Executive Researcher

Salary: £48,000 – £60,000 per year

Executive Researcher – Corporate Head Office

Location: London (Hybrid working)

Salary: c£48,000 – £60,000+ great benefits

Our Client is seeking an exceptional individual with true Executive Research experience at both C level and director level. You may currently be working within a leading search and selection organisation or indeed within a Corporate environment. You will have research experience gained across multiple departments within FTSE 250 organisations. This is a unique opportunity to join a global organisation with a focus on hiring the very best for their change agenda and providing yourself with incredible career opportunities.

The Executive Researcher provides in-house solutions to attract, find, and initially assess external and internal talent for executive leadership roles and to build talent pools and pipelines for leadership talent in key functional business areas. The appointed person will partner with the internal Executive Talent Acquisition team to generate the go to market strategy, including industry, company and candidate ideas and deliver valuable data and market intelligence, providing a cost effective alternative to external headhunters/recruitment partners.

The job holder will work proactively with other Research Partners within the Global Research Centre of Excellence to support the evolution of the model in line with market best practice.

The role:

Represents the organisation and its divisional brands to candidates through enterprise knowledge, acts as an ambassador of the organisation, being the first point of contact with candidates for certain positions and career opportunities

Builds prospective relationships/ networks with industry executives, ahead of recruitment demand, resulting in lead generation/candidate conversion

Receives, tracks, and responds to executive referrals of prospective talent.

Utilises social media and tracking tools to create continuous communication channels, employer brand awareness and to attract talent pipelines. Oversees the productivity of the various sourcing channels. Evaluates and reports on their effectiveness and makes recommendations for improvement/change

Develops and delivers market mapping candidate research projects for executive level recruitment vacancies across the enterprise

Develops clear understanding of organisational/divisional/departmental needs and individual candidate motivation to best align talent and long-term enterprise strategy results – plenty of board level interaction in this role

Conducts initial assessments/alignment discussions with candidates; builds candidate long-lists for executive level vacancies, develops recommended candidate profile summaries for presentation to recruiter/hiring manager and attracts prospects to brand/opportunity with Group/divisional employment value proposition

Develops and shares industry insights regarding talent and market data trends to broader Executive Recruitment team and stakeholders (i.e., Total Rewards), and assists in development of Global Executive Recruitment model and brand

Maintains understanding of Executive Total Rewards to appropriately screen and educate prospects and candidates

Manages accurate information in applicant tracking systems. Maintains accurate candidate documentation to ensure legal compliance with employment practices, policies, procedures, and relevant regulations (e.g., OFCCP, GDPR etc). Ensures compliance for EEO/Diversity Programs

Provides leadership/support to various projects across the team and Group HR division

Works with a variety of software tools

Where required the job holder will assist in final on-boarding activities as a liaison for new executives

The person:

Degree educated, or equivalent

Prior experience in C level and Director level research either in a FTSE or NASDQ listed organisation or a Global Search & Selection organisation

Advanced experience sourcing passive talent through the use of LinkedIn, Google X-Ray, Hoovers and other software tools

Knowledge of behavioural interviewing and other assessment techniques

Experience screening, interviewing, and assessing executive level talent

Experience collaborating with internal and external resources to develop and execute against strategies that meet department goals within budget and established timelines

Experience managing vendors and vendor relationships

Intermediate skill in Microsoft Office Suite

Experience working with relevant compliance guidelines (e.g., OFCCP, GDPR etc)

Must be intellectually curious with the presence to engage senior leaders

Must be able to work cross-functionally and have had experience of delivering this

Communication skills that have the ability to engage and impress

Ability and experience of engaging with high potential talent and being able to recognise talent that will future proof a business

To apply for this great career opportunity please do email your CV, or call for more details