🇿🇦 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

Technology & Finance

Job Overview

Our client is a specialist UK-based executive search consultancy seeking a polished and experiencedSenior Executive Search Resourcerto support its Technology and Finance teams.

Working remotely from South Africa, you will identify, engage and qualify senior-level candidates across the UK, Europe and the United States.

This is not a high-volume recruitment or CV-longlisting role. The successful candidate must be confident engaging withDirector, VP and executive-level professionals, building long-term relationships and providing valuable market intelligence to the wider search team.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities
* Source and headhunt senior candidates through LinkedIn, professional networks and targeted market research.
* Conduct detailed market mapping across specialist Technology and Finance sectors.
* Engage passive candidates at Director and VP level with credibility and professionalism.
* Conduct in-depth qualification calls covering experience, motivations, compensation and career goals.
* Assess candidate suitability and present strong, well-qualified profiles to the Recruitment Consultant.
* Build long-term candidate relationships rather than focusing only on immediate vacancies.
* Gather market intelligence, leadership movement information and potential commercial leads.
* Maintain accurate candidate records, notes and follow-up actions within the ATS and CRM.
* Support search assignments, candidate reports and interview coordination.

Qualifications and Experience
* At least 3 years’ experience in executive search, permanent recruitment, recruitment research or senior-level resourcing.
* Experience engaging Director, VP or executive-level candidates.
* International recruitment experience across the UK, Europe or United States.
* Strong headhunting, market mapping and passive candidate engagement skills.
* Excellent candidate qualification and consultative interviewing ability.
* Polished verbal and written English communication.
* Strong relationship-building and commercial awareness.
* Experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS and CRM platforms.
* Highly organised, detail-oriented and comfortable working independently.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will be:
* Professional, polished and credible.
* Consultative rather than transactional.
* Confident challenging and qualifying senior candidates.
* Relationship-driven and commercially aware.
* Comfortable gathering market intelligence and potential business leads.
* Focused on quality rather than volume.

Working Hours
* Full-time, Monday to Friday.
* 09:00–17:00 UK time.
* Fully remote from South Africa.

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 124 open positions on Hirezar. View all Remote Recruitment jobs →