Talent Acquisition Partner

• To provide a professional Talent Acquisition service and effectively partner with key stakeholders globally (across UK, Europe, Americas, and APAC countries) the full resourcing lifecycle
• Provide innovative solutions and support to drive high quality recruitment and selection decision making to hire and retain the best talent
• To be effective in our recruitment data and analysis to drive decision making and provide right time, decision ready information
• To deliver high quality resourcing and talent management services through multiple channels
• Provide advice in relation to and develop and manage bespoke recruitment programs including recruitment assessment centres
• Developing talent pools for generic roles and managing this internally
• Aligning organisational skills development and resourcing approaches through succession planning to improve recruitment and retention rates
• To coordinate the use of the e recruitment system to track applicants, create talent pools, improve onboarding, and fulfil GDPR requirements as well as gathering MI to inform recruitment strategies and improve quality hires
• Establish and develop relationships with key internal stakeholders to gain a thorough understanding of the organisation’s strategy and business requirements and deliver value for money resourcing solutions
• Deliver training and coaching to recruiting managers to ensure fair, consistent, and robust recruitment and selection approaches are followed for all appointments
• To provide an all-encompassing ‘talent acquisition’ function, with minimal use of 3rd party recruitment providers
• Contribute to the development and implementation of an employer brand for use in all recruitment activities, which ensures the organisation is seen as an employer of choice for talented candidates
• Ensure this is reflected in all relevant communications and activities, including a careers site, social media and in candidate communications
• Research and use external good practice to provide support and advice to stakeholders throughout the business, providing advice on recruitment market conditions in the sector and the most appropriate and value for money routes for sourcing and selecting talent
• Undertake direct sourcing for candidates through social media and networking
• Map and build early careers talent pipelines and support in the identification of individuals to populate pools for future roles (by maximising University and Higher education links, and Apprenticeships as well internal talent pooling though succession planning)
• Research and develop appropriate assessment materials to identify the strongest candidate for the role and to support effective recruitment decision making
• Devise and continually review and implement improvements to recruitment policies, processes, and SLAs so they are in line with organisational and legislative requirements and ensure optimal efficiency in the completion of recruitment activities
• Provide timely submission of MI to monitor controls, review the effectiveness of activities, identify recruitment expenditure and review achievement of SLAs/KPIs
• Use data to identify areas for performance improvement, establish causes and develop actions plans to address

• CIPD qualified or with equivalent experience
• Experience of managing specialist Global resourcing
• Proven in-house experience of managing senior, technical, and high-volume recruitment campaigns
• Evidence of the use of a range of media channels for sourcing talent, including direct sourcing
• Experience of developing assessment materials and facilitating assessment centres and decision making for a range of levels and roles
• Experience of building relationships with and managing the performance of third-party suppliers
• Experience of managing the full resourcing life cycle
• Experience of using HR/ATS/Onboarding systems
• Experience in engaging with and influencing stakeholders and stakeholders’ management

Experience in life sciences, manufacturing, or engineering industries

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• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free or subsidised travel
• Free parking On-site