Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Shaping the future of recruitment through strategy, expertise, and innovation.

This is your opportunity to build a global career in talent acquisition-making an impact on a worldwide scale without leaving your home country. Work with international teams, create strategies that shape industries, and make your mark in the world of recruitment while enjoying the flexibility and career growth you deserve.

Job Description

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, you will lead the charge in profiling, sourcing, and securing pre-vetted candidates for global clients. You'll design strategies, manage stakeholder relationships, and oversee the full recruitment cycle to deliver world-class talent acquisition results.

Job Overview

Employment type: Full-time

Shift: Mid/Night Shift

Work setup: Hybrid, Cebu

Exciting Perks Await

• Competitive Salary Package
• Hybrid work arrangement
• Night differential pay to maximize your earnings
• HMO coverage with free dependent upon regularization
• Prime office location in Cebu (Conveniently accessible by PUVs, with nearby restaurants and banks)
• Salary Advance Program through our banking partner (Eligibility and approval subject to bank assessment. Available to account holders with minimum of 6 months company tenure.)
• Unlimited upskilling through Emapta Academy courses (Want to know more? Visit )
• Free 24/7 access to our office gyms (Ortigas and Makati) with a free physical fitness trainer
• Exclusive Emapta Lifestyle perks (hotel and restaurant discounts, and more)
• Unlimited opportunities for employee referral incentives across the organization
• Standard government and Emapta benefits
• Total of 20 annual leaves to be used on your own discretion (including 5 credits convertible to cash)
• Fun engagement activities for employees
• Mentorship and exposure to global leaders and teams
• Career growth opportunities
• Diverse and supportive work environment

The Qualifications We Seek

• Bachelor's degree in HR Management, Business, Marketing, Psychology, or equivalent.
• 3-5 years of end-to-end recruitment experience.
• Experience recruiting for IT, non-IT, and leadership roles.
• Proficient in MS Suite and database management.
• Knowledge of recruitment processes, workflows, and ATS use.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
• Strong work ethic and passion for producing results.
• Extreme attention to detail and proactive recruiting strategies.
• Strong business acumen and critical thinking.
• Amenable to working mid shift or night shift in a hybrid setup.

Your Daily Tasks

Recruitment Expertise

• Support all business units by providing assistance in their recruitment and selection processes.
• Plan selection procedures, including the identification of key competencies for assessment, and determining evaluation methods.
• Act as the focal person for assigned job vacancies across multiple client accounts.
• Assist with job requisition/description development.
• Acquire a thorough understanding of job requisition/description for required competencies, skills, and knowledge of successful applicants.
• Maintain knowledge of how many resumes need to be generated for open positions.
• Partner with hiring teams to build effective sourcing, assessment, and closing approaches.
• Conduct candidate screenings and communicate job requirements for different skills and experience levels.
• Maintain accuracy in the recruitment pipeline platform and generate insightful recruitment reports.
• Handle the operation of end-to-end recruitment and selection processes, including data analytics for acquiring top talent.
• Execute core recruitment functions such as interviews, testing, character reference checks, salary offers, and report generation.
• Use Behavioral Based Interview techniques in screening and qualifying applicants.
• Create Behavioral Based Interviewing and prescreening questions.
• Complete skill and/or personality assessments.
• Complete employment applications and analyze the information provided.
• Work with hiring managers to make offer recommendations and close selected candidates.
• Present offers and conduct offer negotiations with candidates.
• Participate in onboarding tasks as needed (e.g., offer letter submissions, final paperwork completion).

ATS Management

• Enter and maintain candidate information into the applicant tracking system daily.
• Generate recruitment metric reports both manually and through the ATS.
• Create, file, and maintain a filing system for resumes, applications, and miscellaneous paperwork.
• Perform resume conversion and application maintenance.

Sourcing Strategies

• Document research methods for sharing with other recruitment team members.
• Train recruitment team members on new internet sites, blogs, RSS, networking groups, and other sourcing tools (e.g., LinkedIn).
• Develop an ongoing and diverse pipeline through research, networking, and database mining.
• Manage referral sources.
• Use a variety of technical tools to identify and attract a highly qualified pool of candidates.

Stakeholder Management

• Act as a consultant to different stakeholders on recruitment requirements, movements, and related concerns.
• Handle recruitment planning, create action plans and targets, and suggest sourcing methods with cost-benefit analysis.
• Provide educational opportunities, formal or informal, to managers on the selection process.
• Establish proactive and open communication channels with hiring managers, candidates, internal teams, and external partners.
• Actively involve stakeholders by seeking input, providing updates, and addressing feedback.
• Provide hiring managers with progress updates and recruitment activity summaries.
• Work with hiring managers to determine best-fit candidates, coordinate interviews, receive feedback, and present/manage offers.
• Conduct recruitment-related meetings as needed.

Effective Communication

• Practice effective communication in all interactions with stakeholders.
• Ensure accuracy of information in all verbal and written correspondence.
• Respond promptly to queries from both internal and external stakeholders.

Coaching and Mentoring

• Proactively offer guidance and assistance to other Talent Acquisition Specialists.
• Ensure knowledge transfer and application of best practices in daily recruitment tasks.

Reporting & Process Improvement

• Prepare and present reports as required.
• Represent TA clusters during stakeholder meetings in the absence of TA Managers or as assigned.
• Initiate process improvements based on recruitment data trends and identified areas for enhancement.

Privacy and Confidentiality

• Ensure compliance with company guidelines, protocols, and legal requirements related to safeguarding organizational information and data privacy.
• Maintain strict confidentiality on all private information handled.

Other Duties

• Perform any administrative or non-administrative tasks assigned by company representatives through written or verbal instructions.

Why We Stand Out Among the Rest

Join Emapta, recognized as one of the Top 20 Dream Companies for Filipinos in 2024. With a 50/50 gender ratio and a culture rooted in care and empathy, you'll feel valued from day one. We're committed to growing talent and setting you up for success.

Be part of a team that showcases Filipino excellence to the world. With 20 offices across 11 countries and 1,000+ clients, you'll create real impact every day-whether you work from home or on-site. Our 100% virtual recruitment process makes it easy to get started.

At Emapta, you're not just joining a company-you're becoming part of a thriving community of 10,000+ professionals growing careers with purpose. And behind every partnership we build is a deep respect for people and the impact they make.

"We place integrity at the heart of everything we do and truly value the human experience. That's why, for clients, it's a profound and transformational process that gives them the opportunity to achieve the business growth they desire."

Tim Vorbach, CEO

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