Recruitment Specialist - Telecommunications

Introduction

Comsol Networks is seeking a dynamic and experienced Recruitment Specialist – Telecommunications to join our growing team and play a key role in building the technical talent pipeline that supports our national network infrastructure expansion.

This role is ideal for a recruitment professional with strong experience sourcing niche engineering and ICT skills across telecommunications environments such as Network Engineering, RF, Transmission, Core Network, and NOC operations. You will partner closely with hiring managers and technical leadership to deliver high-quality candidates, manage end-to-end recruitment processes, and ensure efficient, compliant, and data-driven hiring practices.

Duties & Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• End-to-End Recruitment

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from role briefing through to offer stage.

• Advertise roles, screen candidates, coordinate interviews and manage offers.

• Ensure time-to-fill and quality-of-hire targets are met.

• Telecommunications Talent Sourcing

• Source and attract niche candidates across telecommunications technical roles including:

• Network Engineers

• RF Engineers

• Transmission Engineers

• Network Operations and NOC specialists

• Core Network

• Technical support and infrastructure roles.

• Candidate Screening

• Conduct initial candidate interviews and assess technical background and industry experience.

• Coordinate technical interviews with hiring managers.

• Talent Pipeline Development

• Build and maintain candidate pipelines for telecommunications and technology roles.

• Maintain a strong network of industry candidates.

• Recruitment Coordination

• Work closely with hiring managers to understand recruitment needs.

• Track recruitment progress and ensure timely hiring processes.

• Manage external recruiters.

• Maintain recruiter governance.

• Stakeholder Management

• Partner with Hiring Executives/Managers (e.g. Darren, Louis, Robert)

• Ensure:

• Clean, executive-ready shortlists.

• Structured interview coordination.

• Provide weekly hiring updates.

• Recruitment Governance & Reporting

• Enhance and maintain a centralised recruitment tracker or dashboard (Excel / Power BI aligned)

• Report on:

• Time-to-fill.

• Pipeline health.

• Recruiter performance.

• Ensure compliance with:

• POPIA.

• EE targets.

• Internal approval processes.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Minimum Requirements

• Education and Experience

• Degree/Diploma in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Business Administration or related field.

• 5–10 years proven recruitment experience.

• At least 3–5 years of recruiting experience within telecommunications, ISP, or technology sectors.

• Experience recruiting technical or engineering roles is preferred.

• Experience in high-growth/project environments.

• Experience working with hiring managers/executives.

• Exposure to recruitment analytics/dashboards.

• Key Skills

• Attention to detail.

• Technical recruitment capability.

• Strong coordination & ownership.

• Strong sourcing and headhunting skills.

• Stakeholder management at executive level.

• Excellent communication and organisational skills.

• Ability to manage multiple recruitment processes simultaneously.

• Analytical & process-driven mindset