Talent Acquisition Specialist (Japanese speaking)

Job Title

Talent Acquisition Specialist (Japanese speaking)

Job Description Summary

The purpose of the Talent Acquisition Specialist APAC role is to source, attract, select and hire top talent in the APAC market for Cushman & Wakefield via a variety of sourcing techniques and build talent pooling and pipelining of qualified candidates ensuring that we provide cost efficient, quality service that is aligned with and supports the achievement of Company goals. The role will deliver recruitment services for various roles, from Trades to Executives by collaborating with Hiring Managers to screen, interview and appoint the right candidate for the role in accordance with a fair and consistent recruitment and selection process. There is also a focus on delivering a positive candidate experience through timely updates.

The role will also guide and collaborate with hiring managers on Talent Attraction and Sourcing, Recruitment Strategy & Selection, compliance to pre-hire policies, and ensuring HR Systems like ATS and CRM are leveraged, TA metrics are in high quality and global best practices are being shared and leveraged in country. There are also opportunities to be part of or lead on broader HR projects and initiatives.

Job Description

• Recruitment & Selection: Provide leadership and drive continuous improvement and consistency to strengthen partnerships with SEA HR Business Partner & COE teams, and improve visibility and collaboration. Ensure effective recruitment solutions are delivered within agreed upon time frames and cost. This will include recruitment solutions and transitions for new client accounts.

• Ensure global platforms and careers portal are effectively leveraged. Proactively promote Cushman & Wakefield's Brand & EVP to attract and retain our top talent, critical to our ongoing success 

• Talent & Market Mapping: Collaborate and advise business leaders on the evolving talent market,  identify and recruit key talent in the market. Collaborating with business leaders and HR on moving from a reactive volume recruitment into one that is more strategic and pre-emptive. 

• Employee Value Proposition: Work closely with Recruitment Marketing and Marketing and Communications teams to market jobs and promote our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) and ensure a consistent message through all levels of the organization. Together with the HR Business Partner teams, drive positive messages and stories and career enhancement opportunities throughout the region and globally, reinforcing our strong brand and commitment to employee engagement, career growth and retention

• Onboarding: Manage a consistent approach to onboarding in APAC. Working closely with the local HR COE’s and HR teams to develop an experience that is efficient, and effective and ensures a smooth and positive transition into Cushman & Wakefield for new hires, M&A Integrations and internal moves

• HR Systems and Technology: Work closely with the HR Operations COE, Global Technology team to leverage technology platforms (Workday, Phenom People, LinkedIn, and other HR related business applications such as the internal and external websites and external job and careers sites) to deliver value to business leaders and individuals using simple, streamlined processes. Provide ongoing education to HR teams, business leaders and individuals to maximize the value they receive from HR technology so that the platforms are business enablers, not obstacles

• Governance & Compliance: Effectively anticipate and manage risks associated with people and take a holistic approach to proactively audit and monitor HR systems and processes for compliance and consistency with relation to legislation and global requirements. Including the DOA (Delegations of Authority) is followed for all Employment related activities

• Reporting: Ensure high confidence in TA metrics through effective requisition management and governance activities. This includes ensuring the metrics accurately reflects the recruiting activities, and placing requisitions on hold or closing them if the hiring manager is not ready to engage.

• Financial Stewardship: Be effective in utilizing various tools and vendors to deliver on cost effective and efficient recruitment services.

• Other Duties This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Key Skills & Capabilities:

• Strong knowledge of full cycle recruiting, able to leverage and amplify employer branding to talent segments, familiarity with a variety of different selection methods (interviews, assignments, psychological test etc.)

• Demonstrated ability in implementing recruitment and selection management programs to support business strategy and provide efficient and effective services to secure talent. Partnering and working with a variety of human resources centers of excellence and local recruitment teams

• Ability to collaborate and build trust with hiring managers by providing effective recruitment strategies and processes, providing timely advice and communications on recruiting progress, talent market insights

• Proficient with Applicant Tracking Systems (Workday ideal) and Candidate Relationship Management (phenom ideal), and leveraging systems to grow and engage the internal candidate database

• Proactive and has strong attention to detail 

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in business, or human resources ideal

• At least 4 years of relevant Talent Acquisition / Recruitment within a professional services sector or similar recruitment environment (RPO or In-House), ideally with volume recruitment experience within APAC

• Industry knowledge of Commercial Real Estate / Facilities management, Professional Services, Trades recruitment experience is ideal

• Ability to manage multiple tasks/Projects, with competing timelines

• Japanese language skills required (as this role will be actively involved in recruiting for the Japan market)

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company;

• Career development and a promote from within culture;

• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.