At IFS you will work in a growing, global enterprise software company where informal hierarchies promote simplicity and trust with responsibility. We strive to deepen our expertise by taking on challenging and varying work assignments in a collaborative environment together with committed colleagues. With professionalism and a strong customer focus in everything we do, from R&D to Sales and Consultancy, we are proud to serve world-class customers all over the globe with our leading products. We take pride in ensuring that our employees are able to achieve the company goals as well as develop their career.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

Job Description

A Technical Talent Acquisition Specialist (Technical TA Specialist) will help IFS attract top Technical / Software Engineering talent for IFS Office in Kolkata, India. The ideal candidate will get involved in all operational aspects of recruitment process at IFS and help shape the recruitment strategy to respond to business needs. Technical TA Specialist will build relationships with key stakeholders in the industry and within the university system, Engineering Colleges and empaneled recruitment agencies to build a strong technical recruitment pipeline for IFS.

The ideal candidate will be able to position the technology stack and career prospects of IFS to the target recruitment base. The candidate will get to represent IFS at external events and will further evangelize IFS’ current position as a top technology company in India.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Recruit top Technical & non-technical Engineering talent.
• Ensure that a strong recruitment pipelines is always maintained.
• Evangelize IFS’ current position as a top technology company among the industry and university recruitment base.
• Represent company at external events, create awareness of technology stack and career prospects of IFS.
• Collaborate closely with people managers, organizational units with hiring requirements, and fellow team members in HR
• Network actively with potential candidates including passive candidates.
• Identify and cultivate relationships with internal and external stakeholders relevant for recruitment and reach out to technology communities.
• Further strengthen industry and university collaboration of IFS.
• Perform research and stay up to date on sourcing techniques including usage of social media & digital strategies.
• Create compelling content such as slide decks, blog posts, articles, videos, etc. to be used in recruitment campaigns, in collaboration with relevant parties.
• Organize webinars, tech talks, hackathons etc. to promote IFS and create a strong presence / employer brand amongst the recruitment base
• Source, screen, shortlist, and support interviewing candidates and make recommendations to hiring managers.

Qualifications

Required Competencies:

• Strong ability to build relationships, strong interpersonal skills, social aptitude
• Ability to persuade and influence
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Solid understanding of technologies, software engineering concepts, and developer frameworks
• Willingness to learn new technologies and concepts, and enjoy educating others
• Ability to distill complex technical concepts into content easily understood by both technical and non-technical audiences
• Good knowledge on available industry qualifications and certifications

Required Education & Experience:

• A degree or a professional qualification in Human Resource Management along with 3+ years’ hands-on working experience in a Talent Acquisition role.
• Previous working experience in IT / Software industry is a definite plus.
• Good understanding of the software industry in India.
• Exposure to recruitment including interviewing.