About Africa Talent

Africa Talent by Deloitte (Africa Talent) is a separate legal entity based in South Africa and was formed between Deloitte Africa and Deloitte Netherlands in order to meet the growing demand for Talent in Africa and Europe; and to establish a competency centre that can compete with other delivery centres in India and beyond. While incorporated in South Africa, the goal is to recruit and develop Talent throughout Sub Saharan Africa in order to service the diverse needs to enable projects at our clients. Talent employed, will have the full experience of Deloitte, while getting both local and international exposure to a diverse set of clients, working remotely from Africa.  It will take advantage of the demographic reality of Africa as a future source of talent for both Africa and Europe and at its core is the goal to create employment in Africa and invest in African talent.
 

The Senior Recruitment Strategist and deputy Chief Executive Officer within Africa Talent will be accountable to the Board of directors for the following:

•    Build on existing EVP for talent in the centre and linked marketing to talent aligned with that EVP;

•    Work with the CEO to represent the centre in public forums;

•    Connecting to universities and building talent strategies and bursary schemes;

•    Develop, oversee and implement hiring strategies that attract a diverse work force from across Africa in the various domains of skills required across professional services.  This will include both experienced staff and also graduate recruits;

•    Support and input into the overall resource planning to determine and anticipate demand in relation to supply (forward recruitment planning)

•    Lead a team of recruiters in executing the strategy;

•    Oversee and direct, with the CEO, outsource recruitment consultants executing part of the strategy;

•    Work with the CEO to build relationships at senior levels with the firms in the European network who require talent in the centre;

•    Overseeing the learning and development programs for all talent;

•    Retention of Talent, including the onboarding, and performance review of staff;

•    Broadening the talent pool to go beyond South Africa, encompassing strategies for recruitment in other geographies within Africa; 

•    Work with the CEO to set a cohesive and inclusive culture for the centre;

•    Being accountable to the CEO for progress with respect to the recruitement strategy and setting the annual strategic plans along with the CEO and Board;

•    With the CEO marketing Africa Talent to European member firms and beyond;

•    Communicate with Deloitte Member Firms to gain insights into their forecast needs for talent, as well as assess the overall experience with Africa Talent in respect of quality and responsiveness;

•    Monitoring the productivity of Talent within the center and adjusting talent needs;

•    With the CEO setting of overall pricing structure within Africa Talent for Deloitte Member firms;

•    Part of the leadership team that oversees the financial performance reporting and submission of various legislative returns;

•    Establishing and co-ordinating various functions including finance, HR, legal and IT as procured from the African firm or built in-house over time;

•    Contracting requirements per specific engagement with the respective Member Firms.
 

Experience required
The individual requires the following experience:
•    Senior recruitment strategy and execution experience
•    Leadership of teams of diverse talent
•    Talent marketing experience
•    Experience of leadership in outsourcing or competency centre setting
•    Experience of talent acquisition across sub Saharan Africa
•    Working with boards in setting strategic direction
•    A passion for creating employment in Africa
 

Career growth
It would be intended that the individual, if successful, will succeed the existing CEO to take overall responsibility for the centre and report directly to the Board at that stage.