HSO International - Senior Talent Acquisition Officer

About HSO 

HSO belongs to the elite Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle, restricted to the top 1% of all Microsoft partners worldwide as well as the Microsoft Partner Advisor Board, and has delivered successful projects in almost every country. Today the business employs about 3,000 professionals and maintains a worldwide presence in Europe, North America, and Asia. 

About HSO International 

To meet the software deployment requirements of global, multinational companies, ensuring control and consistency in the rollout of their projects, HSO brought together a group of many nationalities in one team: HSO International. Over 300 professionals from more than 50 nationalities work with customers worldwide to improve their business processes by implementing Microsoft Business Applications. 

What is your goal? 

• Take ownership of the recruitment life cycle for several key and high-profile business areas within HSO International. 

• Support our bold growth strategy as a company.

Take the next step! 

• The ideal candidate for this role has experience working in a top tier search firm or an external recruitment agency as a Senior Recruitment Consultant or standalone Principal Consultant. 

• They will have an impressive track record of working independently to source and place top talent. 

• They will seek to step into an in-house Talent Acquisition Officer role within an international company. 

• This role offers a hybrid working environment.  

• The core focus of this role is to work strategically to secure the top talent for HSO International. 

The role... 

• Create robust talent pipelines for HSO International's current and future hiring needs. 

• Take ownership of the recruitment life cycle for several key, high-profile business areas. 

• Maintain and create relationships with hiring managers and stakeholders. 

• Discuss relevant recruitment strategies with hiring managers. 

• Be a team player and work daily with the Talent Acquisition Associate, Talent Acquisition Officers and HR team to ensure a quality candidate pipeline and positive candidate experience. 

• This role is responsible for sourcing candidates through various channels and planning interview and selection procedures. 

• Plan interview and selection procedures, including screening calls, assessments and in-person interviews. 

• Assess candidate information using our Applicant Tracking System, including resumes and contact details and help process candidates in the ATS Workable. 

• Design job descriptions and interview questions that reflect each position’s requirements. 

• Foster long-term relationships with past applicants and potential candidates. 

• LinkedIn management: ensuring the careers page is current and posting relevant content to the community. 

• Overseeing the careers page: posting adverts, liaising with marketing to ensure vacancies marketing reaches the ideal target market, JDs are consistent, and candidates are responded to. 

• Overseeing Employee Referral scheme. 

Required Skills:

• 6 + years’ recruitment/talent acquisition experience delivering on complex, multi-hire projects, covering multiple geographies – executive to experience hire. 

• Proven work experience as a Senior or Principal Consultant within a top-tier search firm or recruitment agency. 

• Record in developing long-term recruiting strategies and nurturing trusting relationships with potential hires. 

• Successful agency recruitment experience in the technology or change and transformation sector. 

• Hands-on experience recruiting for Microsoft Dynamics 365, consulting, and tech roles would be a great advantage. 

• Hands-on experience with full-cycle recruiting using various interview techniques and evaluation methods. 

• Experienced with Recruitment technology - applicant tracking system (ATS), ideally Workable expertise, varied search and sourcing methods, LinkedIn, talent pooling and market mapping. 

• Experience in managing complex client and stakeholder relationships. 

• Expertise in a range of sourcing methodologies, both advertising and search-led. 

• A global mindset and the willingness and ability to team globally with dispersed and centralised teams. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

• IT Literate with MS Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word etc.) 

• Experience interpreting data and reporting. 

• Effective communication and listening skills. 

Education 

• Bachelor’s university degree. 

International 

• International mindset and, ideally, will have experience working across borders. 

Language 

• Fluency in English (written and spoken); additional language skills will be an advantage.

Development and growth

Like HSO International, this job is not fixed in concrete, and we can guarantee that it will look way different two years from now. Are you looking to develop yourself while growing at HSO International?

Fun and success

We are professionals that don’t mind working hard. However, when you join HSO International, you will also join a pleasant working environment with colleagues ready to help. Because success comes with cooperation and fun!

A good reward

You will receive an excellent salary and good fringe benefits such as a laptop and mobile phone.

Freedom and responsibility

We will not tell you what you should do today, tomorrow, or next week. You get the freedom and flexibility to define your approach, priorities, and how you will solve the challenges ahead of you.