🇿🇦 Hirezar Summary for South African Applicants

This fully remote full time position at Remote Recruitment is open to applicants from South Africa. As a remote position, you can work from anywhere in South Africa — whether you're based in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, or a smaller town.

Job Description

Recruiter – Technical, Data Centre & Specialist Roles (US Market- New York)

Job Overview

A fast-growing UK-based recruitment consultancy is seeking a skilledRecruiterto support expansion across high-demand technical sectors – with a particular focus ondata centres, engineering, construction, and operational roles. With a sharp increase in client demand, especially in the North American market, we're building out a new specialist division and require recruitment support to ensure we continue delivering exceptional service.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives on sourcing top talent, conducting insightful screening calls, and contributing to market intelligence. You’ll be supporting urgent hiring needs in fast-paced environments and helping the business grow in emerging technical verticals, especially within the data centre sector.

This isnot a 360 recruitment role– instead, you'll focus on candidate engagement, talent pipeline management, and supporting broader recruitment strategy through research and insight. The role requires availability inUS time zonesand is best suited to someone who’s proactive, organised, and ready to hit the ground running.

Key Responsibilities
* Source and screen candidates for roles in data centres, engineering, construction, and technical operations.
* Conduct structured screening interviews and shortlist candidates based on role fit.
* Work closely with the senior team to support high-priority and time-sensitive hiring needs.
* Build and manage pipelines of specialist talent across various technical verticals.
* Conduct competitor research and gather market insights to inform recruitment strategies.
* Maintain accurate candidate records and support hiring workflow within internal systems.
* Align working hours to US time zones to ensure timely communication and responsiveness.

Qualifications and Experience
* Minimum 2 years of experience in recruitment or candidate sourcing, ideally within data centre, engineering, construction, or other technical sectors.
* Confident conducting screening interviews and assessing candidates against specialist criteria.
* Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple roles and deadlines.
* Comfortable working independently and taking initiative in a remote setting.
* Experience with market mapping, research, or competitive analysis in a recruitment context is a plus.
* Reliable internet, a laptop, and a quiet, professional work environment are essential.
* Must be available to work primarily withinUS time zones.

Tips for South African Applicants

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Timezone Advantage

South Africa (SAST, UTC+2) overlaps well with European business hours and has a few hours of overlap with US East Coast. Mention your timezone flexibility in your application.

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Salary in Context

Even without a listed salary, international remote roles typically pay 2-3x more than equivalent local positions in South Africa due to the exchange rate advantage.

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Application Tips

Tailor your CV to international standards — use a clean format, highlight remote work experience, and include your English proficiency. Many SA applicants succeed by emphasising their strong work ethic and cultural adaptability.

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Load Shedding Preparedness

If you're applying for a remote role, having a backup power solution (UPS, inverter, or generator) and mobile data as a backup internet connection shows employers you're prepared for South Africa's infrastructure challenges.

About Remote Recruitment

Remote Recruitment is a company in the Recruitment & Staffing industry that hires remote workers from South Africa. They currently have 66 open positions on Hirezar. View all Remote Recruitment jobs →