Early Careers TA Specialist – Fantastic Company

Salary: £48,000 per year

• Early Careers TA Specialist
• Initial 12 months contract
• Up to £40,000pa
• Hybrid role working a split of remotely and out of the Reading Offices

 
This is an incredible opportunity to work for one of the most recognizable brands in the world. We are looking for an experienced Early Career Talent Acquisition Specialists to deliver a world class hiring experience for our Early Careers candidates.

As Early Careers Talent Acquisition Specialist you will work on an initial 12 month contract working on a hybrid model of 3 days a week from home and 2 days a week from their offices in Reading.

This role as Early Careers Talent Acquisition Specialist focuses on reviewing candidate applications, selecting shortlists, and conducting first round virtual interviews. Throughout these initial stages of the assessment journey, your focus will be to ensure an amazing candidate experience aligned to our recruiter metrics.

Job Responsibilities for Early Careers Talent Acquisition Specialist:- 

• Talent needs – partner with your recruitment peers to understand the roles we are hiring into, and the skill sets required for these roles.
• Candidate engagement – apply these role & skills set insights when reviewing candidate applications and selecting the top profiles to move forward with to first round interviews.
• Be an ambassador for the company. You may be required to attend campus events to support your recruiter peers’ pipelining strategy, during peak event times.
• Candidate assessment – conduct first round virtual interviews with your shortlisted candidates. Make recommendations for your recruitment peers on which candidates to invite to final round assessment events.
• Track candidate progress in our ATS, from interview scheduling to entering interview feedback and outcomes of first round interview.
• Be a trusted advisor for your recruiting peers, by building knowledge on local market conditions and competing organisations through your candidate conversations. Use data generated during the first-round interviews to identify market trends and share with your peers to influence their pipelining and talent attraction strategies.
• You will be expected to meet standard measurements of success for recruiting, such as attainment against annual hiring plans, diversity goals, and candidate experience metrics.
• Ensure we are growing diversity in our early in career hiring, through diverse talent pipelines.
• Understand local legal situation about contracts, visa/work permits, discrimination laws, etc.
• Contribute as a positive member of the Recruiting team, supporting your team members and assisting others in their success. Taking on additional tasks as required.

Skills and Experience (Qualifications)
• Previous experience within an internal Recruitment / Talent Acquisition role – Ideally experience working within Early Careers, Interns, Graduate programs
• Problem solving, cross-group collaboration and good oral/written communication skills.
• Ability to understand, articulate, and sell the company culture and business initiatives.
• Ability to deliver results with little supervision in an often-ambiguous environment with capacity to effectively manage multiple projects and candidates simultaneously.
• Experience sourcing, screening, interviewing, and placing candidates in Early Careers.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, and experience using ATS tools.