Talent Acquisition Specialist

Do you believe that recruitment needs to evolve beyond the traditional ways of working? Do you enjoy the business partnering aspect of recruitment, and have the skillset to guide, influence and drive a proactive recruitment process? This is the role for you!

Your role

Saab's Talent Acquisition Center proactively builds long-term relationships to attract and recruit both active and passive candidates from various occupational groups, meeting Saab's future competence needs.

At Saab, we are currently on a journey aiming to enhancing our Talent Acquisition function to become more proactive, data-driven, and business-focused. By identifying future talent needs and proactively sourcing candidates, we aim to attract and retain top talent, reduce time-to-hire, and strengthen our employer brand.

Your role will be to attract the best industry talent, and build great relationships with candidates and internal stakeholders. You will have the freedom and responsibility to plan your own work and can expect a challenging and rewarding future with continuous learning and and a great deal of fun!  

Responsibilities:

• Partner with managers to meet hiring needs and act as a trusted advisor

• Identify qualified candidates via advertisement, sourcing and proactively create and maintain a candidate network

• Lead end-to-end recruitment processes and hiring qualified professionals at different levels within an organization

• Full ownership of specific job-ads as well as broader job-ads that are linked to social media campaigns

• Perform candidate assessment from evaluate candidates from a HR and security perspective

• Ensure a professional, high-quality recruitment process with an excellent candidate experience

The position is based in Lackarebäck, Gothenburg, on a 12-month fixed-term basis.

Your profile

You have a bachelor’s degree in HR or similar and about 5-10 years of experience working with recruitment in a competitive market. You have a proven track record of collaborating closely with hiring managers and have the ability to build successful relationships.

You are structured, flexible, and resilient, with a strategic mindset and the ability to see the big picture. As a self-starter with strong communication skills, you have the capacity to guide, influence, and drive recruitment initiatives while aiming for the long-term goals. At Saab we value close teamwork. We cooperate well with others, like sharing our knowledge and support our colleagues in their daily work.

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

What you will be a part of

Explore a wealth of possibilities. Take on challenges, create smart inventions, and grow beyond. This is a place for curious minds, brave pioneers, and everyone in between. Together, we achieve the extraordinary, each bringing our unique perspectives. Your part matters.

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring mission, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 26,100 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations. Read more about us here