Senior Recruitment & Sourcing Specialist – Team Lead & Candidate Quality Assurance
Hire Resolve Tuesday, 21 April 2026 1Job Summary
Hire Resolve is a leading recruitment company specialising in connecting top talent with the right opportunities. We are looking for an experienced recruiter with expertise in finance, IT, supply chain or manufacturing recruitment to lead a team of junior recruiters. Your role will be to ensure job specs—both in South Africa and internationally—are accurately matched to high-quality candidates while mentoring and training recruiters on sourcing strategies, industry knowledge, and professional client communication.Key Responsibilities:
- Team leadership: Oversee a team of junior recruiters, ensuring they accurately match candidates to job specs provided daily for roles in South Africa and international markets.
- Mentor and train recruiters in understanding industry-specific job specs, candidate qualifications, and sourcing best practices.
- Conduct Boolean searches and advanced sourcing techniques to identify top talent efficiently.
- Ensure the team effectively utilises career portals such as PNet, CareerJunction, and LinkedIn Recruiter to source and engage candidates.
- Evaluate and approve candidate shortlists, ensuring alignment with client requirements in finance, IT, engineering, supply chain or manufacturing.
- Provide constructive feedback and structured coaching to help recruiters refine their sourcing and matching abilities.
- Monitor recruiter performance and ensure high standards in candidate quality and submission processes.
- Advise junior consultants on professional and positive responses to clients when required, ensuring strong client relationships.
- Stay updated on industry hiring trends, certifications, and evolving role expectations to guide the team effectively.
Who Should Apply?
This role is ideal for an experienced recruiter who enjoys leading, mentoring, and optimising team performance. You should have:
- Tertiary Qualification for a reputable institution.
- Expertise in finance, IT, engineering or manufacturing recruitment with a strong understanding of industry hiring trends.
- A strong ability to manage and mentor junior recruiters, ensuring job specs for South Africa and international roles are accurately matched to candidates.
- Proficiency in Boolean searches and advanced sourcing methods to optimise talent acquisition.
- Experience using career portals such as PNet, CareerJunction, and LinkedIn Recruiter.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills to provide guidance in a positive, constructive manner.
Why Join Us?
- Lead and mentor a high-performing recruitment team.
- Gain valuable experience in consultant training, sourcing strategies, and talent assessment.
- Work in a dynamic and collaborative environment.
If you are ready for a challenging and rewarding experience and want to be part of our dynamic team at Hire Resolve, please submit your resume and a cover letter outlining your relevant experience and how you can add value to nadine.ridgard@hireresolve.us
About
Specialists in Civil, Structural, Mechanical Engineering, Information Technology, Mining, Manufacturing and Finance Careers! Hire Resolve is one of the larger and more agile South African recruitment companies that focus on placing professionals and skilled people in permanent employment and contract employment. We prefer and focus on working with top quality professionals and candidates in South Africa and Africa. Hire Resolve has successfully placed Engineering, Mining, IT, Manufacturing and Finance professionals with top firms across the Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Gauteng and in Africa. Hire Resolve has assisted candidates to find jobs at over 100 JSE listed companies of which many are global companies with offices and operations in South Africa and Africa. It is for this reason that we are well respected in the industries we operate in and in the recruitment industry.
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