Talent Acquisition (Technical / IT)

Salary: £60,000 – £72,000 per year

TECHNICAL TALENT ACQUISITION CONSULTANT – REMOTE WORKING – GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
Summary
We are looking for a Technical Talent Acquisition Consultant to join a highly prestigious global technology company. As a highly specialised and skilled recruiter, you will be managing the full candidate life cycle and ensuring the recruiting needs of the business are met with a high calibre candidates. Can you deliver a high level of service and great experience for candidates through your specialist recruiting expertise?
Purpose of Role
My client is a global provider of IT hardware and software, cloud, and service solutions. The Talent Acquisition team is responsible for managing the full candidate life cycle. As part of wider the Talent team, Talent Acquisition teammates focus on employer branding, future resource planning, diversifying the company’s labour force, and developing a robust candidate pipeline.
The Technical Talent Acquisition Consultant is responsible for leading all of the company’s technical hiring efforts. They use their technical background, expertise, and understanding of the hiring process, market, and relationships needed to better connect with candidates, leading to quality hires, a smoother hiring process, reduced hiring time, and the creation of long-term sustainable recruiting and networking opportunities. The Technical Talent Acquisition Consultant works closely with hiring managers to fully understand the requirements of each role and build rapport and a strong social presence. They communicate with prospects using technical language, understand the industry, the position, and complex terminology associated with the roles they are seeking to fill.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
* Develop and articulate a sound understanding of the companies overall business strategy and individual unit plans; and use this to advise business unit heads on the best sourcing strategies and approaches.
* Define the best sourcing and assessment methods with hiring managers and manage the end- to-end hiring process with a view to hiring the most promising and suitable candidates.
* Manage the full life cycle of the recruitment process including sourcing, initial assessments, interviews, offers and negotiations, as well as all on-boarding activities.
* Use sales, business development, marketing, networking, and social media techniques when advertising and drafting vacancies in order to attract potential candidates.
* Identify future talent needs and proactively engage in consistent sourcing (passive and active) in order to develop and build a robust talent pool for open and future roles, by starting to build relationships with potential candidates early on in the hiring process.
* Ensure a positive candidate experience through timely communication and feedback, effective interview format and preparedness, and an efficient offer and on-boarding process.
* Adopt a proactive headhunting approach.
* Issue and assess psychometric and learning agility tests.
* Manage recruitment related projects to budget, generating detailed project plans, tracking, and measuring the progress and success of projects through ROI and giving feedback.
* Execute a social media plan with planned out relevant, engaging articles aligned to the Social Media calendar to build brand awareness and continuously support the internal and external strategy.
* Take a proactive approach to self-development; grow skillset in recruitment, communication, and the technology industry, and ensure knowledge is up to date and relevant to accommodates credible conversation.
* Develop and execute superior, comprehensive technical talent acquisition campaigns.
* Attend educational events and recruitment fairs to proactively source new talent based on personas.
Essential
* Previous experience in the recruitment of Engineers, Consultants, Architects and other software professionals into both sales and technical positions
* High level of written and spoken English
* Fully conversant with Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, and Word)
* Demonstrates a genuine desire to learn about and articulate technology, also is highly interested in working in the high-tech sector
* Experience in the continual development of talent pipelines and sourcing potential candidates
* Demonstrates direct sourcing expertise and utilisation of a wide range of methods and approaches with the ability to source qualified active and passive candidates
* Familiar with a variety of different selection methods (interviews, assignments, psychological test etc.)
* Proven success delivering high volume recruiting results in a timely manner
* Has the confidence to pitch opportunities, interview and qualify candidates, interpret job specifications, and take client and collate post-interview feedback, etc
* Experience in direct sourcing tools (job boards, LinkedIn, etc.) is essential
* Solid understanding of how businesses operate and able to understand the roles that different business functions provide and how these works together
* Strong stakeholder management skills, confident in challenging decision making and managing conflict resolution when needed
* Able to understand niche and technical roles and translate these into candidate requirements quickly and thoroughly
* Excellent interviewing skills and able to question and probe in interview situations and discern candidate’s suitability both technically and behaviourally
* A passion and high level of skill for all thing’s recruitment related and a genuine interest in marketing and social media while adopting a proactive and creative approach
* Experienced in hiring niche and/or highly technical professionals in a fast-paced environment
Desirable
Educated to degree level or can demonstrate equivalent work experience
Fluent in an additional European language
Previous experience developing and executing recruiting marketing and branding strategies
Proficient in the use of company software and databases to connect with and reach out to potential candidates
Demonstrates a firm understanding around the implementation of recruiting metrics to drive decision-making
Exceptional organisation skills, experience of successfully delivering multiple complex projects to strict deadlines
Demonstrates knowledge of project management frameworks and principles
Experience of working within a globally diverse environment, showing an understanding of and keen interest in equality, diversity, and inclusion
Deep knowledge of the technical market, software business, and technical trends
This is a rare opportunity to join the talent acquisition team of a highly recognised digital technology company. The role is hybrid and you can work remotely but a presence in the office is also welcomed.