribute positively to own and organisational knowledge improvement.

  • Identify, manage and drive utilization of sourcing channels/tools that meet the business requirements and achieve efficiencies across business.

  • Monitor the effectiveness of vacancy and recruitment processes and identify improvements in order to meet critical sourcing needs.

  • Identify risks in area of specialisation.

  • Perform talent mapping and talent pipelines as a proactive means of adding competitive advantage, mitigating business risk and to minimise skill shortages.

  • Identify and prioritise the recruitment and selection of positions and sourcing of individuals to optimally address critical and scarce skills.

  • Lead end to end talent acquisition across high volume recruitment and niche/scarce skills hiring

  • Design and execute differentiated talent sourcing and recruitment strategies

  • Align hiring delivery to workforce plans, hiring forecasts and business priorities

  • Use recruitment analytics (time to hire, pipeline health, offer acceptance) to inform decisions

  • Provide market insight and hiring intelligence to stakeholders

  • Translate role requirements into skills-based sourcing strategies

  • Influence hiring decisions using data and market realities

  • Drive continuous improvement in recruitment efficiency and quality

  • Support employer branding and referral initiatives

  • Ensure a consistent, fair and engaging candidate experience across the recruitment lifecycle

  • Ensure recruitment processes comply with policy, legislation and governance standards

  • Identify and manage recruitment risks and audit requirements

  • Lead, coach and develop a team of talent sourcing / recruitment professionals

  • Build capability across analytics, stakeholder consulting and specialist sourcing

  • Drive performance, accountability and continuous improvement

Qualifications and Experience:

  • Minimum qualification: A post‑matric qualification at NQF Level 6 or higher, such as a Diploma or Degree, is required.

  • Preferred qualification: Relevant Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management or similar

Experience:

  • 4 - 6 years relevant experience in Talent Acquisition.

  • Proven experience managing high‑volume and scarce‑skills recruitment portfolios.

  • Experience leading or managing a recruitment or sourcing team will be advantageous

Job Details

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

11/03/26

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.