• We are looking for a Junior Recruitment & Placement Coordinator who is passionate about youth employment, highly organised, and great with people. 

Key Responsibilities 

In this role, you will: 

Recruit youth and staff for: 

• ESM training programmes 
• TES/YES placements 
• Permanent ESM positions 
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process: advertising, screening CVs, interviewing, shortlisting and supporting onboarding. 
• Build and maintain a talent pool/standby database of potential learners, placements and future ESM employees. 
• Liaise with clients and placement partners to understand their labour requirements. 
• Create and manage weekly placement schedules, ensuring the right people are placed at the right sites at the right time. 
• Conduct daily check-ins to verify attendance and resolve basic placement issues. 
• Track employees and learners to ensure they meet programme and employment targets. 
• Assist with onboarding and offboarding, including documentation, system updates and exit interviews. 
• Capture and verify time & attendance and hours worked for payroll and billing purposes. 
• Support incident management and escalate cases to HR where necessary. 

Minimum Requirements 

Education: 

• BCom Degree in Human Resources (or equivalent HR-related degree). 

Experience: 

• At least 1 years’ experience in recruitment, HR administration and/or TES/placement environments. 

Knowledge & Skills: 

• Working knowledge of South African labour law (especially relating to youth, TES and fixed-term arrangements). 
• Experience working with unemployed youth and/or community recruitment (advantageous). 
• Exposure to YES, learnerships or youth employment programmes (advantageous). 
• Comfortable working with systems and tools such as: 
• Payspace -Payroll Software
• Beyond Attendance -Biometric Software & Systems
• Simplify.HR -Recruitment Software
• Email, MS Office/Google Suite 
• WhatsApp groups for communication and coordination 
• Strong administrative, planning and coordination skills. 

Behavioural Competencies 

We’re looking for someone who is: 

• Deeply empathetic towards unemployed youth. 
• Resilient, able to work under pressure and handle high volumes. 
• Strong on follow-through and ownership – you finish what you start. 
• Meticulous with detail, especially on schedules and time & attendance. 
• Community-minded and aligned to ESM’s purpose of creating jobs for youth. 
• Great at building relationships with both candidates and clients. 
• A team player who collaborates well across HR, Training and Operations.