APAC Senior Specialist Talent Acquisition

We have an exceptional career defining opportunity to join the ERM Central East Asia business as a Regional Talent Acquisition Specialist. If you are passionate about climate change and sustainability and want to effect real change through talent this is the role for you. ERM is the largest pure play sustainability consulting business globally.

As part of the APAC Talent Acquisition team, we deliver strategic, tactical and talent acquisition support to the business. Functioning as part of the larger APAC TA team, you will often drive or facilitate cross border projects. We are a diverse community with a passion for our people and believing in ERM’s mission towards Sustainability and Climate Change

Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their Climate Change, sustainability, environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

ROLE PROFILE:

The successful candidate will report to the APAC Talent Acquisition Manager. He/ She will be responsible for the end-to-end recruitment including, go to market strategies, sourcing, screening, evaluating, and closing candidates, as well as developing strong relationships with senior managers and technical leaders across ANZ & APAC.

As the Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will work closely within the APAC TA team, local HR Advisors and HR Administrator to achieve business outcomes. This is a true market making role and an opportunity to become an expert in sustainability talent in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and China and across APAC.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Effectively implement ERM's recruiting process to efficiently hire qualified employees who meet or exceed position requirements and align with ERM's culture and global strategy.
• Perform full-cycle recruiting activities on assigned requisitions, including developing job postings and search strategies, reviewing applicants, screening and evaluating candidates, coordinating interview process, and supporting final selection process.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with hiring managers, including collaborating to understand their unique needs and develop a plan for successfully finding ideal candidates for each position.
• Manage candidate process, provide a positive candidate experience, maintain responsive communication, and act as a candidate advocate, including honoring confidentiality and providing flexibility as appropriate.
• Develop and implement hiring strategies to provide a qualified and diverse candidate pool for assigned requisitions, including passive candidate sourcing.
• Communicate status of tasks to Business HR team and hiring managers, coordinate work cross-functionally, and share candidates with recruiting team members where a potential fit exists.
• Maintain Applicant Tracking System to manage applicant flow and for compliance and internal reporting (requisitions, candidate profiles), and provide input on various recruiting and tracking reports.

REQUIREMENTS:

• BA/BS degree or equivalent experience required.
• Up to 8+ years proven agency or in-house technical recruiting experience, successfully executing a variety of searches, including for senior-level positions.
• Understanding of environmental and sustainability industries, and/or oil & gas, power, and mining sectors highly desired.
• Knowledge and experience in a wide range of current recruiting policies, practices, and trends, and sourcing strategies.
• Ability to work in a team, manage multiple clients, and provide strong consultative skills throughout the search process.
• Proficiency with comprehensive Applicant Tracking Systems (Preferably Workday)
• Excellent organization, verbal and written communication skills with an emphasis on confidentiality, tact, and diplomacy.
• Proven ability to consistently and positively contribute in a fast-paced, changing work environment as well as the ability to prioritize multiple functions and tasks and manage work time efficiently.
• Complete fluency in English & Cantonese, with ability to speak a second language Korean is a bonus

Who We Are:

As the world’s leading sustainability consulting firm, ERM is uniquely positioned to contribute to the environment and society through the expertise and energy of our employees worldwide. Sustainability is what we do, and is at the heart of both our service offerings and how we operate our business. For our people, our vision means attracting, inspiring, developing and rewarding our people to work with the best clients and on the biggest challenges, thus creating valuable careers. We achieve our vision in a sustainable manner by maintaining and living our ERM values that include Accountability, Caring for our People, Client Focus, Collaboration, Empowerment, and Transparency.

ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status or disability status.

Thank you for your interest in ERM.